Current Affairs

Despite the addition of more than one billion motor vehicles to the world’s roads, road traffic deaths declined by 21% between 2011 and 2025, according to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO).

More than 30,000 low-income women entrepreneurs across the Busoga sub-region are expected to gain access to affordable financing, business training and digital financial services under a new economic empowerment programme.

The death toll from the collapse of the abandoned Mabuka gold mine in Namayingo District has risen from three to five.

The People’s Front for Freedom has called on the Electoral Commission to strictly enforce voting procedures during the forthcoming Local Council I elections.

The National Private Educational Institutions Association in Uganda (NPEIA-UG) has called on the government to strengthen safety standards governing school educational tours.

The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has welcomed the suspension of school educational tours but is urging the Ministry of Education to review the entire policy.

Uganda’s gaming regulator is calling for increased government support to strengthen oversight of the rapidly growing gaming sector as it launches a new five-year strategic plan.

The Minister for Works and Transport, Fred Byamukama, has disclosed that the costs associated with the Busega-Mpigi Bypass construction project will increase for the third time.

The High Court Criminal Division has set a timetable to hear an application by detained opposition politician Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused, Hajji Obeid Lutale,

A joint team of investigators from the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) and the Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety has launched investigations into the fatal school bus crash in Kapchorwa District that claimed more than 24 lives.