As the National Population and Housing Census got underway countrywide on Friday, an enumerator in Njeru municipality, Buikwe District, was reportedly pursued by three men and stabbed. Mr James Kalyango was supposed to enumerate residents of Namuwaya Village but decided to first relay some messages on a megaphone at around …

An employee of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) in Kabale, Jude Twebaze, is currently in police custody. The accusation against him is that he disrupted the National census exercise. Twebaze, who works at the NWSC head office in Kampala, was apprehended while on a bus journey to Kampala. …

President Yoweri Museveni is taking a firm stance to induce communication in Swahili language among government officials. In the weekly cabinet meetings, President Museveni has now directed for addresses and communications by ministers to be done in Swahili. Despite being designated as Uganda’s second official language two years ago, adaptation …

Life is full of awesome people, but let’s be honest, it also has its share of characters who leave you scratching your head. Building strong friendships and relationships requires trust, and sometimes, figuring out who deserves that trust can be tricky. Here’s the lowdown on some personality types to watch …

Police in Luwero district have arrested an enumerator over the theft of a tablet ahead of a census exercise on Thursday. Uganda Bureau of Statistics has deployed 1532 enumerators and 192 supervisors in Luwero district for the National Population Census scheduled to start on Thursday, May 10, 2024. Each enumerator …

Luwero hospital has terminated the internship of two medical students and a health worker is under investigation over alleged extortion. On Wednesday, Luwero hospital administration invited local leaders and residents to assess client satisfaction, get feedback on health services and areas of improvement. The engagement was held at Luwero Sub …

Members of Parliament on Public Accounts Committee have queried the qualifications of Lucas Birungi, the Head of Accounts at Mulago Specialised Women and Neonatal Hospital. This is after he failed to interpret the hospital’s financial statements that revealed that he didn’t remit Shs72.915M to the consolidated fund, as part of …

Companies manufacturing electric vehicles, electric batteries, or electric vehicle charging equipment or fabricator of a frame and body of an electric vehicle; and employ 80 percent of Ugandans will not pay Stamp Duty Tax in the 2024/2025 financial year. The exemption is part of the amendments in the Stamp Duty …

Work stress is a global problem. While it’s often associated with Western countries, the reality is that stress affects everyone, regardless of location, including people in Africa. People devote a huge portion of their lives to work in pursuit of livelihood. However, in the struggle to make ends meet, many …

The rift between the West and the Junta governments in West Africa continues to widen with each passing day. The situation with Niger and the United States reflects this growing tension. Additionally, the soured relationship between France and Mali highlights the region’s frustration with Western methodologies. Very recently, the tension …