Current Affairs

Professor Barnabas Nawangwe Vice Chancellor Makerere University has urged the government to introduce dedicated scholarships and loan schemes for postgraduate students

Makerere University has stepped forward to claim credit for the recent increased performance in Biology performance in national examinations, pointing to its research-driven interventions as a key driver behind gains at the Advanced level.

Police in Busoga East have confirmed the death of three members of the same family who reportedly drowned in Lake Victoria on Tuesday evening after their boat capsized.

Twenty former teachers in Nakaseke District who were dismissed for allegedly forging academic documents to obtain promotions have lost a court case in which they sought to overturn the decision of the District Service Commission.

The High Court in Kampala has awarded UGX 10million to Walusimbi Shafik for being held beyond 48hours by police before he was charged in court.

Esther Nakawooya, the former National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate for the Nakaseke District Woman Member of Parliament seat, has petitioned the High Court in Luwero, challenging the declaration of Sarah Najjuma, of the National Resistance Movement (NRM), as the winner of the race.

Police in the Busoga East region have launched a manhunt for Anthony Kalulu, who is wanted in connection with the murder of his 56-year-old mother, Sylvia Balikulimya, in Iganga District.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is set to appoint a verification committee to investigate land-related social conflicts in Northern Uganda arising from the occupation of land by migrant cattle keepers, commonly known as Balaalo.

Six people including three Rwandan nationals have been remanded to Luzira prison over their alleged involvement in a violent robbery at a shopping mall in Kisenyi, Kampala.

The government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has denied accusations that it was behind Wednesday morning’s drone strike in Goma, North Kivu Province, which killed Carine Buisset, a French national and staff member of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), along with three other civilians.