Uganda News

President Museveni has promised to launch investigations to establish how districts spend the grant the central government extends to them.

KAMPALA, 4 September 2008 - Uganda's rising HIV prevalence is forcing policy makers to look for inventive ways of educating people about the virus.

The workers umbrella body, the National Organisation of Trade Unions has demanded the sacking of Finance Minister Ezra Suruma and the National Social Security Fund board chairman, Mr Edward Gaamuwa.

KAMPALA, 3 September 2008 - Uganda's health ministry has been scrambling to stave off a nationwide shortage of antiretroviral drugs that could jeopardise the lives of tens of thousands of HIV-positive people.

Kanungu farmer Johnson Kazigaba guides Museveni on a tour of his farm on Monday.

Kampala is sitting on a sewerage system that has not expanded in over 40 years and now threatens to dangerously pollute Lake Victoria, a key source of the city's water supply, according to the National Water ...

Regional expansion recently witnessed in the financial industry has motivated Uganda Clays Limited out of its comfort zone to expand its foothold in the region with construction of a factory in Rwanda.

ACCORDING to Police statistics, Uganda has the highest number of people dying in road accidents in the Great Lakes region, which included Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.

Sudan has banned all check-points for taxes throughout the country, an official of the embassy has said.

Uganda's Ministry of Health is expecting a batch of antiretroviral drugs to "arrive any time," Sam Zaramba, director-general of health services, announced on Tuesday following a drug shortage confirmed by ...

Philippines News.Net Sunday 31st August, 2008 Research shows 40 to 50 percent of enterprises in developing countries are owned and run by women.

The National Social Security Fund, NSSF is planning to invest a whopping $80 million into the redevelopment of the National Theatre, Dewinton Road, and transform it into one of Kampala city's most profound ...

The Ugandan government has said it did not send a delegation to peace talks with rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army , killing any hope that a final peace agreement could be signed Sunday.

A search for the body of a two-year-old child started yesterday following the Tuesday accident in which a mini-bus plunged into River Aswa on the Gulu-Pader district border.

KAMPALA, 26 August 2008 - Bwenge Kana is a member of The Aids Support Organisation in Mbale district, eastern Uganda.

By David Muwanga THE American Procurement Company has won a World Bank-funded project to audit 60 government agencies in Malawi.

By Anthony Bugembe THE shortage of anti-retroviral drugs is about to end, the Director General of Health Services, Dr.

Plans for the development of the proposed Gulu-Nimule-Juba-Wau railway line have been finalised following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Uganda and Sudan.

At least 20 people died and 13 were injured when a bus plunged into the swollen waters of a river in northern Uganda, police officials said Wednesday.

KAMPALA, 27 August 2008 - Faith is a member of the Ariel Children's Club, a group for HIV-positive children supported by the Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric AIDS Foundation .