President Museveni called for Ugandans to make household money their top concern during a meeting at Mwanzi Parish. He compared this approach to spiritual teachings that put God first, saying nations should put family income ahead of other goals. The president spoke during his tour, checking wealth creation programs in the Greater Mubende area.
Museveni pointed out that Uganda has built many roads connecting major towns like Kabale to Tororo. He warned that good infrastructure alone cannot transform lives when families lack money. He mentioned seeing people go hungry in Kampala despite living among paved streets, electricity, and water pipes.
The president shared a story about a 64-year-old woman whose life changed after receiving...
The Uganda Communications Commission finished a three-year project helping people with special needs access digital technology. The program identified more than 40,000 individuals with disabilities to guide future policies. UCC Executive Director Nyombi Thembo announced that over 10,000 people learned digital skills through the initiative. The project also created 35 websites for district unions across Uganda to improve regional communication. A new digital platform with a simple code (25565#) allows even basic phone users to connect with services.
The program addresses serious barriers faced by disabled Ugandians, who make up about 12.4 percent of the population. Many cannot easily use education services, find jobs, or access...
Uganda plans to fight deadly road crashes with a new digital system starting April 23. The Ministry of Works created the Automated Express Penalty System to catch speeding drivers through cameras. The system will automatically issue fines when it spots violations on Ugandan roads.
Road deaths jumped to 5,144 last year, up from 2,845 a decade ago. Most victims were everyday people - pedestrians, passengers, cyclists, or motorcycle riders. Police blame careless overtaking and speeding for nearly half of all accidents that seriously hurt over 17,000 people in 2024.
Cameras will snap photos of law-breaking vehicles, recording their license plates, location, and time of offense. Officials will review the evidence before sending fine...
Two women went missing Tuesday evening after a canoe flipped over on Lake Bunyonyi. The accident happened near Musigwe Village around 5 PM as five people traveled from Kitooma to Mugyera. Resident Dickson Kamuhanda said strong winds caused the wooden vessel to capsize when the group was returning from their gardens. Three passengers were saved, but Midias Ngyenda from Rutojo Village and a woman known as Mukotanyi remained missing Wednesday morning.
This marks another dangerous incident on Africa's second-deepest lake. Last March, two women and a baby drowned during a lake crossing. A student also drowned in August 2023, traveling to the market with a friend who survived. President Museveni promised a ferry service back in 2016 to make...
President Museveni expressed frustration about leaders failing to implement free education across Uganda. He urged officials at all levels to ensure government schools stop charging fees. The president spoke on Wednesday when he opened a skills training center in Mubende District. He visits the region regularly to promote wealth creation activities, including the Parish Development Model program.
Museveni referenced the 1996 National Resistance Movement manifesto, which proposed free education. He explained that school fees create barriers preventing many poor children from accessing education. Primary schools currently serve 11 million students, but secondary schools have only 2 million despite similar program lengths. The president...
A city court fined Ronald Katende 500,000 shillings after he admitted throwing trash into the Nakivubo drainage channel. Magistrate Edgar Karakire handed down the penalty on April 16, giving Katende the option to pay or serve four months in jail. The magistrate considered that Katende had never broken the law before and immediately confessed to his actions.
Police arrested Katende on April 7 when a video showed him emptying garbage from his three-wheeled vehicle into the waterway. He asked the court for mercy because he supports his pregnant wife and toddler. Officials kept him at Luzira prison until his court appearance yesterday.
The National Environmental Act normally sets much higher fines of 11 million shillings for similar...
Prof. Badru Kateregga, founder of Kampala University, remains locked in an ongoing marital dispute with his wife, Jolly Shubaiha Kateregga. Their conflict has spread across social media platforms, capturing public attention as both parties trade serious accusations. Prof. Kateregga alleges his wife physically abused him repeatedly and forced him out of their Buziga home in Kampala. He displayed injuries on his skull, which he attributes to beatings from his wife, despite her denials of these claims.
Shubaiha accused the professor of neglecting parental duties toward their children. Prof. Kateregga rejected these accusations when speaking with reporters, pointing out that their children attend an international school where tuition for a...
OpenAI just released two powerful AI models for complex reasoning tasks. The company announced O3, their strongest reasoning model ever, along with O4-mini, a smaller but faster alternative that performs well for its size. These new tools can process images better than earlier versions, allowing them to work with sketches and visual data during their thinking process.
Both models connect with all ChatGPT features, including image generation and web browsing capabilities. ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers can access these models right away if they use o3, o4-mini, or o4-mini-high settings. The company plans to offer the more advanced O3-Pro model to users within weeks.
OpenAI will gradually remove older models like o1 and o3-mini...
The court orders Stanbic Bank to pay back Shs 339 million to a drug company after online banking fraud totaled over Shs 2 billion. Judge Cornelia Kakooza Sabiiti ruled that the bank failed to create strong fraud detection systems to protect customer money. The case started when Mukono Company, Abacus Parenteral Drugs, found unauthorized payments from their account between 2015 and 2018. Stanbic denied responsibility, claiming they warned customers about online banking risks in writing. The bank argued that customers hold all authority for transactions through online services.
The judge decided both sides shared blame for the money loss. She found that the bank should have noticed repeated payments to the wrong accounts with mismatched...
