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By Tumwine Byaruhanga Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has urged the National Social Security Fund to use its growing financial strength to mobilise long-term domestic capital for Uganda’s Tenfold Growth Strategy. Musasizi made the call during a meeting with the NSSF Board of Directors and management to review the Fund’s performance, operations and contribution to the country’s development agenda. The NSSF delegation...

By Sharon Kyomugisha The annual defence strategic retreat has ended, with Defence and Veteran Affairs Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka presiding over the closing session on Monday. He was joined by State Minister for Defence Grace Akifeza Ngabirano and State Minister for Veteran Affairs Dr Huda Abason Oleru. The three-day retreat was opened on Saturday by the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi...

By Juma Nsamba Premier League club Aston Villa has announced Visit Rwanda as its new Principal Partner, Official Tourism Partner and Official Coffee Provider in what the club describes as the biggest commercial sponsorship agreement in its history. Under the deal, the Visit Rwanda logo will appear on the front of shirts worn by Aston Villa's men's, women's and academy...

Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Sharifah Buzeki has presented the city’s clean air programme at the Africa Clean Air Forum 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa. Buzeki said Kampala has expanded its air quality monitoring network from a single station in 2018 to 134 stations, including sensors that provide real-time public data. The city’s average pollution level stands at 39 micrograms...

By Gloria Gwitabinji The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, has called on Uganda's insurance sector to play a more active role in de-risking major government investments and mobilising long-term capital to support the country's economic transformation. Musasizi made the remarks during an entry meeting with the Board of Directors and Management of the Insurance Regulatory Authority...

By Yusuf Obbo Police in Bugweri District are investigating a road crash that killed a bus driver and injured 15 people, including 13 students, along the Mbale–Iganga Highway. The crash involved an Isuzu bus, registration number UA551ED, and a stationary Mercedes-Benz Actros trailer, registration number UBB 269V. The bus, owned by Amuria High School, was carrying students from St. Paul Secondary School,...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged Uganda's support for Angola's candidate for Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), citing the need for African countries to stand together on matters of continental importance. The commitment was made during a meeting at Kisozi Farm with Angola's Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Téte António, who delivered a special message from Angolan...

Tokyo, Japan – The Government of Uganda has signed the construction contract for the new Karuma Bridge, paving the way for works to begin in October 2026. The agreement was signed on July 10 at the Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, Tokyo, by the Commissioner for National Roads at the Ministry of Works and Transport, Eng. Isaac Wani, on behalf...

By Sharon Kyomugisha The University of Oxford is recruiting 50 healthy volunteers aged between 18 and 55 for the first Phase I clinical trial of a vaccine developed to protect against Bundibugyo ebolavirus. The study, to be conducted in Oxford, will evaluate the safety, tolerability and immune response of the experimental ChAdOx1 BDBV vaccine. Recruitment and screening of volunteers are already...

The Government has given Shs10 million to each of the three families of Ugandans who lost their lives in xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The money was handed over on Wednesday by Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune on behalf of President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Kasolo met the bereaved families in Kampala and conveyed condolences from the President and...