The price of beef and pork could skyrocket in Kampala following government’s decision to impose a ban on the movement of cattle in the city after reported cases of foot and mouth disease. The wide-ranging ban also includes the closure of butcheries within the city as government tries to contain the spread of the disease….

Janan Schools excelled in last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) exams leaving teachers, parents and students in a jubilant mood. One of their star performers whom he spoke to, Meddie Mulimira scored 20 points in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB). The excited Mulimira told Bbeg Media that he hopes to do Medicine at…

Renowned photographer, Kennedy Oryema is dead. Oryema, said to be in his late 40s, passed away on March 6. The cause of his death is not yet known but he was said to be battling ill-health for some time. Oryema started working for New Vision in the late 1990s and had grown to become one…

President Museveni has assured the Muslim faithful that repayments for grants extended to their Saccos under the Parish Development Model (PDM) do not amount to riba. Under islamic law, riba is strictly forbidden. It refers to any increase of a debt or a loan until its repayment. Some Muslims had expressed worry that the PDM repayments…

Casual labourers who clean the city will be paid today, a meeting brokered by Speaker Anita Among with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) leadership, resolved yesterday. The workers, who are demanding four months of pay, last week laid down their tools. Among announced in yesterday’s meeting with KCCA leaders that payments are to be made…

Councillors from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) in Kampala have were given Shs 20m each to mobilise people to register in the yellow book, reliable sources have told Bbeg Media. Sources said the facilitation was handed to the more than 200 councillors by Dr Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the party’s electoral commission. We have…

The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has advised that the Shs 500 million that was given to former leader of opposition Mathias Mpuuga by Parliament was done outside the law. In a statement, ULS, said under the law such an award would have been given under a special bill introduced by the executive since it was…

The ministry of Agriculture bought 71 goats from South Africa at Shs 7.3 million each some of which ended up dying within one week of distribution, Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) heard yesterday. They were purchased under the Shs 15 billion Goat Roll-Out project which was implemented in seven districts. The eye-catching revealation was first…

Agather Atuhaire, a relentless Ugandan human rights activist has received the United States Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award. She was handed the award by Anthony Blinken, the US secretary of State. In a statement, the US State department described Atuhaire  as “a renowned journalist, lawyer and social justice activist who advocates for human…