Uganda's 2025-2026 budget introduces new taxes on alcohol and tobacco to bolster domestic revenue and promote economic resilience. The budget aims to widen the tax base and incentivize compliance ...

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Two years after halting funding, the World Bank is lifting its loan freeze on Uganda, imposed after the country passed a 2023 anti-LGBTQ law allowing the death penalty for certain same-sex acts.

The bank halted funding to the East African country in August 2023 after Uganda's parliament passed the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA), saying the law contradicted its values.

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday named Uganda-born Father Simon Peter Engurait, a former business analyst who became a priest at age 41, to lead the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux in southeastern Louisiana.

Jinja — UN Women, in partnership with the Government of Uganda and the African Union Commission, has today launched the third phase of the African Girls Can Code Initiative (AGCCI) at Wanyange ...

Born in Uganda in 1971, Bishop-designate Engurait brings international and academic experience to the role. He attended the local Ugandan St. Peter’s College in Tororo, and studied at Notre Dame ...

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | UN Women, in partnership with the Government of Uganda and the African Union Commission, has today launched the third phase of the African Girls Can Code Initiative ...

They pleaded with the Uganda Martyrs to intercede for them -- seeking relief from poverty, sickness, joblessness and unrest. "I came to ask the martyrs to speak to God on behalf of my children," Mary ...

Police in Kiira region have arrested Amina Mutesi, the former education officer of Jinja City, over the death of her casual labourer, Jessica Mutesi. It is alleged that, in April 2025, Amina Mutesi, a ...

"Only 26% of women in Uganda are online, compared to 45% of men," she said. "This is more than a training programme--it's a movement." Through coding boot camps, mentorship, and hands-on learning ...

At Jinja Regional Referral Hospital (JRRH), health workers and their families are forced to reside in dilapidated housing units, some of which are deemed unfit for human habitation.