The government of Uganda has decided to suspend mandatory Covid-19 tests at the border with Kenya after this measure caused huge truck queues, which disrupted fuel…
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Uganda began collecting tolls along the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway, a key gateway to the country’s sole international airport. It is one of the country’s most expensive roads,…
The UK and Irish governments have donated Shs9 billion to UNICEF to support Uganda’s sustainable strategy for reopening schools. The primary focus will be on school-based…
A Ugandan court has ordered the release of a novelist, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, who was arrested for allegedly insulting President Yoweri Museveni and his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba,…
Parliament in Uganda has passed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP, Special provisions) bill into act of Parliament, now awaiting President Yoweri Museveni’s signature further…
Nicholas Opiyo, a human rights lawyer in Uganda, has been awarded the 2021 Human Rights Tulip. This award is given by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign…
The Ugandan parliament has given the Federal Government clearance to borrow 65.6 million special drawing rights valued at approximately $90 million to finance the Uganda Secondary…
Uganda is now in a limbo after lenders in China rejected their request to re-negotiate ‘toxic clauses’ in the $200m (Shs713b) loan picked six years ago…
The Canadian government has donated 1,904,140 doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to Uganda’s Ministry of Health. “This first donation of Canadian-funded vaccines to Uganda is…
An attack that killed at least one person in Uganda’s capital Kampala on Saturday night had been claimed by Islamic State, according to a statement posted…