Philip Wafula

By close of June 2024, there were about 5,118 retail stations recorded in the FQMP database, according to UNBS.

The Assistant Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Mbale, Mr James Bwire and police officers trapped inside Bumboi Primary School in Bungokho sub-county, Mbale district, after teachers ordered the gatekeeper to lock the school gate. The incident occurred shortly after Mr Bwire directed police detectives to arrest the school's Head Teacher, Ms Mary Goretti Nelima, on allegations of charging extra fees and expelling students who failed to pay. Photo | Yahudu Kitunzi

Mr Mafabi, meanwhile, described Dr Besigye as an “enemy of the party,” comparing him to the biblical story of King Solomon, where a woman wanted to divide a child she didn’t truly care for.

Uganda’s High Commissioner to India, Prof Joyce Kakuramatsi Kikafunda (Right) gifts Foreign Affairs Minister Gen Abubakhar Jeje Odongo, a copy of her book (Triumph over Adversity) during the ambassadors’ conference in Jinja City on August 27. The book highlights her childless life and birth of her first child at 60 years; and quadruplets at 63 years, among other issues. PHOTO/PHILIP WAFULA

Uganda's Consulate in Mombasa, led by Ambassador Paul Mukumbya, was honoured as the best-performing mission.

Namutumba District and Namutumba Sub-county leadership inspect the milk cooler machine in Nakyere Village, Namutumba Sub-county which has remained idle since 2007 when it was installed. PHOTO/RONALD SEEBE

Chief Executive Officer of VisionFund Uganda, Ms Mercy Sande Ainomugisha (Left), Executive Director Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA), Ms Edith Namugga Tusuubira (Centre) and Executive Director Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU), Ms Jackline Mbabazi cut a cake during officially opening of VisionFund Uganda branch in Iganga District on September 12, 2024. PHOTO/PHILIP WAFULA

Ms Jean Byamugisha, the chief executive officer of the Uganda Hotel Owners Association. Significant investments are underway in Kampala, which will enhance our ability to host Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions. PHOTO/PHILIP WAFULA

UHTTI Principal, Mr Richard Kawere, announced on Tuesday that the institute expects to grow to 1,500 students by the 2025/2026 academic year.

Ms Tusuubira added: “Eighty-six percent of the borrowing in Uganda is happening in the Tier IV sector, and if 86 percent of you are borrowing and lending from this sector, it means we have become a key stakeholder in the development of this country.”