Denmark Embassy officials signed an MoU with UBOS and Uganda MFA officials at the event that had Ministry of Foreign Affairs and State Minister for Trade, Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, as chief guest Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda has signed a cooperation agreement with Denmark to strengthen the country’s statistical systems and improve the production and use of official data for planning, policymaking and the green transition. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), Statistics Denmark and the Embassy of Denmark in Uganda during the second day of the Uganda-European Union…
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Gospel singer Desire Luzinda has opened up on how she has handled her long-distance marriage with gospel singer Levixone. During her TV interview with Spark TV, Desire explained that despite being miles apart most of the time, they had no reason to doubt each other. She attributed this to the love and trust they share, and they have always kept it alive through reassurance. “I keep telling him everyday. We always talk about it; jokingly and seriously. It is a song on our lips all the time and I always tell him this as a reassurance to him,” she said. …
PRAU members launched the PR Report in Jinja Wednesday. The event will also feature the 10th PRAU Excellence Awards, recognizing achievements in public relations and communications Jinja, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has marked its 50th anniversary which will entail a week-long summit that will run until 23rd October 2026 which will include knowledge-sharing sessions, networking opportunities, recognition of past leaders and the prestigious awards ceremony that highlights excellence across multiple categories. During the opening day of the week-long summit, Wednesday’s session involved the launch of the State of the PR Profession in…
Minister Tumukunde with delegates to the Uganda–Somalia Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) at the Airport Hotel in Mogadishu Mogadishu, Somalia | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Uganda’s exports to Somalia more than doubled in a year, but government officials say businesses in both countries are still using only a small part of the market. Exports from Uganda to Somalia rose from sh11.4b ($2.75m) in 2023 to sh28b ($6.78m) in 2024, according to United Nations Comtrade data. Tobacco products led at sh10.6b ($2.55m), followed by aircraft and parts at sh5b ($1.2m) and wood products at sh2.2b ($528,470). Trade in the other direction is far…
Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo, Minister of State for ICT and National Guidance (2nd left) at the launch on Tuesday. Kampala, Uganda | ENTEBBENEWS.NET | The ICT Ministry has launched Uganda’s National Data Strategy 2026/27–2030/31, describing the document as more than a policy paper. It is “a shared national direction for managing, protecting, sharing and using data to drive development,” the ministry said in a statement. The strategy, developed by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance with technical support from UN Global Pulse and the United Nations Development Programme, is built on three pillars – data governance, data infrastructure and…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa chaired parliament today Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has asked a journalist who edited and shared a misleading version of his remarks about nurses to issue a public apology. Addressing Parliament on Wednesday, Tayebwa explained that John Paul Sewaduka, a journalist accredited to Parliament and working with CBS FM, edited a video of his remarks on the proposed Bachelor of Pharmacy degree at Mbarara University and shared the altered version on his personal online platform, SPJ Exclusive Media. Tayebwa made the remarks during Tuesday’s plenary sitting. Tayebwa said…
Singer Biswanka Derick has agreed to take on his responsibilities as a father to baby Nakabaale Angello following the DNA test results. The test carried out at MBN Laboratory a few days ago confirmed that he was indeed the biological father amidst the back-and-forth with the mother over the child’s paternity. Biswanka, during an interview with Sanyuka TV, revealed that following the positive results, he was proud of being called Angello’s father, noting that initially, he was in doubt because his baby mama had denied him the DNA test. “I called that girl for the test but she refused. But after…
Cabbage growers in Labongo Amida Sub County, Kitgum district. Agago, Uganda | URN | A farmer in Agago District has earned Shs4.5 million from three-quarters of an acre of tomatoes, demonstrating the potential of irrigation farming as communities struggle with prolonged dry spells and unreliable rainfall. Titus Okello, a farmer in Tee-Ogwang Village, Parabongo Sub-county, said he earned the money after starting tomato farming in the second season of 2025, despite losing part of his crop to heavy rains. Okello said he expects to earn more than Shs10 million from his current crop after expanding his tomato garden with the…
Fangone Forest singer Alien Skin has caused a stir on social media after he released his list of artists he considers to be superstars, while eliminating those that everyone considered to have made it. Alien Skin had a chat with his team in an interview where he took time to dissect the artists and their influence, ranking who he thought was best and those that he thought didn’t make the cut. Starting his list off with King Saha, the Fangone Forest boss pinned him for idolising the late Radio Mowzey and, because of this, he sang exactly like him. To Weasel…
Veteran musician Mesach Semakula has explained the reason behind the VIP ticket prices for his upcoming concert. Mesach Semakula will be celebrating 50 years of greatness in the industry. He is one of the few artists who have been bold enough to stage VIP concerts with a starting price of 150K, shifting away from standardized ticket prices of 20/30K. Speaking in a recent TV interview, Mesach explained how expensive it was to organize a concert in this era. According to him, a concert at Cricket Oval cost at least 250 million, and many artists have ended up getting loans to make…