For years, Kampala’s residents have endured the daily dysfunction of a city buckling under the weight of poor planning, chronic underinvestment, and an exploding population. Roads riddled with potholes, flooding…
The Ugandan government has suspended the Automated Express Penalty System (EPS Auto) for one month, following public complaints over flawed traffic fines, technical issues, and poor implementation. The suspension, effective…
President Yoweri Museveni has said that Uganda’s economy is now more diversified and sophisticated, compared to 1986 where the country depended only on coffee, cotton, cooper, tobacco, tea and tourism.…
Parliament has approved a government request to borrow €500 million, comprising €270 million from Afreximbank and €230 million from Ecobank Uganda and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to…
Kampala is facing a slow-burning ecological crisis. New data presented at the Wetland Situational Analysis and Draft Kampala City Wetland Strategy meeting reveals that the city has lost over 2,000…
Uganda’s fight against corruption has renewed momentum, with the Inspectorate of Government (IGG) recovering Shs4.2 billion from corrupt individuals and institutions across the country in just six months. However, the…
The Government of Uganda, through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has secured a $800 million (UGX 2.92 trillion) financing agreement from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to…
The government needed to borrow more than it had planned to during the month of April 2025 as revenue expectations were not met. This is because its operations during the…
Parliament has passed the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (Amendment) Bill, 2025, that will see civilians tried in the courts martial. The Bill introduces sweeping reforms to the military justice system,…
The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued a nationwide ban on the public display of national examination results, warning that such practices violate Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act,…
