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Three years ago, at the height of the Karamoja iron sheets controversy, I argued that the greatest gift Uganda could give Karamoja was not relief food or endless donations, but investment that unlocks the region’s enormous economic potential. I wrote that Karamoja’s future lay in tourism, and that one of the missing links was an international airport capable of connecting one...

By Watchdog Uganda Reporter

Mukono: Mukono District Chairperson Francis Lukooya Mukoome has challenged government secondary school headteachers to strengthen accountability, improve school management, safeguard learners, and uphold professionalism as the district seeks to raise education standards.

Speaking duri...

By Brian Mugenyi

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KAMPALA, UGANDA — Transparency, commitment and Patriotism in govern...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called on both ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders and opposition politicians to take greater responsibility in monitoring government programmes and ensuring effective service delivery, warning that leaders who fail to oversee public initiatives should be held accountable.

The President made the remarks today during th...

The 2026/27 national budget is built around one central mission: moving millions of Ugandans from subsistence survival into the money economy. For decades, Uganda’s biggest economic challenge has not been lack of resources, but the fact that too many citizens remain outside formal or commercial activity. They work hard, but their labour does not translate into income, savings...