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Billions in AFCON 2027 contracts up for grabs as Uganda invites suppliers

Tourists stranded, buses rescheduled, banks open late on 1st Cleaning Day

Business paralysed at Busia border as Police enforces cleaning directive

Engineers demand due process in anti-corruption arrests

Daily Monitor closure deepens Uganda’s print media crisis

News consumers miss NTV, Daily Monitor

Bahati hails Uganda Baati, Manufacturers’ Association at launch of cleaning day

How EAC Central Banks are responding to geopolitical tensions

🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: When cell towers and lack of disclosure take center stage

Nile Breweries enters spirits market with launch of Kyooto Waragi

Farmers in Acholi advised to delay second season planting after failed harvest

How putting a price on Uganda’s resources can secure its future

Ugandan photographer Peter Kuloba wins Safal Eye In The Wild competition

Gen. Moses Ali finally laid to rest in Adjumani

Court orders gov’t to probe into Muwanga Kivumbi’s whereabouts

NCBA Bank Uganda drives automotive innovation at the 2026 NCBA auto show

How China builds roads with excellence

Watu Uganda reaches one million device financing milestone

Global hunger falls, but millions in Africa still go without food, says UN

Pearl Bank looks to a digital future a year after rebranding

FORESTS: TASLL and ECOTRUST reassure communities in northern Uganda

UNICEF urges Uganda to strengthen child road safety

How dfcu Bank is helping award winning Ojok transform Northern Uganda’s coffee value chain

COMPUTERS: Schools to benefit from dfcu, ICT partnership

EC nullifies NRM candidate in Masaka LC elections

Court declines to declare Movit owner of land occupied by prison

Makerere scientists discover genetic changes in Ebola Bundibugyo virus

Makerere University introduces e-transcripts, expands online learning

Dilapidated roads and bridges cripple trade in West Nile

International exposure shapes Ugandan chef’s approach to culinary education

MTN MoMo and Next Travel launch digital travel booking platform

Britam, Airtel Money partner to expand access to insurance and investment services

Housing Finance Bank deepens customer engagement in Teso Sub-Region

Spiro sets 2040 net-zero target as first sustainability report highlights climate and economic gains

Burugo Primary School crowned national champion at inaugural dettol hygiene quest festival

🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: Molly Katanga gets green light to bring ballistics expert

Kasese leaders alarmed by rising suicides, teenage pregnancies

How ‘Sauti Ya Uganda’ brings the Uganda national anthem to life

Burnham gov’t signals break with old model, faces test of delivery

Public Servants knocked out of LC 1 elections

EPS suspension delaying full digital number plate migration

Uganda’s Ebola battle enters its final test

Amazon and Starlink bring satel­lite battle to Africa

Africa CDC urges U.S. to lift Uganda Ebola travel restrictions

Gov’t shifts Karamoja food relief distribution to UPDF, prisons

iKON Awards 2026 set for December, roadmap to include Johannesburg experience

Uganda’s Muni University wins inaugural Mastercard higher education award

WORLD CUP 2026: Novelty, controversy and farewell

🔴 Anthony Natif notes from Court: Uganda Vs Molly Katanga and Others July 20/2026

POLICE: We do not know where Kivumbi is

Africa’s right to unite or perish

Wanyange, Gayaza Junior win inaugural KCB Schools Chess Tournament

ICEA LION, KCB Bank in 1,500-trees schools drive

Parliament salutes Gen. Moses Ali

How corruption inflated Busega-Mpigi Expressway cost to Shs2 trillion

Djalal Khimdjee appointed CEO of the Africa50 Principal Investment Fund

10 Days On: Security forces silent as Muwanga Kivumbi hearing looms

AGRA at 20: Charting Uganda’s next chapter in agricultural transformation

Uganda announces open National Park Days for 2026

New telecom taxes renew debate over whether Uganda is taxing financial inclusion

State House and security agencies under siege

Morocco, Spain, Portugal to co-host 2030 FIFA World Cup

After Kapchorwa, how many more deaths before Uganda switches on smart enforcement?

Govt launches 5-year strategy to strengthen gaming sector regulation, boost revenue and curb illegal gaming

Gov’t releases official burial programme for Gen. Moses Ali

Gov’t moves to introduce mandatory colour coding for school buses and vans

From Kigali to Villa Park: How Rwanda is expanding sport into a global ambition

When Theodore Roosevelt came to Buganda

If the future is digital, are rural youth learning digital skills early enough?

Paul Kafeero DNA Debate: Finding father, losing family?

Mandela Day inspires South Africans, migrants to promote unity against xenophobia

Museveni to join Parliament in paying tribute to Gen. Moses Ali

Gen Moses Ali — 1939-2026

Spain wins FIFA World Cup 2026

Xi calls for equitable global AI governance, unveils new cooperation body

Kasango wins playoff to claim Absa Chairman’s Bell

Reflecting on people and technology as world celebrates AI DAY

AGM: dfcu Bank raises dividend as profits strengthen

Trust, governance at the heart of Uganda’s $500 billion goal

In the Eyes of God: Can religion save girls from unsafe abortion?

Could the King Davis school accident have been avoided?

Against the Norm

The cultivation of character

Gen. Moses Ali to receive state funeral as burial programme takes shape

U.S.-Iran tensions escalate with renewed strikes

Gen. Moses Ali, the ‘Lion of Adjumani’s’ final chapter

England beats France 6-4 to win World Cup bronze

Africa turns digital to protect crops and boost exports

Former Deputy Prime Minister Gen. Moses Ali dies at 87

Oil shocks are no longer so shocking

Lancet review: mRNA vaccines safe and effective

Who owns a student’s innovation? As school projects gain value, rights questions grow

Multiple students injured as school bus collides with sugarcane truck in Kamuli

World Cup final: What to know

African Medicines Agency partners with Medicines for Africa to strengthen fight against fake medicines

Young entrepreneur builds furniture business through social media and customer focus

King David crash exposes years of failure to enforce school trip safety rules

Gov’t suspends all school trips after King David tragedy

China’s economy keeps moving forward amid global headwinds

China is jointly advancing sound, safe, orderly AI development for human well-being