President Yoweri Museveni has directed the ministry of tourists to develop Ankole palace so as it becomes one of the tourists attraction in the country. This was disclosed by the minister of tourism Maria Mutagamba while meeting members of parliament on the parliamentary committee on trade, tourism and industry. Mutagamba said that the Obugabe palace is […]
President Yoweri Museveni has expressed the need for NRM secretariat to intensify programs aimed at explaining government work to the population. Addressing his fans in Bukooli North in Bugiri district, Museveni said that one of the problems affecting the party is failure by the secretariat to tell people what government has done, how much has […]
Members of parliament have recommended that the National Council for Children be repealed and replaced by the Uganda National Children Authority. The recommendation was proposed by the parliamentary committee on Gender, labour and social development and approved by members of parliament while debating the committee report on the Children’s (amendment) bill, 2015 in a session chaired […]
The minister in charge of Kampala Frank Tumwebaze has been summoned to appear before parliament and explain how KCCA came up with the tax levied by the Authority for parliamentary and local council candidates to pin up posters in Kampala City. The directive by speaker Kadaga comes after Lubaga south MP John Ken Lukyamuzi calls for parliament intervention to […]
Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has appointed a committee of 14 leaders to manage the affairs of Usafi market on its behalf. Meeting the leaders at City hall in Kampala, the KCCA Executive Director Jennifer Musisi says that the committee is to sign a memorandum of understanding with the Authority that is to stiffen the development […]
A new UNDP human development report 2015 indicates that Uganda has registered progress towards human development mainly in regions that are benefiting from PRDP since the year 2006 to date with the report indicating improvement from 0.448% in 2002/6 to 0.463% in 2012/13 representing a growth rate of 0.5% per annum for the whole country. With the […]
Parliament has adopted the report of the select committee that investigated the taking of land belonging to public schools in Kampala Capital City Authority. The members of parliament on the committee visited 18 public schools whose land was grabbed and some whose land is under threat. Committee says @KCCAED exceeded her powers in Nabagereka Sch land […]
Obongi county MP Hassan Kaps Fungaroo says the Electoral Commission should again clean up the national register to delete non Ugandans. Fungaroo who is also shadow minister for Defence and internal affairs, there is evidence of existence of names of Tanzanians of Rwandese origin in areas of West Nile especially Obongi. Fungaroo says Obongi residents have […]
The producer price index report released by UBOS indicates that prices for manufactured goods in the country registered an increase of 11.5% with the main driving factor being increased prices of goods in other sectors as well as the depreciation of the local currency against the dollar. Breaking down the report, the principal stastician in charge […]
As Uganda today joins the rest of the world to mark the global human rights day, the United Nations Human rights office of the high commissioner country representative to Uganda Uchenna Emelonye has challenged the government to work hard on improving the human rights status in the country. Uchenna adds that though it’s the obligation of […]