Equity Bank Commissions 102 Equity Leaders Program Beneficiaries

Equity Bank Uganda on Saturday April 29, 2023 commissioned the second cohort of beneficiaries under the Equity Leaders Program (ELP). The ELP has admitted 102 top-performing scholars from the 50 districts where the Bank has got branches. The Equity Leaders Program, a mentorship and leadership development program, plays a significant role in extending Equity Bank […]

Pope Francis Appoints Msgr. Mukasa New Bishop of Kasana-Luweero Diocese

Msgr. Lawrence Mukasa had been appointed the new bishop of Luweero diocese by Pope Francis. Msgr. Mukasa, who has been the Vicar General of Kiyinda-Mityana diocese has been today (Saturday) April 29, 2023 announced by the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, Luigi Bianco. The Kasana-Luweero diocese bishop seat fell vacant since December 2, 2021, following the […]

Mukono Central Division Wins Goma in Mukono Municipality Athletics Championship

Mukono Central Division on Wednesday won the Goma Division in the Mukono Municipality Primary Schools Athletics Championship 2023. The championship was hosted at Global Junior School in Mukono Central Division with the best players selected from all the schools which participated in this year’s athletics competitions from Mukono Municipality. Cyras Ssemuhara, the Mukono Municipality sports officer […]

Over 300 Pupils Stuck After Strong Winds Destroy School’s Four-Classroom Block

Over 300 pupils of Nakanyonyi Project Primary School in Nakifuma-Naggalama Town Council in Mukono district are stuck following a heavy downpour which destroyed their four-classroom block. Winnie Namukwaya, one of the teachers at Nakanyonyi Project, a UPE school said they were shocked after turning up on Tuesday morning and they found four of their classrooms fully […]

Germany Medical Officers Fund Naggalama Hospital Knee and Hips Surgery Camp

Germany medical officers in conjunction with St. Francis Naggalama Hospital in Mukono district have funded an Arthroplasty and Trauma camp which has benefited over 35 patients. Dr. Jonathan Ssebugwawo, an orthopaedic surgeon in Naggalama Hospital says the camp ran between April 16-25. At least 20 patients have had knee and hips replacements whereas 15 of them […]

Malaria kills 52 Ugandans daily

  KAMPALA — The Deputy Speaker of Parliament has asked Ugandans to banish mosquitoes with plant repellents and clearing bushes around their homes. Speaking after taking a lead role in the Parliament Walk against Malaria on Sunday morning, Tayebwa said it doesn’t have to be only about money but mobilisation of communities and sensitization of […]

President Museveni Commissions First Overhauled Russian Helicopter in Africa

Uganda’s President and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has today presided over the commissioning into flight of the first overhauled Russian helicopter (MI 24) on the African continent south of the Sahara. The ceremony happened at Proheli International Services Limited MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) Plant headquarters […]