Tullow oil, the leading oil prospecting company in Uganda has revealed it is about to conclude the purchase of Heritage Oil’s stake in the Kingfisher1 block where most of the oil wells confirmed in western Uganda are located. Heritage oil and Tullow oil had 50% -50% license stake in the Kingfisher1 block. Heritage Oil decided […]
Makerere University has announced its intention to enter the real estate industry in Uganda with construction of a five star hotel, hostels and constructing a satellite city. The Vice Chancellor of Makerere University, Prof. Venansius Baryamureba has told journalists in Kampala today that the university is looking for partnerships with the private sector to develop […]
Members of Parliament have blocked the proposed remuneration of the Local Council (LC1) chairpersons claiming these chairpersons at the moment hold office illegally. The MPs say that for close to ten years, Uganda has never held elections for the lowest Local Council after the elections were successfully challenged by Major Rubaramira Ruranga’s court petition in the Constitutional Court asking […]
The Parliament of Uganda has ordered the Electoral Commission to collect its judgment debts of about 300 million shillings from the people against whom the EC won Election Petitions. MPs are concerned that though the Electoral Commission has been quick to pay judgments debts to people that win court cases against it, it however has […]
Uganda Women’s Network has urged the government to sensitize the community on domestic violence and how it can participate in the eradication of domestic violence in Uganda. UWONET in a policy brief on the Domestic Violence Bill has said that sensitizing the community on domestic violence will encourage the community to participate in the fight […]
Renowned Play Wright Wycliffe Kiyingi’s Muduma Kwe Kaffe has started showing at the National Theatre and will be showing every Saturday and Sunday at 3:00pm and 7:00pm up to August 3 2010. The 4 act play directed by Kaya Kagimu Mukasa is centered on the political and economic confusion that reigned in Uganda since 1945. […]
United Kingdom based Tullow oil plc has announced a change in the currency in which it presents its results from Pound Sterling to the US dollar. The company in a statement on Tuesday said the change takes effect from January 1st 2010. Tullow says since the majority of Tullow’s activities are in Africa where oil […]
Press Release/ Webtorial Jubilee Phase 1 on schedule for first oil by year-end; FPSO arrived in Ghana High-impact 2H 2010 drilling programme; key wells under way in Ghana and Uganda Government approval for purchase of Heritage’s Ugandan assets expected imminently 6 July 2010 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) issues this Trading Statement in respect of […]
Press Release/ Webtorial 6 July 2010 – Tullow Oil plc (“the Company”, together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”) will present its results in US Dollars with effect from 1 January 2010. The Group has decided it is appropriate to change the presentational currency from Sterling as the majority of the Group’s activities are in Africa […]
The Democratic Party (DP) is bitter with its members like Merdad Lubega Seggona and Betty Nambooze who have chosen to work with Ssuubi 2011 as party officials. This follows a rally in Masaka where the promoters of DP members were introduced as DP officials in the absence of party president Norbert Mao. This also prompted […]