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People who make laws feel worried about the courts. They say the courts owe a lot of money. The lawmakers think the court people did not manage money well. A group called the Public Accounts Committee found out the courts owed more than 13 billion shillings, a debt that grew over five years...

Police stopped a man named Călin Georgescu in his car on Wednesday in Bucharest. The police arrested him because they thought he did something wrong during the last election. Mr. Georgescu won the first part of the presidential election last year. No one expected him to win. His friends said he...

Police caught 11 students who walked on the street to speak against a big oil pipe. These students came from many schools in Kampala. They wore orange shirts with words about stopping the oil pipe. The police said these students broke the rules by walking together and shouting. Mr. Onyango from...

The people who run courts in Uganda want to build a new court in Ibanda District. This will help people who live far away from big courts. Mr. Mawanda, who speaks for the courts, said they talked to leaders from Ibanda, Kamwenge, and places nearby. Everyone agreed that Ibanda was the best spot...

This morning, a big fire started at a bus parking place in Kasese near a bank. The fire produced a lot of smoke that went up into the sky, and many people felt scared when they saw it. People who saw the fire said it moved very fast. It burned many things around it before help came. People who...

Tian Tang Group and Sino Uganda Mbale Industrial Park gave shs50 million in help to families hurt by fire in the Karamoja area. The big fire burned many homes in Nakobekobe village, and twenty-six families lost their houses. The helpers gave things to Father Clement Otim, who leads the church in...

The leader of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga, asked the Uganda government to give more money for HIV/AIDS medicine. He spoke at an event for the Kabaka's Birthday Run at Bulange, Mengo. This run happens before the Kabaka turns 70 years old. People will run on April 6. The run has a special...

The person who leads Uganda's Parliament wants everyone to plant trees. Anita Among asked all the lawmakers to help stop climate change. She talked about how hot the weather has been lately. The very hot days show us that climate change is happening. "You felt the heat these past weeks in many...

The Uganda Federal Alliance says some people tried to change their party rules without asking. They wrote a letter to the people who run elections in Uganda asking for help. Mr. Mugasira from the party sent the letter on February 25. He talked about something printed in a special book on...

Members of Parliament are upset with the people who run courts in Uganda. These lawmakers say many people wait in jail for many years before they have a trial. The lawmakers learned about this problem from a big report. Mr. Basalirwa, who works as a Member of Parliament, visited Luzira Prison...

Texol Energies made new oils for taxi and boda boda drivers. These oils help cars and bikes run better. Drivers will spend less money on fixing their vehicles and buying fuel. The company calls its new products "Wulira Pawa." Tonny Mafende, who runs Texol Energies, says these oils will change...

People who write news stories in Uganda are very upset. On Wednesday, a man named Miracle Ibrah, who works for Top TV, was hurt by police officers. Miracle was taking pictures of a man named Elias Nalukoola. Elias wants to become a leader in Kawempe North. The police officers hit Miracle with...

President Museveni feels sad because many government-run schools still ask parents to pay money. He talked about this yesterday when he opened a new training center in Mbarara District. "Every area should have a primary school. Children can sleep at home. The government will give food and...

People started a new group called Hongera Saana Uganda. This group wants to help stop bad people from hurting others. They work with the President and keep our country safe. The police leader, David Wasswa, talked about this at a hotel in Kampala. He said fighting bad people is hard because...

The government gave two Chinese companies a lot of money to build roads in Wakiso. They will spend 107.2 billion shillings on these roads. Monica Edemachu from the government said China Railway Seventh Group will make the Kisozi-Kitemu and Naggalabi roads. This job costs 41 billion shillings...

Fewer people drowned in Uganda's water last year. The police wrote a report showing 119 drowned in 2024, down from 138 in 2023. Many bad things happen on the water in Uganda. People take things from boats. Some boats tip over. Animals hurt people. But most problems come from people falling into...

Pius Bigirimana takes care of all the courts in Uganda. He told some important people at Parliament he might ask landlords to close court buildings. This would happen because the money people did not pay rent for these buildings. Bigirimana attended a meeting with people who check how money is...

The National Unity Platform started lessons again at their School of Leadership in Kamwokya. This happened only days after police and soldiers came and took many things from the school. Lewis Rubongoya told people on the internet that classes began again on Monday. The students showed bravery...

The National Oil Seed Project, a Ugandan farming project, wants to help farmers grow more sunflowers, groundnuts, sesame, and soya beans. This project works in 81 places across Uganda. But after four years, many things have gone wrong. The project's leaders tried to spend 47.5 billion shillings...

The first group of National IDs in Uganda ran out of time. The people who make these IDs face big problems with money and workers. These problems might make it hard for people to get new IDs before they vote in 2026. The ID makers asked for a lot of money—600 billion shillings—but they only got...