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Sovereignty Bill undermines responses to refugees' welfare, West Nile leaders say

Uganda, May 3 -- Refugee-hosting communities have raised concerns, warning that the newly proposed Protection Sovereignty Bill could frustrate humanitarian responses to the needs of refugees. Leaders... Read More


STIs worry medics in Mayuge district

Uganda, May 3 -- A medical outreach has unearthed underlying health challenges with more than 300 patients tested, confirmed and treated for Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) within a week, promp... Read More


EU bails Arua City from urban refugee stress

Uganda, May 3 -- Arua City is set to benefit from funding support worth USD900,000 to support services that have been stressed by the influx of urban refugees in the area. The support, a courtesy of ... Read More


Uganda faces acute shortage of cancer screening specialists, experts warn

Uganda, May 3 -- Uganda is grappling with a critical shortage of cytotechnologists, a gap health experts say is fuelling late cancer diagnosis and rising deaths. Cytotechnologists are specialised hea... Read More


Kaliro school triples enrolment in eight months after Shs172m facelift

Uganda, May 3 -- For the past eight months, pupils' enrolment at Bwayuya Primary School in Kasokwe Sub-county, Kaliro District, has been increasing, with authorities attributing the turnaround to the ... Read More


Kigezi stakeholders warn Sovereignty Bill risks inequality, shrinking civic space

Uganda, May 3 -- Stakeholders in Uganda's Kigezi sub-region have warned that the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026 could create inequality and undermine civic space if passed without broad... Read More


Six arrested in Lira over alleged gang rape of 20-year-old woman

Uganda, May 3 -- Police in Lira City have arrested six youths to aid investigations into the alleged gang rape of a 20-year-old woman, with four other suspects still at large. The incident is reporte... Read More


Woman stabbed in Mbale bar attack, police hunt accomplices

Uganda, May 3 -- Police in Mbale City have launched investigations into a violent stabbing at Snap Lounge bar and restaurant along Bufumbo Road, where a 23-year-old woman was attacked during an alterc... Read More


Upmarket buildings in Nairobi marked for demolition

Nairobi, May 3 -- Hundreds of tenants living in the upmarket Elite Court on Ole Dume Road in the Kilimani area will be evicted as part of the ongoing operation to reclaim riparian land in the city and... Read More


No woman should die giving life: Makueni's blueprint for ending maternal deaths

Nairobi, May 3 -- Following the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026 hosted in Nairobi in March, the world's attention turned to a question that should trouble us all: Why are women s... Read More