Over 25 workers attached to parliamentary canteen have laid down their tools protesting nonpayment of their salaries ranging from 7-8 months. The workers accuse their manager of Ninats investment Limited ,Veronica Katusiime, who wooed them from other restaurants and hotel around Kampala with a promise that they would be given a better pay but to-date none […]
State Minister for Minerals in the ministry of Energy Peter Lokeris has assured Ugandans that the country is to start its oil production in 2019 given that all the factors to support this have been put in place. He says the oil export pipeline, refinery, power production among other key elements to oil production are already […]
MPs have called for tighter border controls and inspection to curb the importation and use of items that are hazardous to human life. While considering the Toxic Chemicals Prohibition Control Bill 2015, several legislators attributed the rise in cases of Cancer across the country to the failure to control toxic chemicals in various forms. Ayivu […]
Parliament has passed the Public Finance Management (Amendment), Bill 2015 to borrow 10% from Bank of Uganda without parliament approval. The passed bill allows government to bypass parliament to get money from Bank of Uganda through the Minister of finance and later inform parliament. Members of Parliament amended clause 7 under section 36 2(e) of the […]
Dennis Kamurasi of the Association of Uganda Oil and Gas Service Providers says businesses are counting loses due to the lull in the sector. Kamurasi says this lull has dragged on since 2010 with little or no activity in the three joint venture oil companies Tullow Uganda, Total E&P and China National Oil Company yet […]
Agriculture to Nutrition (ATONU), a six-year project, supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on agriculture to deliver positive nutrition outcomes to smallholder farm families was launched in Kampala on Wednesday October 28, 2015. Dr. Lindiwe Sibanda, Head of Mission and CEO of the Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), the lead […]
The National Union of coffee Agribusinesses and farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) has launched the 1st Uganda national coffee festival and exhibition to promote youth and coffee innovations through facilitating increased exposure to opportunities and networking for increased job creation in the coffee value chain for the youth. This is aimed at promoting and building of strategic business […]
The Uganda communications commission deputy executive director, Eng. Patrick Mwesigwa reveals that in a bid to promote local talent broadcast on digital airwaves in the country, new tough regulation are in the offing to compel all digital TVs to give over 50% air play to local products. Eng. Patrick who was officiating at the 5th anniversary […]
Uganda, in particular the Uganda National Bureau of Standards joins the rest of the world to commemorate the World Standards Day every year. The World Standards Day is commemorated every year on 14th October and is recognized internationally to commemorate the subject of standards because of its importance in international business including trade, production, and […]
The Uganda women entrepreneurship fund will start in 19 districts with the highest number of women who are very impoverished. The 385 billion fund will be released by the ministry of finance beginning this financial year 2015/2016. Launching the program in Kampala today, the State Minister for youth Evelyn Anite warned the accounting officers against discrimination as it was […]