Tag Archives: Uganda

Kapchorwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s marathon runner Victor Kiplangat has expressed confidence ahead of his debut at the Paris Marathon scheduled for April 12 in Paris, France. Kiplangat, who is currently training in Kapchorwa, says his preparations are progressing well as he gears up for one of Europe’s …

Nobert Mao has no locus, objective reason or right to make personal noise in the name of seeking the speakership of our 12th Parliament. The prerogative lies with the President and his NRM Party, with whom Mao should engage privately and quietly. COMMENT | PROF MORRIS OGENGA-LATIGO | After some silence …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Trade in most urban centres across Uganda is rapidly shifting to digital platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and TikTok, where thousands now buy and sell goods outside traditional marketplaces, raising concerns about regulators’ ability to enforce product standards and protect consumers in an increasingly …

Nairobi, Kenya | UGU MEDIA | On Tuesday morning, Team Uganda will be one of the 14 countries whose boys and girls will play the 7100-yard Windsor Golf & Country Club for the bragging rights of the 2026 All Africa Junior Team Championship (AAJTC). Windsor is one club not known …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Parliament of Uganda has released the official roadmap for by-elections to fill two vacant seats in the 5th East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). The vacancies were created following the January 15, 2026, general elections, where two sitting EALA members, Dennis Namara and Kakooza James …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | The World Bank and its partners have banned three PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) subsidiaries in Africa from their projects for 21 months over corruption charges admitted by the firms. ‎ ‎The trouble for PwC Associates Africa Ltd based in Mauritius, PwC Limited Kenya, and PwC Rwanda Limited …

Each day spent fetching water steals time, education, and opportunity, highlighting inequalities that persist worldwide   NEWS FEATURE | RONALD MUSOKE | In the vast, sun-scorched plains of Uganda’s northeastern region of Karamoja, the search for water begins before the day has properly broken. In scattered homesteads across this semi-arid region, …

Uganda loses between 90,000 to 120,000 hectares of forest annually. COMMENT | ALEX ATWEMEREIREHO |  On the 21st day of March each year, the world pauses if only momentarily to acknowledge forests. Yet this observance, International Day of Forests, risks becoming ceremonial rather than consequential, poetic rather than political. For forests …

Kampala, Uganda | URN  | For 150,000 shillings, Joel Obore promises more than just a quick fix; he promises a “permanent” transformation. Obore, a dealer of the Asia-imported AlphaMax M+ Coffee, uses aggressive marketing tactics that leave potential clients feeling they have no choice but to buy. Instead of a …

Kawempe, Uganda | PARLIAMENT | Maternal deaths annually recorded at Kawempe National Referral Hospital have been slashed over the past three years from 200 to 60, Members of Parliament have been told. The revelation was made by the hospital’s executive director, Dr Emmanuel Byaruhanga, while appearing before the Public Accounts …