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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Four new Irish potato varieties developed by the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) are now ready for distribution to farmers following successful testing and approval. The varieties—NAROPOT 7, NAROPOT 8, NAROPOT 9 and NAROPOT 10—were approved and released for multiplication in March 2025 after completing …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Only seven of an estimated 90 large Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) have so far obtained licences from the Bank of Uganda, with just over five weeks remaining before the September 30 deadline for eligible institutions to come under direct central bank supervision. The …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has adjourned its scrutiny of the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) after a dispute over the regulator’s leadership prevented MPs from proceeding with substantive audit queries. COSASE had summoned IRA officials to respond to findings contained …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Following the arrest of Erias Lukwago, the deportation of Martha Karua and mass withdrawal of the other defense lawyers, treason suspect Obeid Lutale has turned to his daughter to represent him in front of the trial judge Emmanuel Baguma. Mariam Lutale, the daughter of treason …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | A group of Uganda Police Force officers who joined the institution in 2001 has marked 25 years of service, with former Inspector General of Police Gen. (Rtd) Katumba Wamala commending them for producing some of the Force’s most dependable and accomplished officers. The 70 members of …

NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | The idea of moving Uganda’s capital from Kampala to Nakasongola has returned to the national conversation, reviving a debate that has periodically surfaced in Ugandan politics and physical-planning circles. The latest discussion centres on whether government should gradually relocate political and administrative functions from Kampala …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Taxi fares across Kampala and surrounding areas have risen as a traffic police crackdown on old and mechanically defective taxis, aka DMCs, leaves hundreds of vehicles off the roads. The shortage of taxis has affected passengers along several routes, with operators taking advantage of increased demand …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Commuter taxis in dangerous mechanical condition returned to Kampala roads late in the evening, after largely avoiding a daytime police operation targeting vehicles unfit for the road. Most drivers of the old and worn-out taxis, locally known as Gganyegenya, stayed off the main routes during …

Wakiso, Uganda | URN | The nearly two-decade dispute between the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and businessman Amos Nzeyi over land at Temangalo, Wakiso District is about to be resolved. The two sides have reportedly agreed on a settlement that will see NSSF receive ten acres of alternative land …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Director of Complaints, Investigations and Legal Services at the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Pauline Nansamba Mutumba, has come under scrutiny over her rapid rise within the commission, multiple responsibilities and the handling of human rights complaints. As Mutumba appeared before the Committee on …