Lawyers, Insurance companies, Human Resource Managers, Insurance Brokers and the Actuarial Association of Uganda have opposed a move by Ministry of Finance to withdraw the Pension Reform Retirement Benefits Sector Liberation Bill 2011 from Parliament, saying that the reforms will increase domestic savings and enhance investments. Addressing a press conference this week in Kampala, the managers of […]
By Eric Mukhwana Bugisu Cooperative Union (BCU) is Uganda’s only surviving cooperative society. It’s an establishment that has existed during and after colonial times. Arabica coffee was introduced in Bugisu in 1912 and it has remained the central economic activity of the Bagisu – yesterday, today and tomorrow. The thought to form a cooperative union […]
WORKERS MP, Margaret Rwabashaija, has embarked on a new move to revitalize workers unions across the country so that they can have solidarity and a single voice to use in having their issues heard by the powers that be. Speaking during a meeting of union representatives in Kampala recently, Rwabashaija, stated that Uganda has many […]
THE Leader of Opposition in Parliament,Winnie Kiiza, has stressed the need for the opposition work in harmony with government programs that will benefit the local person. Kiiza while addressing members from civil society organizations who had come to visit her noted that most of the time the people have this perception that the opposition is […]
Government has revealed plans to an amendment of the Uganda Wildlife Authority Act to cater for compensation of victims of human-animal conflicts. Tourism Minister, Prof.Epharium Kamuntu, told Parliament that amendment would allow proper demarcations of wild life reserves that would be minimize incidences of animals straying to people’s homes. This is was after the Agago Woman […]
The Member of Parliament for Bunya East in Mayuge district, Waira Majegere, has called for the disbanding of a notorious Boda boda group commonly known as Boda Boda 2010 which he says is in the habit of mistreating and harassing other boda boda readers in the country. Majegere told last week informed Parliament that this […]
Old Kampala Senior Secondary School has been closed by Police over a student’s strike that turned violent. Students are protesting against the transfer of their headmistress, Ms Aziida Nsubuga Ntegane, by the Ministry of Education and Sports. Reports indicated that some students were injured in the process when police fired in the air to disperse […]
These beautiful pictures are the first ever taken of a wild lioness nursing a cub from a different species – an extremely rare event. The pair were spotted by Joop Van Der Linde, a guest at Ndutu Safari Lodge in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area. The scene is the Serengeti; the attentive mother, five-year-old Nosikitok. The […]
POLICE is to considering charges of attempted murder against Uganda’s former Cranes Captain, Godfrey Massa, who missed death by a whisker late Wednesday night after he disobeyed orders from police on a night patrol in Bweyogere, Wakiso district. According to police, Massa who was in the company of a lady only identified a Josephine Maliza […]
Government has put Parliament on notice to introduce the National Health Insurance Bill within the next four months. The bill is aimed at regulating the operation of the health insurance scheme in the country. This was disclosed on Wednesday by the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Dr.Joyce Moriku while informing Parliament the progress […]