The News Today

New Global Hunger Index names Uganda along 30 other countries Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is among six African countries whose “food scarcity” situation has been categorised as “serious” according to the latest Global Hunger Index published on Oct.14 by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe— two global non-profits that …

For pressure group, is competition with Bobi Wine’s NUP better than cooperation? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | The People’s Front for Transition comes at a time when Dr. Kizza Besigye is marking twenty years since he first ran for president. After four grueling election cycles, Besigye sat out the …

Assessing the opportunity and the risk Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Commenting on the move by Uganda’s largest telecom company, MTN, to list on the country’s stock exchange, Stephen Kaboyo, the managing director at Alpha Capital Partners, sees opportunity. “In my own prediction, MTN stock will be a good …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Science teachers say they are finding it hard not to blame UNATU for the interference with the salary increment process for the scientists in the teaching profession. Under their umbrella body, Uganda professional science teachers Union -UPSTU, they are convinced that the Uganda National …

But businesses remain optimistic about the future Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Business sentiments in Uganda’s private sector remained positive but slow in September on account of new orders and higher output, according to the monthly Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers Index (PMI). The headline PMI registered 52.5 in September …

An analysis of the rationalising of gov’t agencies does not reveal the intended cost cutting NEW ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | The proposed merger of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) with its mother ministry- Works and Transport hangs over the roads agency like the Sword of Damocles. After a three …

‘It should be turning point for Uganda and the world’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | When world leaders, scientists, business executives and activists converge in Glasgow this November for the latest round of climate change talks, the hope is that they will all speak with one voice and keep …

Finding a reason to live after losing a leg in car crash Every day 10 people on average die in road traffic crashes in Uganda, which is the highest in East Africa, according to police and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s Road Safety Performance Review report for Uganda …

Expert reveals how it shaped 2021 election Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a growing trend of domestic political actors deploying targeted disinformation schemes in several African countries; Uganda inclusive, according to Tessa Knight, a South Africa-based researcher with the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab). Knight …

🔴 LIVE FULL TIME: Uganda 🇺🇬 1 Rwanda 🇷🇼 0  | Kenya 0 Mali 1 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fahad Bayo struck for the second time in two matches as Uganda Cranes beat Rwanda 1-0 in their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match at St Mary’s Kitende stadium on …