Education stakeholders urge stronger support for learners with dyslexia
Education stakeholders have called for stronger research, early identification and better teacher preparation to ensure that learners with dyslexia receive the support they need throughout…
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Here’s a way to tighten ship as cost of living skyrockets
A few months ago, if you owned a small car and fueled it with just Shs 100,000 or about $30 at the time, you almost forgot about fuel for a whole week if you lived and worked around Kampala. Today, Shs 100,000 worth of fuel lasts a day or two in the same vehicle while…
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Business
Gold, oil and expensive loans: IMF on Uganda’s economic risks
Uganda is preparing for an economy that could look markedly different from today’s. The country is buying gold to strengthen its reserves, anticipating oil revenues, exploring a central bank digital currency, and remaining committed to an East African project that ultimately envisages a single regional currency. But beneath those ambitions lie stubborn weaknesses in the…
UDB tips on patient capital
Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has urged tourism investors to take advantage of affordable and long-term financing to turn Eastern Uganda’s…
Oil Palm farmer Nsubuga planting a future with Stanbic Bank’s help
Recently, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited chief executive Mark Ocitti Ongom and Bank Chief Executive Mumba Kalifungwa, together with several other…
NSSF’s Airtel shares yield Shs 42.6bn dividend
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has received Shs 42.6 billion in dividends from its investment in Airtel Uganda for…
Education
Makerere’s AirQo named Earthshot Prize finalist
Ugandan air quality monitoring initiative AirQo has been named among the 15 finalists for the 2026 Earthshot Prize, recognising its…
International schools must choose one curriculum – govt
The ministry of Education and Sports has tightened regulations on international schools, requiring institutions offering both foreign and Ugandan curricula…
UNATU raises concerns over Balaam’s ‘unguided’ school inspections
The Uganda National Teachers’ Union (UNATU) has criticised minister of State for Local Government Balaam Barugahara over what it describes…
TECHNOLOGY
Digital plates: MPs must uncover what Shs 714,300 actually buys!
Uganda’s digital number plate controversy raises a question bigger than the price of a metal plate. How much scrutiny should citizens surrender when government invokes national security? The answer cannot be everything. Parliament’s investigation into the Intelligent Transport Monitoring System (ITMS) is exposing a gap between what Ugandans may have understood they were buying and…
Ugandan innovators get Shs 205m to scale agricultural solutions
Young Ugandan innovators and entrepreneurs have received Shs 205 million in catalytic financing to scale agricultural technologies and businesses aimed at solving practical challenges facing farmers and agricultural value chains. The funding was awarded on Thursday at the AYuTe Africa Challenge Uganda Season Five awards gala at Sheraton Hotel Kampala, held under the theme “Go Big.…
Mobile money toll payments introduced on Entebbe Expressway
Motorists using the Kampala-Entebbe Expressway can now pay toll fees using mobile money, in a move aimed at reducing reliance on cash and making toll payments more convenient. The ministry of Works and Transport and MTN Uganda launched the mobile money payment service at the Kajjansi toll plaza, saying it will allow motorists to pay…
Lifestyle
Accident that broke her legs did not deter Onlysiima from modeling
SIIMA SHAMIM, 28, professionally known as ONLYSIIMA, is a Ugandan model, actress and influencer. Born in Kampala in 1998, Onlysiima began her modelling career in 2017. Her journey, however, was tested early, but instead of giving up, she redirected her career and rose from the ashes like a phoenix. She signed with Crystal Models Africa,…
Papa Moi defined music, the rest must posthumously learn from him
When news started filtering through that Moses Matovu had been killed in Kibuli last Thursday, the first question I asked myself was who would want him dead? I can’t claim to have known Moses Matovu very well. I only met him a few times; the first while interviewing him more than 20 years ago for…
Sex Talk: Girlfriend, get in some breathing exercises
As I read something in one of my books today, I realized something; the women I know who confess to really, really enjoy making love with their spouses and have no trouble orgasming, are also the ones who are very comfortable in their bodies and would wear anything, as long as they like it. On…
Sports
When corporates swapped suits for running shoes to save mothers
Corporate suits were swapped for running shoes on Sunday as Uganda’s business community joined hundreds of runners at the second Independence Marathon, turning a morning of sport into a campaign to save mothers. The marathon on Sunday, October 4, held under the theme “Save a Mother”, brought together corporate executives, elite athletes, recreational runners, families…
Other News
Parliament’s 100-Day test
The first 100 days of Uganda’s 12th Parliament have passed. The speeches have been made, committees constituted, and the new…
Court rules on Nakivubo drowning, Northern Bypass Shs 11.3bn claim
Nearly a decade after street vendor Olive Basemera plunged into the Nakivubo drainage channel and drowned while fleeing a Kampala…
Equity Bank backs Uganda on mining potential
Equity bank has reaffirmed its commitment to Uganda’s mining and extractive sector, with a particular focus on expanding financial inclusion…
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