Kampala — At dawn in Bukoto, shopkeeper Sarah Nakato wipes a thin brown film off her shelves before opening for the day. By midday, it will be back. “You clean in the morning, and by evening everything is dusty again,” she says, coughing slightly. “This dust is killing us slowly.” For many residents, this is…
Dr Frank Rubabinda Asiimwe, a consultant urologist at Mulago National Referral Hospital, is the new President of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), marking a significant leadership transition for the country’s umbrella body of medical doctors. The announcement, confirmed through multiple official and professional platforms over the past week, has been widely welcomed across Uganda’s health…
Rev. Canon Prof. Grace Lubaale has today been consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Busoga diocese in a colourful ceremony, succeeding Rt. Rev. Paul Moses Samson Naimanhye, who retired after 9 years of service to the church. The consecration that was led by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace, the Most Rev….
The National Drug Authority (NDA), working with the Uganda Police Force, has arrested a Senior Clinical Officer attached to Nyamuyanja Health Centre IV in Isingiro District over the theft of a huge consignment of government medicines, including more than half a million doses of antiretrovirals (ARVs). The suspect, Muzahura John Baptist, was tracked down after…
Hoima – In a significant milestone for higher education in Uganda’s Bunyoro sub-region, the Kikuube District Council has unanimously approved the master plan for the long-awaited Bunyoro University, officials announced. The decision, made during a council session in Hoima, clears a critical hurdle for the establishment of the public institution, which is set to become…
The Ministry of Health has launched the Uganda Suprahub, a groundbreaking innovation designed to strengthen how health workers across the country learn, train, and access expert guidance. The initiative, unveiled through the Ministry’s Human Resources Development Department with support from the U.S. Government, marks a major step toward modernising health workforce capacity using digital technology….
The United States of America and the Government of Uganda have signed a landmark five-year, $2.3 billion Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes a new framework for bilateral health cooperation. The agreement sets out a shared vision to save lives, strengthen Uganda’s health system, and bolster global health security under the America First Global Health…
Makerere University Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe has attributed his unprecedented third win as African Educationist of the Year to the transformation of Makerere into a research-led, innovation-driven institution that is now attracting continental admiration. Speaking in an exclusive interview from his Ivory Tower office at Makerere Hill on Monday, Prof. Nawangwe thanked Ugandans and…
Former Isingiro North parliamentary aspirant James Atwiine Nkizimagara sparked drama after he chained himself to the main gate of the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB). He was protesting what he calls the unfair invalidation of his Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) and Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) academic documents. Nkizimagara, who was recently disqualified…
Rehabilitation works have officially begun at the Kiteezi Landfill, where heavy machinery roared to life on Thursday to clear waste and install the first gas-ventilation and leachate-collection systems. The activity marks the start of a US$1 million project funded by the Government of Japan to stabilise and restore Uganda’s largest and most troubled waste-disposal site….