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  Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Ministry of Health revealed Friday that demand for Lenacapavir, an HIV prevention injection launched in April, currently surpasses available doses, with more men demanding the twice-yearly drug. Speaking at a meeting attended by HIV advocates, researchers and policymakers, Dr Herbert Kadama who coordinates …

Kampala, Uganda | URN | Henry Musasizi delivered his first budget speech as Minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on Thursday. The 84.4 trillion shilling 2026/2027 budget is aimed at implementing the government’s Tenfold Growth Strategy, aimed at growing to 500 billion dollars by 2040 from 53 billion in …

  Why Uganda’s Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary is carrying the pressure of a regional epidemic crisis   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Over the last decade, every time Uganda has had an Ebola outbreak, it has always found Dr Diana Atwine, Uganda’s Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of …

Entebbe, Uganda | URN | Four newly appointed ministers did not take the oath of office on Monday as colleagues in the new cabinet gathered at State House, Entebbe, for the swearing-in ceremony. Addressing President Yoweri Museveni before the commencement of the ceremony, the Head of Public Service and Secretary …

  Across Africa, engineers and entrepreneurs are redesigning renewable energy to withstand weak infrastructure, limited financing, and unpredictable conditions   NEWS ANALYSIS | RONALD MUSOKE | In the northern reaches of Uganda, where the road from the provincial capital, Gulu, stretches toward the South Sudan border and the landscape opens into wide, …

  Enrolment has surged across Uganda’s education system, but thousands of schools are struggling with shortages of teachers, classrooms and basic facilities   NEWS ANALYSIS | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s education sector has made progress in expanding access to learning opportunities over the last three decades, but the newly released …

  How Entebbe’s 16 million-litre fuel hydrant is navigating a spiralling crisis   NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | When geopolitical tensions in the Middle East boil over into a fully fledged conflict, the repercussions are felt far and wide, particularly for countries that import oil from the Arabian Peninsula. …

  President Museveni warns against ‘parasitism’ as he outlines Uganda’s economic progress   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to defend Uganda’s economic transformation agenda, He celebrated success stories emerging from government poverty alleviation programmes, and sharply criticized public servants …

  As the football jamboree approaches, a rare Ebola type in Central Africa is testing global vigilance   COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | On May 30, as football fans around the world counted down to the start of the FIFA World Cup in North America and airlines prepared for the annual …

  The whole northern region of Tigray, which has been trying to recover from a brutal civil war that ended in 2022, has been totally excluded from the poll   NEWS ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Ethiopia’s general election takes place on Monday (June 1) as conflict rages in parts of …