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KAMPALA — Government has set a target of raising Uganda’s annual tourism receipts to Shs18 trillion by 2030, Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has said. The target, equivalent to about $5...

By Infora Media Veteran musician and Afrigo Band leader Moses Matovu has died after he was attacked by unidentified assailants in Kampala on Thursday morning. Matovu, 77, was attacked at...

The Office of the National Chairman (ONC) has launched a countrywide seed distribution campaign to support farmers as the rainy season begins, with officials urging communities to shift their attention...

MPIGI — President Yoweri Museveni has broken ground for the Shs1.15 trillion Kampala Storage Terminal (KST) in Namwabula, Mpigi District, as Uganda moves to expand its petroleum storage capacity and...

KAMPALA — Ugandan TikTok personality Timothy Kayanja, popularly known as Jayden, has died following a prolonged battle with sickle cell disease and aplastic anaemia. News of his death was announced...

KAMPALA — A scholarship recipient pursuing an education, a rally car preparing to return to competition and a donation to patients at Mulago Hospital are among the developments keeping alive...

The Queen Mother of Tooro, Best Kemigisa, has recognised businessman Sudhir Ruparelia for Sponsoring the education and wellbeing of her late son, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV. Speaking...

WAKISO — Two people were killed and nine others injured after a Sino Truck lost control and crashed into three vehicles at Nkoowe along the Kampala–Hoima Road in Wakiso District....

ZANZIBAR — Hafidh Ameir Hassan, the husband of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has died while receiving treatment at a hospital in Zanzibar. Mr Ameir died at about 8am local...

KAMPALA — Businessmen Dr Sudhir Ruparelia and Godfrey Kirumira have publicly expressed support for Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, in a development that could give the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) added...

KAMPALA. The Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) is facing parliamentary scrutiny over the cancellation of a competitive procurement process for a private partner to commercialise its optical fibre network...

KAMPALA — The late businessman and philanthropist Rajiv Ruparelia has been honoured posthumously with the 2026 Humanitarian Award by the Pan-African Pyramid (PAP) for a philanthropic record that the organisation...

KAMPALA — Pan-Africanists, business leaders, activists and other prominent figures gathered at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Saturday for the ninth Pan-African Pyramid (PAP) Global Awards and 12th Anniversary Dinner. The...

KAMPALA — Nepal’s Honorary Consul to Uganda, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, has expressed solidarity with victims of the devastating floods that have swept parts of Nepal and the Himalayan region, extending...

KAMPALA — The High Court Commercial Division has granted architectural firm FBW (U) Limited and two of its directors a temporary reprieve from enforcement of a USD741,250 (about Shs2.7 billion)...