Members of parliament on the Tourism, Trade and Industry committee of parliament have pleaded to government to consider reviving a National Airline carrier to boast tourism and marketing the country. MPs on the committee chaired by Kyegegwa district woman MP Flavia Kabahenda demanded for the national carrier while meeting the minister of Tourism Maria Mutagamba who […]
UCHUMI suppliers are to file an objection in the high court against the bankruptcy claims by Uchumi supermarket that it can not pay them for their supplies. This follows the several meetings between the government of Uganda and Kenya (mother country of Uchumi) representatives from ministry of trade where they agreed that Uchumi withdraws its filing […]
In 2006, Uganda discovered an oil field that is now locally known as the Kingfisher Oil Field. Plans for extracting oil were delayed due to several reasons, but one of the biggest obstacles that the government faced was access to the site. The oil field can only be approached by helicopter or on water, making it difficult for workers […]
The Uganda national renewable energy and energy efficiency alliance (UNREEEA) is tasking the government of Uganda to rethink on increasing the access to renewable energies among the nation across the country if the country’s environment and natural endowment is to be saved from massive degradation. Addressing a news conference ahead of the alliance’s first ever annual […]
The minister of state for investment Dr. Ajedra Gabriel says that the country is losing many investors to other countries because are subjected to hard process of acquiring land compared to other countries. He says the country use bureaucratic procedures to enable investors to access land in Uganda. He says that Uganda is the only country in […]
Top management of the United Bank for Africa Uganda limited has presented a proposal for efficient revenue collection and cash management solutions for the Government of Uganda, to the Prime Minister Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda. The UBA-U delegation, led by its Board chairman Dr. Eric Adriko, met the Premier at his office in Kampala. The proposal […]
The implicated minister in the irregular land allocation to investors has dismissed the findings by the members of parliament sitting on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE), saying the findings were biased against him. Eng. Dr. Ajedra Gabriel Gadison Aridru who is the minister of state for Investment says that […]
Members of parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has recommended the sacking of the Minister of state for Investment, Eng. Dr. Ajedra Gabriel Gadison Aridru, over mismanagement of the Uganda Investment Authority and irregular land allocation to investors which led to loss of billions of money for government. While […]
Uganda National Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) is in the final stages of releasing the results of 2014 National housing and population census with detailed indicators beyond the number of people that was released in the provisional results. The head of Communication and Cooperate Affairs at UBOS Mr. Geoffrey Nabongo while addressing Journalists at UBOS head office […]
The trade, industry and co-ops minister, Amelia Kyambadde reminded all Ugandan traders to always take up opportunities available to them to always exploit markets in the provided free trade zones namely in India and China which government has outsourced for them. Ugandans can send a number of goods to the two countries duty free but […]