Lira, Uganda | URN | Lira City continues to grapple with mounting waste management challenges, with city authorities estimating that between 40 and 50 tons of garbage are collected daily and transported to the Aler dumping site. Despite ongoing efforts under the city’s “polluter pays” policy, heaps of waste still …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Dr. John Chrysostom Muyingo as Acting Minister of Education and Sports. The appointment, which takes immediate effect, was announced on Thursday in a communication from the Presidential Press Unit (PPU). Dr. Muyingo, who has served as State Minister for Higher …

Arua, Uganda | URN | People in  West Nile have been cautioned against dealing with companies that fraudulently recruit labour force to work in Kampala and outside Uganda. This follows an incident last week in which two boys and one girl from West Nile were reportedly duped and recruited to …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Starting next month, Ugandans will wake up to new tax adjustments and tax administration measures, including the Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2026, as the 2026/2027 National Budget implementation begins next week (July 1).  One of the main features in this Act is the adjustments in …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The embattled former Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, can still receive visitors to her residence in Nakasero despite the presence of tight security. A Uganda Radio Network (URN) visit established that while access to the Bukedea Woman MP is tightly controlled by security personnel, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The National Unity Platform-NUP, the leading opposition political party, has asked the Inter-party Organisation for Dialogue-IPOD to allow Dr Lina Zedriga Waru, the acting party president, to sign the Memorandum of Understanding-MOU admitting the party to IPOD. In a June 18th letter, the party Secretary General, …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni, recently survived a serious illness and is now recovering well. In a lengthy birthday message posted on his X account on Wednesday to mark Janet Museveni’s 78th birthday, …

NEWS ANALYSIS | URN | Security experts are warning that inadequate investment in kidnapping investigation skills has left law enforcement agencies exposed, fueling public anxiety as kidnapping cases continue to rise in Uganda. Kampala Metropolitan Police have recorded three high-profile kidnappings over the past two months, resulting in two deaths …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | More than 120 non-teaching staff at Makerere University are demanding answers over a salary harmonisation exercise they say left them behind, despite the government releasing billions of Shillings to align pay and job grades across all public universities. The affected employees, including Administrative Assistants, Laboratory Assistants, …

MEXICO CITY | Xinhua | As players battle high temperatures at the FIFA World Cup in North America, a measure introduced to protect their well-being has become one of the tournament’s most debated topics. FIFA has made three-minute hydration breaks mandatory midway through each half of every match, regardless of …