MPs concerned about new driver licences
Government is set to take over the issuance of driving licences from Face Technologies Ltd with legislators concerned that government is not prepared for the task. On 01 March 2021,...
Uganda unveils 5-year driving license
Uganda signed a Joint Venture Agreement with Veridos GmBH of Germany to form the Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) Ltd that will be responsible for the supply of all Government...
US considers sanctions on Uganda security chiefs
The President Joe Biden administration is considering sanctions on Ugandan officials for brutality and human rights violations. This was revealed in a Department Press Briefing by Ned Price, State Department...
IGG: Bobi Wine must declare armoured car or lose it
By URN/The Observer National Unity Platform president Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine must declare his armoured (bulletproof) car donation by March 31, 2021, else it becomes government property, the acting...
Africa CDC puts Ugandan on its committee
Uganda's Richard Kabanda has been elected as a representative on the Public Health Risk Communication & Community Engagement Community of Practice technical committee for Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC)....
Climate activist Vanessa Nakate listed in Time Magazine’s 100 next
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has been named in Time Magazine forher inspiring work. On of UN SDG YoungLeaders, Vanessa was recognized by TIME on the 2021 #TIME100Next list, which...
China president Xi sends rep to tighten Uganda ties
Hon. Sam Kutesa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uganda, Saturday evening received H.E. Yang JIECHI, Special Representative of President Xi Jinping and Member of the Political...
Why military commander Napoleon wasn’t charged for beating journalists
The national army has spoken out on reports claiming that the actual commander of the military police unit that clobbered journalists was not penalised. The man behind the operation that...
Muhoozi: we’ll train soldiers on how to treat journalists
The Chief of Defence Forces, Gen David Muhoozi has promised that the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces will train it's soldiers on how to handle journalists in the field. Addressing the...
Furious MPs grill Rukutana over officials selling Ugandans abroad
Legislators have chastised the government for failing to manage and mitigate the gross human rights violations and inconsistencies involved in the exportation of labour especially to the Arab countries. Whilst...