Author: Edward Kasolo

To enhance livestock systems across the country, the Director Generals of the National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 13 August 2024. This agreement aims to establish a long-term partnership to promote livestock development through collaborative research, institutional strengthening, and capacity-building initiatives. These efforts will help further the missions of both institutions. The livestock sector is a cornerstone of Uganda’s economy, food security, and rural livelihoods. It contributes approximately 7.5% to the country’s GDP and plays a vital role in agricultural production, with more than 70% of…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that he will be meeting all cultural leaders in Uganda in September this year. The President said the meeting will focus on sharing the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government’s vision with the cultural leaders. “We have been active from the 1960s. We started as a student movement, then we became a fighting force because of our internal politics here. We later became a political movement but we have got very strong views which we would like to share with the traditional people so that we don’t clash. Because for us, we are very firm.…

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) exceeded the revenue collection target for July by sh93.9b, data from the tax body shows. The revenue performance report indicated that the taxman collected sh2.1 trillion against a target of 2.09 trillion. It said the surplus of 93.9b led to a performance of 104.48%. “It is a beautiful beginning for the new financial year, which has seen us get a performance of 104.48% for July,” the report released by Robert Kalumba, URA’s assistant commissioner of public and corporate affairs, says. Domestic taxes collected amounted to sh1.3 trillion against a target of sh1.2 trillion, creating a…

The search for a new Vice-Chancellor at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has concluded with the appointment of Prof. Pauline Byakika-Kibwika. The appointment follows a nail-biting process conducted by the Vice Chancellor Search Committee (VCSC), which commenced in January 2024. A distinguished academic with extensive experience in public health and higher education leadership, Prof. Pauline Byakika-Kibwika, beat four other candidates who were shortlisted to contend for the university’s top academic and general administration position. Prof. Pauline Byakika-Kibwika’s prospects for winning the battle of brains started when the Vice Chancellor Search Committee scored her overall performance at 84.3%, followed…

President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the newly constructed Kole-Gulu-Nebbi- Arua transmission line, that connects the West Nile subregion to the national power grid. The 132kV power line was successfully energised at Nebbi sub-station. During the commissioning, Museveni highlighted some historical facts regarding the progress of Uganda’s electricity sector and the story behind the journey of connecting West Nile to the national grid. “The argument by some people who say that we had forgotten West Nile were wrong, they were not serious, they were disruptive actually,” he said. Museveni added: “When the NRM (National Resistance Movement) came into government, the only…

On August 2, 2024, at around 2:00 PM, the Katwe Division Police in Kampala Metropolitan South conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of KIZITO ISAAC, also known as Kamese, a notorious robber and resident of Kisangani Zone, Masaja- Makindye Division- Kampala City. Kamese had broken into Ssendija Mike’s house and stolen a mattress, DVD player, phone, and cash worth 400,000 Ugandan shillings. Kamese led the police to his gang, all of whom were residents of Kisangani, Masaja ward. A total of 8 suspects were arrested, and exhibits, including TVs, a fridge, hoofers, mattresses, and flat irons, were recovered.…

This is just unbelievable! Where else can you harvest swift cash, 250 million in just minutes, if not from Fortebet’s Aviator? The Aviator winning King from Mbarara City answered all questions correctly. With-in just seconds to a few minutes, this winner bagged 250 million, his highest so far. Imagine in just less than five minutes, this winner was a millionaire to this magnitude, from 150k of stake. While receiving his cash from ForteBet head office in Kololo, he said he had been studying aviator movements to the extent of knowing when the bigger odd would come. “I am an aviator…

Catholic Priest Fr Dominic Alinga has been arrested after he stabbed a URA worker identified as John Bosco after he requested him to pay back a loan worth Shs11million According to a message circulating on different WhatsApp groups, Fr Dominic called John Bosco who has been his friend, and said they should link up and finalise the transition. It is believed that Fr Dominic went to John Bosco’s home before he came up with an ideo of them to go to Entebbe. It is also said that Fr Dominic pulled out a sharp Machete and stabbed John Bosco as they…

ITHUBA Uganda, the official operator of the Uganda National Lottery, proudly announces the winners of the largest LOTTO jackpot pay out in the country’s history. With ticket sales going live only nine weeks ago on June 1, 2024, the grand prize of over UGX 1 billion guaranteed jackpot has been won by 11 lucky players. The winning numbers for this historic draw are 8, 31, 35,42,46,47 and bonus number 6. The Division 5 prize of UGX 932,340,000 will be shared amongst 5 winners who each matched 4 out of the 6 winning numbers, making this the most significant jackpot in…

Former Miss Uganda Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, has passed on at age 77. Close family members have told The Ugandan Wire that Ogwal succumbed to cancer at a hospital in India on Thursday morning. At just age 23 in 1969, Cecilia Ogwal contested and won the highly coveted Miss Uganda position bagging the title of the fairest maiden in the land during the evening stages of the Dr. Apollo Milton Obote 1 regime. She has also been the Member of Parliament for the Dokolo District Women’s Constituency consecutively since 1996, a member of the parliamentary Committee of Physical Infrastructure in…