Johannesburg— An aircraft belonging to Uganda Airlines was forced to return to OR Tambo International Airport on Thursday morning after a bird strike shattered part of the cockpit windscreen mid-flight. Flight UR713 had departed Johannesburg en route to Entebbe when the incident occurred about 45 minutes after take-off, at an altitude of approximately 31,900 feet,…
Kampala — The Uganda Media Centre has held a working visit to the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation aimed at strengthening public communication and improving the quality of national discourse. The visit, held on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, brought together officials from both institutions in what was described as a shared effort to elevate standards in information…
Jinja — Sylvia Mulinge, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda, has commended Uganda’s progress in electric mobility and innovation following a visit to the Kiira Motors Corporation vehicle plant in Jinja. Mulinge, accompanied by her executive team, toured the facility under the guidance of founding CEO Paul Isaac Musasizi, where they observed the production…
Kampala — In a viral TikTok video from a road rehabilitation site along Old Kira Road, Hajjat Sharifah Buzeki, Executive Director of the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), pressed a project engineer over a series of temporary open drainage inlets installed to manage stormwater during construction. The interaction, which drew laughter from onlookers, showed Buzeki questioning the…
Kampala, Uganda — The Director of the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) has highlighted ongoing progress on Uganda’s first Crime Data Centre, designed to boost national capacity for advanced analytics, digital forensics, and predictive policing — an initiative supporters say will revolutionise how modern threats are tackled. In a social media post on X on Monday,…