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The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) and Obudhingiya Bwa Bwamba Kingdom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration in humanitarian action, community resilience and voluntary blood donation. The MoU was signed on 18 August 2026 at the URCS Headquarters in Kampala in a ceremony witnessed by Kingdom officials led by the Kingdom Prime Minister, Hon. Charles Bukantwa. Under...

By Wadulo Arnold Mark Metro Cement Uganda Limited was honoured with the Gold Award for Best Cement Manufacturer in Uganda at the Business Excellence Awards 2026, held at Sheraton Hotel Kampala on 14th August 2026. The recognition comes as the company continues to strengthen its position in Uganda’s manufacturing sector. The award recognises Metro Cement’s resilient journey since its inception in 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. Shamil Razack, Group Director at Metro Cement...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady, Maama Janet Museveni, today received international evangelist Bishop Dr. LaDonna C. Osborn at State House Entebbe, where they reflected on Uganda’s transformation, faith, leadership and the longstanding spiritual ties between the Osborn family and Uganda. Dr. Osborn is in Uganda at the invitation of Pastor Patience Rwabwogo ahead of her consecration as...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda today hosted the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at its Headquarters in Kampala, where Uganda and UNODC signed a Host Country Agreement for the establishment of a UNODC Office in Uganda. The Agreement was signed by Hon. Adonia Ayebare, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Ali Farouk...

Uganda’s arts and performance community has paid tribute to late Ugandan performing arts icon Alex Mukulu, describing him as an artist who used the stage to speak about Uganda its people, politics, culture, struggles and hopes. Meanwhile, performing artists have called on Government to establish a Hall of Fame to honour the late Alex Mukulu and recognise his contribution to...

The Minister for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara, has called for stronger accountability in the management of conditional grants. He made the call while opening the FY 2027/28 Programme Conditional Grants Negotiations in Kampala, where he warned that corruption and misuse of public funds undermine service delivery at the local government level.

Government has suspended the proposal that would have ended facilitation for medical interns, with the current cohort set to receive a monthly net allowance of Shs1 million. Minister of Health Hon. Chris Baryomunsi made the announcement during Parliament’s sitting on Tuesday, 18 August 2026, following weeks of public debate and protests by medical interns over changes proposed under the National...

The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Sanjay Tanna, has warned that Uganda could face an electricity shortage in the near future if power generation does not keep pace with the country’s rapid industrialisation. Tanna made the remarks during an engagement between the Presidential CEO Forum and Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja at her office in Kampala. The Presidential CEO Forum, established...

By Lawrence Kooko aBi Finance Limited and ASA Microfinance Uganda have launched a two-year project to extend green financing to farmers and agribusinesses in Northern and Eastern Uganda, with a separate Shs10 billion loan facility earmarked for lending. The Sustainable Pathways for Rural Outreach and Upward Transition into Nature-positive Growth (SPROUT) project will invest more than Shs2 billion in the systems...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni this afternoon received the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan to Uganda, H.E. Ahmed Ibrahim, at State House Entebbe for a farewell meeting following the completion of his tour of duty. Ambassador Ibrahim expressed appreciation to President Museveni, the government and people of Uganda for the warm welcome, friendship and support extended to him and...