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Kampala, Uganda | URN | Only 737 traders have been verified as genuine victims of the floods that devastated several buildings and arcades in Kampala in October 2025 and are now set to share the 20 billion shillings relief fund pledged by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. The Internal Security Organisation (ISO) …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The National Social Security Fund recorded an 85 percent increase in total revenue in the financial year ended June 2026, with income rising to 6.51 trillion shillings. NSSF Managing Director Patrick Ayota attributed the growth to improved performance of the economy and the sectors and …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has secured 113 billion shillings, equivalent to 31 million US dollars, from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) after achieving verified reductions in deforestation and forest degradation. The funding, announced at the launch of the Uganda REDD+ Results-Based Payments Project, rewards Uganda for reducing an estimated …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Quality Chemical Industries Limited (Qcil) has called for stronger cooperation between Uganda and Nigeria to expand pharmaceutical manufacturing, strengthen regional medicine supply chains and improve access to quality-assured medicines across Africa. The call was made during the Uganda–Nigeria Business Forum and Exhibition held in …

  Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | President Yoweri Museveni will on Thursday, September 17, 2026 preside over the groundbreaking ceremony for the Kampala Storage Terminal (KST) development, a major petroleum storage facility that will significantly increase Uganda’s storage capacity. The terminal on about a 300-acre site in Namwabula, Mpigi …

  Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda’s Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Norbert Mao, has called for calm amid a succession dispute in the Tooro Kingdom, saying the installation of a new king cannot be considered complete until the monarch’s name is published in the Uganda Gazette. Mao says …

Adjumani, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has urged voters in Adjumani District to emulate the late General Moses Ali’s political legacy, particularly his emphasis on development, wealth creation and what he described as ideological clarity. Museveni said Ali, a long-serving political and military figure from the West Nile region, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The first Prosecution witness in Dr. Kizza Besigye’s treason trial told the High Court in Kampala that the Kenyan Police set up two pistols and the entire crime scene. The court heard that Dr Besigye and his co-accused Hajji Obeid Lutale unknowingly walked into the …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Babiito Royal Clan of Tooro Kingdom has set September 29 as the date for the coronation of Prince Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I as the new Omukama of Tooro. The announcement was made on Tuesday evening by Musuuga Charles Kamurasi, the head of the …

Fort Portal, Uganda | URN | The Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council, Orukurato rw’ensanju, has formally confirmed Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as the successor to the late Omukama Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, giving his disputed selection further backing within the kingdom. The confirmation was made on Tuesday during a …