Ugandan passport holders can now apply online for South Africa’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) before travelling for eligible short visits, ending years of reliance on a slower, largely embassy-based visa process. The change was set out in a diplomatic note…
The world marked the 36th International Day of Older Persons on Wednesday with a blunt question: if people are living longer, are societies built to let those extra years be healthy, secure and dignified? The United Nations set the 2026…
The Ministry of Health on Thursday launched a free, five-day measles-rubella vaccination drive targeting about 7.5 million children aged nine months to under five years. The campaign runs through Monday, 5 October 2026, at health facilities, temporary posts, and community…
SSF Uganda has taken a 30 percent stake in the Kampala Marriott Hotel and Marriott Executive Apartments for Shs180 billion, placing members’ savings into a newly opened luxury property in Nsambya developed with Capital Shoppers chairman Ponsiano Ngabirano. The dual-branded…
Hima Cement has returned to Makerere Impis with a two-year UGX 250 million package, relaunching a partnership that first took shape in the early 2000s and putting the club back on the pitch as Hima Cement Impis. The deal was…
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote and Kenyan President William Ruto led the groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, for the Dangote East Africa Petroleum Refinery in Mokowe, Lamu County, Kenya. The project, estimated at around $16 billion (with some figures…
Uganda’s national football team, the Cranes, marked a landmark moment for Ugandan football with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Libya on Tuesday night, September 29, 2026, at the newly constructed Hoima City Stadium. The 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON)…
Divine Mukasa’s promotion to the England Under-21 squad has intensified debate over the 19-year-old’s international future, with Ugandan fans and officials watching closely as the talented attacking midfielder continues his rapid rise. Born on 22 August 2007 in the London…
The Bank of Uganda has extended the deadline for licensing large registered societies and Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) under the Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institutions Act Cap. 58 and the related 2023 Regulations. In a public notice published on 29…
On September 29, 2026, at Karuziika Palace in Fort Portal City, Uganda, the Babiito royal clan and Tooro Kingdom Supreme Council formally installed former television news anchor Prince Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma as Omukama Edward Rukidi Nyabongo I. The ceremony marked…
Hon. Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi, deputy president of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (NUP) for the Buganda region and former Butambala County Member of Parliament, was granted bail today by the Butambala Chief Magistrate’s Court. The court ordered Kivumbi, 55, to pay…
Entebbe, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Monday received Amb. Takahashi Misako, Director-General and Assistant Minister for African Affairs at Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her delegation at State House, Entebbe. The meeting focused on deepening bilateral cooperation…