Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0034 EAT on Wednesday 13th July 2022. The last couple of years [2020 to 2022] have experienced historical extremes never before seen in the oil market. During this period, oil prices have dropped to below zero — USA’s West Texas Intermediate [WTI] on April 20, 2020 dove to -$37…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1826 EAT on Sunday 10th July 2022. Bukwo district chief administrative officer (CAO) Charles Ogwang has become the latest public official to be attacked and die after being sprayed with bullets. Ogwang was attacked on Friday evening at the Matugga-Kalule stretch along the Gulu highway. Unfortunately for Ogwang, he…

Updated by Nakayima Ritah at 1503 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. Makerere University researchers have started a study that will attempt to find a permanent cure for HIV/Aids.  Based at the Makerere University Walter Reed Project (MUWRP), the researchers are joining other scientists based in the US to explore whether a strategy dubbed; Block,…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1338 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. Last week, Mukono Municipality MP Betty Bakireke Nambooze travelled to the United States of America for treatment after being cleared by the Uganda Medical Board (UMB).  This development came after three years of being rebuffed several times by UMB, the government agency charged…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 1259 EAT on Saturday 9th July 2022. A 34-year-old woman, Suzan Mutiibwa has been arrested by police in Kiira region on allegations of beating to death, and burying her 7-year-old daughter, Mercy Namugaya. She allegedly committed the crime in Nkalange village, Busedde sub-county in Jinja district; where she dug up…

Updated at 10:00 EAT on Friday 8th July 2022. Growing up in Kosim village, Atoot sub-county  in Ngora district was fun. Blessed with a serene environment and a beautiful atmosphere, Kosim was a place to live. Even with the majority of the residents living in grass-thatched houses, nearly all households had access to basic needs…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 0940 EAT on Friday 7th July 2022. The speaker of parliament Anita Among has tasked the attorney general to expeditiously process the acquisition of offices for MPs under one roof, because the legislators are ‘scattered’ in different buildings and parliament is spending colossal sums of money on rent. Among…

Updated by Faith Barbara Namagembe at 2323 EAT on Thursday 7th July 202 The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) insists that Uganda has entered into the threshold for lower-middle-income status based on its own statistical data computations, despite a divergent view by the World Bank. In a statement released Wednesday, the government statistical body indicates that…