WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 , 2025

Good morning!  On this day in 1790, the Washington DC was declared the capital city of America.  And on the same day in 1979, Saddam Hussein became the president of Iraq.

Today's new highlight is brought to you by UNOC

  📌NIRA has confirmed that 100,000 renewed National IDs are ready for pickup.

📌The Gov't has released Shs 17.18 trillion to be used for quarter one activities.

📌And a mysterious disease is killing many goats in Hoima & Kasese.

📌Meanwhile, a report indicates that 98% of Ugandan men who do DNA tests get 'Heartbroken'  

In Sports and culture:

📌Uganda needs 10,000 hotel rooms to host the CHAN and AFCON visitors. 

We only have 3,800 rooms currently. Uganda Hotel Owners Association has confirmed.

📌Young film makers from UCU have shined at the Uganda Film Festival

📌And Over 10,000 diners have attended the 2025 edition of Kampala Restaurant Week. 

For more details, check with Ugandan news outlets like; NewVision, Monitor, Nile Post, Observer and many others.

That's it for today - Enjoy your Wednesday. 

The Sanyu Daily Team. 

DAILY QUOTE 

“We, however, ask Ugandans to be patient as more people will receive notifications on where to pick their national ID cards,” Claire Ollama -NIRA.