Government has introduced new guidelines for labor companies that send house maids to the Middle East. The Director Interpol Uganda, Asan Kasingye, says anybody taken out of this country for employment must go through a registered company through which Interpol will issue a certificate of good conduct. This follows harrowing reports of Ugandan girls being abused […]
Weak leadership and low capital contributions by members is one of the major challenges faced by the cooperative unions in the country. The Minister of trade, industry and cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde made the remarks while briefing journalists at the media centre on the status of cooperatives in the country. The minister however says her ministry was working with the private sector […]
President Museveni has publicly grilled local leaders of Mwenge South constituency Kyenjojo district over claims that much of the Goverment Funding like that meant for Renovation of schools and youth livelihood fund have been stollen by officials. Mwenge South Constituency is represented by Minister Aston Kajara. The President who was addressing his well attended campaign rally […]
Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring (ACFIM) has released a report which has ranked NRM as the highest spender on elections with about 100 billion Uganda Shillings. We Just Launched this report today and has been well received pic.twitter.com/DGUyFGHFmd — ACFIM (@AcfimUg) January 21, 2016 According to the report, NRM spent over UGX.30 billion on party primary, UGX. 19 billion on delegates conference, UGX.10 billion to popularize sole candidate, […]
Civil Society coalition on Oil and Gas (CSCO) is asking government to halt the issuing of oil exploration licenses to all companies that have interest in the Virunga National Park for fear of damaging the Eco system in the area. Virunga , shared by both Uganda and Dr. Congo is one of the UNESCO world heritage […]
Parliament has endorsed the National budget framework paper budget committee report for the financial year 2016/17 – 2020/21. MPs noted that National budget framework 2016/17- 20/21 paper lacks information on the rate of unemployment, interest rate and rate of inflation. The budget committee chaired by Ntenjeru North MP Amos Lugolobi noted that despite the strong economic growth reported […]
The Auditor General has released a new audit report 2014/15 highlighting different areas in government ministries and agencies where funds are misused and abused. While presenting the report to the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga, the Auditor General John Muwanga asked government to have a strategy of how to clear the outstanding pension arrears because they […]
The Parliamentary Budget Committee chaired by Bulambuli County MP Wamakuyu Mudimi has rejected the proposal of the Finance committee to appropriate funds for the Presidential Initiatives on Banana industrial development (PIBID). The Chairperson of the finance committee Robert Kasule Sebunya had been appearing before the Budget committee which is scrutinizing the budget requesting MPs on the […]
The Parliamentary appointments committee chaired by speaker Kadaga has vetted and approved Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile as the governor bank of Uganda for the next five years, after he was re-appointed by President Museveni for the fifth term. According to Sources which attended the meeting, the committee approved Mutebile after serious grilling for having assisted the ruling NRM party with […]
The ministry of agriculture has called for establishment of a separate revolving fund to assist traders who are dealing in fertilizer importation. Under the 2016-2017 budget frame work paper, the ministry of agriculture has resolved to prioritise seeds and planting material after securing additional 100 billion shillings from government in this budget. While appearing before the […]