Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1330 EAT on Saturday 4th March 2023. A new HIV/Aids self-testing kit piloted recently among seven universities in Uganda and found to be effective is to be distributed on a massive scale to the rest of the population, ministry of Health has said. Health minister, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, says…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1215 EAT on Saturday 4th March 2023. Absa Bank Uganda has been ordered to pay over Shs 6 billion for illegally selling a school it claimed had defaulted on loan repayment. According to the court records, in 2004, Progressive secondary school and its proprietors applied for two loans worth…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0934 EAT on Saturday 4th March 2023. Parents and old students of PMM Girls School Jinja, today Friday stormed the school premises to protest over accusations of homosexuality against one of the female teachers. Rose Kalembe, the chairperson of PMM Old Girl’s Association says that the protest was parked…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2214 EAT on Friday 3rd March 2023. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has suspended traffic on four major roads connecting to Goma city in North Kivu province, just a day after re-opening. The government had allowed the resumption of traffic along Goma-Rutshuru-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Kanyabayonga, Goma-Sake-Kitshanga-Pinga, and Goma-Sake-Mushaki-Masisi–Walikale on…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1831 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. Inia’s top court has asked the market regulator to investigate any possible lapses in securities law or other regulatory disclosures by the Adani Group which has been accused of business malpractice by a United States-based short seller. The Supreme Court on Thursday…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1746 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. John Paul Mugabe, the Mechanic Emyooga Sacco chairperson from Buhaguzi constituency in Kikuube district has been arrested for allegedly swindling over Shs 15 million belonging to the Sacco. He was arrested yesterday Tuesday on the directives of Haruna Kasolo, the state minister for Microfinance. It…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1712 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. Atiak town clerk, Ben Oluba has been arrested for allegedly selling three government planting machines as metal scrap. He was arrested on Tuesday after the planting machines were discovered at a metal scrap yard on route to Kampala city. The planters, which…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1705 EAT on Thursday 2 March 2023. Nigeria’s electoral commission has declared ruling party candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu the winner of Saturday’s presidential election. The announcement comes a day after opposition candidates called the election a “sham” and demanded a revote. In the early morning announcement broadcast on state-run…