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President Museveni to officially launch easy HIV-self testing kit

By Ben Musanje 7th May 2024 President Yoweri Museveni is this week set to conduct a national launch of the new easy HIV-self testing kit dubbed “Check Now” aimed at bridging the testing gap in the country. This has been disclosed at Loudel Tower in Kampala on Tuesday by the Ministry of Health during a media […]

MPs halt Bujagali tax exemption

By Francis Lubega 7th May 2024 A section of Members of Parliament have rejected the proposal by the government to exempt the Bujagali Hydro Power project from income tax and instead demanded for a report of the Auditor General on the project. The decision was reached during the plenary sitting on Monday, 06 June 2024 as […]

Religious leaders reject proposals in Marriage Bill

By Olivia Nabaggala 7th May 2024 The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda-IRCU calls for amendment of the Marriage Bill to include clauses that empower religious leaders to intervene in misunderstandings of married couples before they divorce. This has been disclosed by Andrew Lugoloobi, a Board member of the Inter-Religious Council saying that the existing law disempowers religious leaders by […]

Residents kill elderly man for poisoning colleague

By Our Reporter 7th May 2024 An angry mob has lynched an elderly man in Masindi accusing him of poisoning his colleague to death. The mob victim has been identified as Lawrence Onen, 70, a resident of Nyakyanika village in Labongo parish of Labongo Sub County. The incident happened on Monday evening. The mob accused Onen of […]