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VIDEO: Minister of Water and Environment Kahinda Otafiire has assured Ugandans that heavy rains are coming, insisting that the country should prepare for what he described as significant rainfall. In an interview with NBS Television’s Shamim Nabakooza, Otafiire was asked whether authorities...

Media personality and socialite Kasuku has highlighted Ugandans’ frustrations over the rising dollar exchange rate, the high cost of living and unreliable electricity that frequently goes off. He questions the situation in which citizens struggle with daily economic pressures and persistent...

Tunachokijua A quote posted by The Kampala Journal on X attributes the words, “You are already poor and you want to travel. Where are you going?” to Defence Minister and former Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, allegedly made on the floor of Parliament amid rising fuel prices in Uganda...

The Ugandan government has issued a stern warning to citizens against crossing into Kenya to participate in political or electoral activities ahead of Kenya’s 2027 General Elections. The government cautioned Ugandans to respect Kenya’s laws and refrain from involvement in political activities...

Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka has urged Ugandans to cut down on unnecessary travel and adopt fuel-saving measures as the country grapples with rising fuel prices. Speaking on the situation, Kiwanuka emphasized that Uganda is not facing a fuel shortage, noting that fuel remains available...

VIDEO by NBS - 2024 A throwback video of Maj Gen (Rtd) Kahinda Otafiire telling Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba to prove his leadership credentials beyond being President Yoweri Museveni’s son has resurfaced amid the generals’ latest public confrontation. In the video, Otafiire challenges Muhoozi to...

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has warned Ugandans against consuming an illegal concoction marketed as an energy drink under the name “Boisson Energétique Très Puissante.” NDA spokesperson Abiaz Rwamwiri said laboratory tests conducted by the authority found that the product, believed to...

@HeBobiWine ✍🏿 Thanks to Lt. Mabonga Herbert Matanda, we now have copies of documents detailing entries of Ugandans and non-Ugandans at the torture chamber located at Abayita Ababiri, along Entebbe Road. As you can see, the entries show some of the people who were abducted and attracted...

Ten Ugandans have been detained in Zambia after they were arrested shortly after presenting their passports to Zambian immigration officials. The group was later arraigned in court, where the six men were remanded to Kamwala Remand Prison, while the four women were initially sent to...

Since July 2026, the Office of the Prime Minister has set aside the last Saturday of every month as National Cleaning Day, a three-hour window from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. during which all Ugandans are expected to take part in organised cleaning activities in their communities, including roads...

The Ministry of Health has urged Ugandans to embrace waste sorting at the household and workplace level to reduce the amount of garbage sent to disposal sites ahead of the National Cleaning Day, held on the last Saturday of every month. During a waste sorting demonstration at Kulambiro Market...

1/: Today, the 28th of July is a public holiday in Uganda, where Citizens are voting to elect Local Council I (LC I) chairpersons and village committees through the traditional lining-up voting system. Candidates from the National Resistance Movement (NRM), National Unity Platform (NUP), Forum...

At least 1,030 Ugandans repatriated from South Africa following recent xenophobic attacks are undergoing what government officials describe as a remarkable transformation at the National Leadership Institute (NALI), Kyankwanzi, where they are rediscovering hope, patriotism and confidence to...

The government has announced plans to connect one million Ugandans to electricity free of charge under the Electricity Scale Up Project. Speaking about the programme, State Minister for Energy, Phiona Nyamutooro said eligible households will receive both one pole and no pole electricity...

Another 153 Ugandan nationals evacuated from South Africa have arrived home as the government continues its voluntary repatriation exercise following a wave of anti-migrant violence that has left Ugandans dead and others displaced. The evacuees arrived at Entebbe International Airport at...

Bubulo East County Member of Parliament John Musila has called on Ugandans to rise up against South Africans in the Country and as well boycott any South African owned business operating in Uganda, he went ahead and picketed the Leading South African brands in Uganda, MTN Uganda and Stanbic Bank...

A total of 273 Ugandan nationals have safely returned home from South Africa, marking the first phase of the Government of Uganda’s voluntary repatriation exercise for citizens affected by the recent wave of anti-illegal immigration protests and xenophobic violence in South African. The...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has suspended the issuance of all new visas for nationals from Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and South Sudan, a move that has left dozens of travelers stranded at Entebbe International Airport. (video courtesy of Daily Monitor) The...

Former Kampala Lord Mayor, Erias Lukwago, has said many Ugandans are increasingly frustrated by what he described as worsening economic hardship and poor governance after four decades of President Museveni's rule. Speaking on NBS Television's Frontline political talk show, Lukwago argued that...

Ugandans have expressed concern over international media reports that combined the country's Ebola figures with those of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), arguing that the reporting risks damaging Uganda's tourism sector and undermining confidence in the country's public health response...