Andrew Matege

National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Deputy Managing Director for Technical Services, Eng. Johnson Amayo, has inspected ongoing water network expansion works in the Kira–Namugongo–Nsasa corridor as the Shs? project targets improved water supply across Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono and Buikwe districts. The project aims to address distribution bottlenecks and extend reliable water services to more communities by 2027.

Appearing before Parliament’s Defence and Internal Affairs Committee for the first time in its 37-year history, Defence Minister Kiryowa Kiwanuka disclosed that the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) has leveraged strategic private-sector partnerships to generate over Shs27.6 billion in cumulative dividends, which have been directly plowed back into national defense and industrial infrastructure projects.

During a high-level meeting at State House Entebbe with medical interns and leaders of the Uganda Medical Association led by Dr. Frank Asiimwe, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni committed a one-time grant of Shs125 billion to the UMA SACCO and directed that policy guidelines linking medical graduation to internship completion be immediately decoupled.

On the sidelines of Uganda's 64th Independence Day celebrations, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni met with a Russian military delegation led by Maj. Gen. Sergei Marchuk at State House Entebbe, hailing the historic defence partnership between the two nations and receiving updates on key completed military infrastructure projects across Magamaga, Entebbe, Kalangala, and Karama.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday closed the inaugural African Conference of Chiefs of Defence Forces on Military Operations Other Than War at Speke Resort Munyonyo, emphasizing to military commanders across the continent that sustainable national security, armed forces capability, and continental stability are fundamentally inseparable from strong economies, industrialisation, and unified regional markets.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is among 20 distinguished medal recipients to be honoured during Uganda’s 64th Independence Day anniversary at State House Entebbe, where he will receive the Order of the Commander-in-Chief (Uganda Prisons Service Medal) for his leadership and regional security contributions.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday hosted the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, at State House Entebbe, advocating for Pan-African economic integration under AfCFTA, the creation of a dedicated climate energy fund covering solar, hydro, and nuclear power, and structured investments in youth skills development.

The Ministry of Education and Sports has issued a directive requiring schools concurrently offering the Ugandan national curriculum and foreign programmes to register, license, and operate them as completely separate administrative entities or risk total closure, as the Government enforces comprehensive Basic Requirements and Minimum Standards for international schools.

Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Ebola Virus Disease after a patient who traveled by road from the Democratic Republic of Congo through Kampala to Nairobi succumbed to the virus at Nairobi Hospital, prompting health authorities to place 28 primary contacts under observation and trace 23 passengers and crew members.

Parliament has adopted an amended motion urging the Government to aggressively scale up funding and operational support for smallholder farmers under the National Smallholder Farmers Transformation and Climate Resilience Programme, rejecting proposals for a new law after lawmakers cited sufficient existing statutes and identified poor policy implementation as the real bottleneck.

Opening an induction for parliamentary climate and natural resources committees in Kampala, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa challenged legislators to move beyond speeches and conferences, urging the 12th Parliament to condition public spending, including Parish Development Model funds, on climate resilience, renewable energy adoption, and disaster prevention rather than perpetual disaster relief.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has passed out 155 newly trained Community Health Workers in Mitooma District, cautioning them against opening unlicensed clinics or attempting to administer medical treatments, while the Ministry of Health announced a strategic pivot toward primary disease prevention to alleviate pressure on healthcare facilities.

The UPDF Joint Staff Health Services, in collaboration with British medical specialists, has commenced a five-day intensive Basic and Intermediate Life Support training program at the UPDF National Referral Hospital in Mbuya, aimed at equipping military healthcare workers with critical, life-saving clinical emergency response skills.

Teenage prodigy James Bogere came off the bench to score a blistering 89th-minute equalizer as the Uganda Cranes held the Democratic Republic of Congo to a 1-1 stalemate at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg, concluding their South African friendly double-header undefeated against the Leopards.

The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth, has held bilateral talks with Uganda-born UK peer Lord Krish Raval at Parliament in Kampala, committing to leverage legislative diplomacy to lower trade barriers, protect the rule of law, and attract long-term British investment into Uganda over the next five years.

The Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Ambassador El-Hadji Ibrahima Diene, has visited forward operational bases in the Lower Shabelle region, commending troops of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces Battle Group 47 for their sustained counter-insurgency operations, civilian protection, and stabilizing the Somali operational theater.

Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja has commissioned the newly constructed Butebo Health Centre IV in Butebo District, commending the UPDF Engineers Brigade for disciplined, cost-effective infrastructure delivery while urging residents to uphold domestic hygiene to curb preventable diseases.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has presented a brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser VXR to the newly consecrated Bishop of Kabale Diocese, Rt. Rev. Bonaventure Bosco Gubazire, congratulating him upon his episcopal ordination and formal installation as the fifth ordinary of the diocese.

The Director of Women Affairs in the UPDF, Brig. Gen. Charity Bainababo, alongside French Ambassador Virginie Leroy, has presided over the graduation of female peacekeepers and tactical drone operators at the UN Regional Service Centre in Entebbe, reiterating Uganda’s commitment to multilateral peace operations and unveiling plans to host the inaugural Chiefs of Defence Forces conference.