UGANDA NEWS

Amuria: Police Arrest Two Parish Leaders Over Misuse of PDM Funds

Police in Amuria district have arrested two district leaders for misusing Parish Development Model (PDM) funds after an ongoing inspection by anti-corruption agencies of government under the inter-agency forum...

MP Lutamaguzi Commends Energy Ministry on Rural Electrification Progress

The Nakaseke South Member of Parliament, Lutamaguzi Semakula, who is also a member of the Parliamentary Committee on...

Widower Hacked to Death: Orphaned Child Left Behind, Police Seek Killers

Police in Gomba district are investigating circumstances under which a 35-year-old man was hacked to death by unidentified...

Gov’t Approves Policy for Early Childhood Development and Learning

The Ministry of Gender, Labour, and Social Development has officially approved the National Early Childhood Development Policy, a...

Police Investigate Panga-Wielding Incident of Attempted Murder at Maize Millers Office

Natete police are currently investigating an alarming incident of attempted murder where a man wielding a panga (machete)...

Drug Stock Out At Koboko Hospital Is A Total Lie

On 1st February 2022, the Daily Monitor published a story with claims that Koboko Hospital was completely out of stock. The writer claimed that the Hospital is experiencing drug stock outs and leaving patients with chronic illnesses such as HIV/AIDS, TB and Diabetes stranded without medical attention. The story raised concern among residents and people in the area who claim that this is a total lie. Officials in the district did a follow up and according to the District Health Officer and...

President Museveni Guarantees Total Peace to Uganda and the DRC

While addressing a delegation of security chiefs, President Museveni guaranteed the people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo total peace after the two countries launched joint operations to flush out the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) from Eastern Congo. The President addressed the delegation of security chiefs from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) led by the Minister in charge of the National Defence Unit Dr. Gilbert Kabanda Kurhenga . “We should work together to finish this problem. This was...

Uganda Civil Aviation Authority Launches Direct Flights To Saudi Arabia

The national carrier of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia made its inaugural direct flight to Entebbe International Airport from King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh. Saudia, the Saudi Arabia National Carrier with over 250 passengers on board touched down at Entebbe International Airport at 7 am yesterday. The aircraft was greeted with the water cannon salute and cutting of the cake to mark her at Entebbe Airport. It left with 300 passengers mainly migrant workers, residents and Saudi nationals. Saudia had initially...

National Defence College (NDC) Commissioned in Buikwe

The Commander-In-Chief of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) commissioned the first National Defense College (NDC) in Uganda located at Naminya, Njeru Town Council in Buikwe district. While speaking at the commissioning ceremony, Gen. Museveni described the NDC as an apex of military learning if well utilized. "If you understand the significance of training, you'll have a very good force which has no fear, which is friendly to the people and can achieve any mission given to them. Because training brings...

TAREHE SITA: UPDF Hails Mbale People For Supporting Liberation Struggle

The Deputy Commander of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) Engineers brigade Col Twaha Kamyoma commended the population (civilians) for working together with the army to champion national social economic transformation. He said without civilian support, during and after the Peoples' Struggle, there would be no UPDF. He revealed this on 1st February 2022 while inspecting UPDF engineers brigade civil works at the newly renovated Mbale Army Spouses Workshop in Bugema barracks ahead of the celebrations to mark the 41st Tarehe...

FID Oil Agreement To Boost Economy – President Museveni

KAMPALA: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is optimistic that Uganda’s oil and gas project will go a long way in boosting the country’s economy. This after the French energy conglomerate Total Energies and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation - CNOOC reached a deal with Uganda and Tanzania to invest more than US$10 billion in developing crude oil production between the two East African countries. "This project is a very important one for this region. You hear that for the next few...