Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Thursday announced sudden parliamentary elections for March 10, 2024, following Tuesday’s resignation of Prime Minister Antonio Costa who is under corruption investigation. In a televised national address after a meeting with the Council of State, Rebelo de Sousa said the call for early elections comes from the need […]
Sophia had effortlessly acquired her Bachelor of Medicine in the early summer of 2015 and was very excited to embark on a new adventure: working as a medical intern in a Kampala hospital. She thoroughly enjoyed the work, the country, its culture and people and got along very well with her colleagues as was clear […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday commissioned Four Points By Sheraton Kampala, a new International Brand Hotel operated by Marriott International Inc. The Sheraton franchise is owned by Portman Square limited, an international company with two operational hotels in Kenya; Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport & Four Points by Sheraton Hurlingham. Commissioning the hotel […]
Uganda has been named among four African countries that are set to be removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) over failure of their governments to observe human rights and failure to make progress in democratic rule. The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) […]
Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday arrived in Kenya in company of Queen Camilla, ahead of his four-day state visit. King Charles’ visit however raised a lot of dust as the locals demanded for apology and compensation following the past tarnished colonial memories. On his first visit as a monarch to a former colony, Charles […]
The European Union (EU) and the Belgian government have set aside 50 million Euros to equip youth with skills in the greening sector for the next five years. Speaking to participants of the EU scholarship programs awareness meeting at the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) on Thursday, the EU Ambassador to Uganda, Jan Sadek, said […]
A new report by the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Uganda as the second most corruption-ridden country among the world’s poorest countries; the so-called low income countries. Only the Democratic Republic of Congo is ranked worse than Uganda. Uganda’s ranking is mostly hurt by government officials in the executive branch who use public office […]
Religious leaders from Lango have accused the government of promoting human trafficking by not implementing Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act 2009. This legislation aims to prohibit trafficking in persons, establish offenses, define prosecution and punishment for offenders, prevent human trafficking, and protect its victims. However, during a gathering dedicated to raising awareness about human […]
Aya Investment Limited, which owns Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala has again lost a bid to stay the execution of an order to auction the hotel for non-payment of loans amounting to over US$ 300 million. Three Court of Appeal judges; Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Monica Mugenyi, and Oscar Kihika ruled that a reference filed by Aya […]
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is set to close its embassy in Uganda, ambassador Jong Tong Hak has revealed. In a courtesy call to President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State House Entebbe, Hak informed him that North Korea has taken a strategic measure to reduce the number of embassies in Africa, Uganda inclusive in […]