KAMPALA, July 16, 2026 — The High Court Civil Division has ordered the Registrar of Cooperatives to conduct a comprehensive audit of Exodus Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [Exodus SACCO] after finding that newly recruited Uganda Police officers may have been enrolled into the SACCO without their informed consent. In a ruling delivered yesterday by …
BUNIA, July 16, 2026 16, 2026 — The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo [ DRC ] and response partners have activated an emergency delivery roadmap to break the transmission of the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, placing immediate deadlines and clear operational responsibility behind the measures known to stop Ebola: early detection, complete contact …
KWANIA, July 16, 2026 — Persons with Disabilities [ PWDs ] in Kwania district, northern Uganda, have decried what they describe as widespread discrimination and exclusion from key government wealth creation programmes operating in the district. Although the government has introduced funding to support PWDs through the Parish Development Model [PDM] and the Special Grant …
GOMBA, July 16, 2026 — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commissioned the National Enterprise Corporation [NEC] Meat and Beans Processing Factory at Katonga in Kisozi, Gomba District, urging farmers to embrace commercial production to support Uganda’s agro-industrialisation agenda. The modern processing facility is a joint venture between NEC, the commercial arm of the Uganda People’s …
KAMPALA, July 16, 2026 — The Minister of Health, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, has dismissed reports that the recent deaths of several students were caused by a new strain of malaria, saying the fatalities were instead linked to an immunological gap among learners rather than any change in the malaria parasite. Baryomunsi made the clarification while …
BRUSSELS, July 16, 2026 — Global coffee industry leaders, educators and international development partners have called for greater investment in education and skills development, describing knowledge as the most sustainable investment for securing the future of the global coffee sector. The call was made during a high-level panel discussion held at the World of Coffee …
