Uganda Airlines Launches direct flights to Entebbe from Gatwick after 10 year absence

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com  and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now After nearly a decade’s absence, direct flights between the United Kingdom and Uganda are being reintroduced with the launch of Uganda Airlines’ new four-times- …

Uganda central bank holds lending rate for third time in a row

KAMPALA: Uganda’s central bank maintained its key lending rate at 9.75% for the third monetary policy meeting in a row on Tuesday amid heightened global risks to the inflation outlook. Core inflation rose to 3.9% in annual terms to April from 3.6% in March …

Uganda's central bank holds policy rate, citing inflation risks

KAMPALA: Uganda's central bank kept its key lending rate at 9.75% for the third monetary policy meeting in a row on Tuesday, citing heightened global risks to the inflation outlook. Core inflation rose to 3.9% in annual terms in April from 3.6% in …

Uganda suspends YY coaches after deadly accidents

Uganda suspends YY coaches after deadly accidents The State Minister of Works and Transport in Uganda, Fred Byamukama, has suspended the operation of YY Coaches for 15 days, effective today, following several road accidents involving the company's …

Kenya's economic lead: Fact-checking president William Ruto's Tanzania and Uganda comparisons

On 30 April, Ruto said: “Just to give you statistics, savings as a percentage of GDP in Kenya today is between 10 and 12%.”  The president repeated the stat on Labour Day, adding that the range depended “on the calculation you apply”.  The savings-to-GDP …

Uganda Nurses and Midwives' Council calls for improved nurses' welfare

Uganda Nurses and Midwives' Council calls for improved nurses' welfare As Uganda joined the rest of the world to celebrate International Nurses Day, the country continues to grapple with a low nurse to patient ratio, despite the availability of …

How Uganda has fallen apart

The state of a number of city roads, including in expensive neighborhoods like Kololo, Nakasero and Bugolobi,   The collapse of governance and the consequences for our country because of an aging president THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Uganda is in …

Monitor bloated one leader’s threat over Uganda poll boycott

Anxiety is high in Uganda’s West Nile region over local pastoralists’ claim that migrant herders have invaded their land, leaving untold environmental destruction and a disgruntled populace in their wake. So bad is the situation that some local leaders …

Uganda launches climate health plan led by public health pioneer

A whirlwind twisted upward from Lake Victoria, spiraling faster and higher, until it formed a thick column linking the darkened sky to the lake’s surface. It was the first time in living memory that a tornado had emerged from Africa’s largest lake, cradled …

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