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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has pledged to enhance educational infrastructure in Kampala city in the financial year 2024/2025, with over 20 classrooms set to be constructed as part of the Smart City agenda. During a recent press briefing at City Hall, Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka emphasized the authority’s dedication to improving the education sector, focusing on the three pillars...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today met and held discussions with a team from Standard Chartered Bank Uganda and UK at State House, Entebbe.  During the meeting, President Museveni and the delegation members discussed how well projects can be financed in Uganda.  The President thanked the bank for supporting the infrastructure in the country but requested them to also put emphasis...

President Museveni congratulated the Armed Forces, Security Forces, and the Wanainchi for preventing the demonstration planned for Tuesday. He noted two troubling elements of the protest: foreign funding meddling in Africa's affairs and plans to harm Ugandans. He mentioned that some participants might not have known these intentions and should have heeded police advice. The President expressed support for...

Ambassador Richard Kabonero, Uganda National Coordinator for the Northern Corridor Integrated Projects (NCIPs), delivered impactful addresses at the ongoing Single Customs Territory (SCT) and Immigration, Tourism, Trade and Services (ITTLS) Cluster meetings, underway from July 25-26, 2024 in Kigali. In his remarks, at the SCT cluster meeting, Ambassador Kabonero commended the Republic of Rwanda on the successful conclusion of the...

The Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) Col. Edith Nakalema has today held a fruitful meeting with youth leaders.  During the meeting that was held at the unit's offices in Kampala, Col. Nakalema and the youth leaders discussed how they can fight corruption in the country through the right procedures.  The National Youth Council of Uganda Chairperson, Mr....

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uganda is pleased to announce that H.E. Mourad Amokrane, Ambassador-Designate of the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria to Uganda presented copies of his Letters of Credence to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of Regional Affairs, Hon John Mulimba. The formal ceremony took place at...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today hosted the family of his Deputy Press Secretary, Hajji Faruk Kirunda at State House, Entebbe.  The meeting follows the death of Ms. Gladys Aliyinza, the wife of Hajji Kirunda who died in a fatal motor accident in Luuka District on 27th June,2024.  During the meeting, President Museveni officially mourned with the family of Hajji Kirunda where he extended condolences to the family for losing...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announces that H.E. Joash Arthur Maangi, High Commissioner-designate of the Republic of Kenya to Uganda has presented copies of his Letters of Credence to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in charge of Regional Affairs, Hon John Mulimba. The formal ceremony took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, underscoring the longstanding and...

The Leader of the Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi, has denounced the government over the detention of three Members of Parliament (MPs) affiliated with the National Unity Platform (NUP) party. Hon. Hassan Kirumira (Katikamu County South), Hon. Charles Tebandeke (Bbale County), and Hon. Francis Zaake (Mityana Municipality), along with several NUP members, were apprehended on Monday, 22 July 2024. They were detained on...

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Hon. Ruth Nakabirya, chaired a bilateral meeting with the Principal Secretary for the State Department of Petroleum, Muhamed Liban, alongside Kenya Pipeline MD Joe Sang and other KPC leadership. The purpose of the meeting was to review the proposed Eldoret-Kampala Refined Petroleum Products Pipeline. Originally conceived in 1995 under the Joint Coordinating Commission...