For the 2024–2025 financial year, community mobilization, mindset transformation, and service digitization have been identified by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) as top priorities. Registrar General Mercy K. Kainobwisho made this revelation to stakeholders on Thursday during her presentation of the URSB’s performance. In order to support entrepreneurship, innovation, and business growth, she stated…
Due to allegations of fraud involving the loss of billions of shillings in unsecured loans from Equity Bank, two men have been taken into custody. Godfrey Mukwaya and Robert Mugumya, two former employees of Airtel Uganda, were taken into custody by police detectives on Thursday night and held at the Kampala Central Police Station (CPS)….
As demonstrated by the online campaign known as #datatheftexhibition, MTN Uganda has acknowledged the public’s outcry and stated its commitment to resolving specific issues related to data depletion. A statement has been released by MTN Uganda in response to the many complaints from Ugandans, including well-known celebrities, about how quickly their data GBs are being…
Local authorities have been asked by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) to collaborate with census workers to also count residents in local lodges and clubs. Get informed
The Court of Appeal has suspended the second and concurrent corruption case against former Karamoja affairs minister Mary Goretti Kitutu which the Inspector General of Government (IGG) has been prosecuting. Get informed
The Uganda Wildlife Authority’s long-standing plan to reintroduce white rhinoceroses to the Ajaj Wildlife Reserve in the Madi-Okollo District of the West Nile region is beginning to take shape. This comes after UWA successfully relocated 200 kobs and 50 buffaloes to the reserve over the course of two days last Friday. Get informed
At Entebbe International Airport, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has seized over 325 cellphones that travelers had tried to smuggle into the country. According to a statement from the URA, the smartphones were found during an operation they called Operation Holy Grail, which aims to stop travelers from smuggling phones into the country. The statement…
China Henan International Corporation Group (CHICO), a Chinese roads construction company has been banned by the African Development Bank (AfDB) for participating in “fraudulent activity” in a project that the AfDB is funding in Uganda. CHICO, the Henan-based constructor, is now prohibited from participating in any new AfDB-funded projects on the continent, including its ongoing project…
Deputy Inspector General of Police Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Tumusiime Katsigazi has ordered the Police Exodus Sacco to continue operations in spite of demands from members of parliament and certain police offices to stop Sacco deductions until audits have been completed. According to Maj Gen Tumusiime, it will be disastrous for a police officer and his…
Three commercial banks applied to downgrade to credit institutions, and the Bank of Uganda (BoU) granted their request. ABC Capital Bank (U) Limited, Guaranty Trust Bank (U) Limited, and Opportunity Bank Limited are the three commercial banks listed by BoU. The transition period for these banks is set to last three months, from April 1, 2024,…
