The sugarcane growers in Jinja district and Busoga at large have welcomed the establishment of a new sugar processing plant by Alam Group Company in Jinja. The farmers say that the price for cane crop was low and they expect the competition of Alam Group with Kakira and Lugazi sugar factories to improve the price […]
The East African European Chambers of Commerce (EAECC) in Partnership with Reed MIDEM have organized a meeting for real estate and building and construction sectors to take place in France. The meeting is expected to attract over 17,000 people worldwide including real estate investors, architects, surveyors, contractors, house planners, housing ministries, engineers among others. The […]
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has given 30 acres of land to Proline Soccer Academy. The Ministry was honoring the promise President Yoweri Museveni made to the academy that government would allocate them land to run their activities properly. An officer from the ministry of Lands said that the land has been […]
The government of Uganda has promised that later this year it will lift a moratorium on awarding oil prospecting licences to interested companies. The Prime Minister, Prof. Apollo Nsibambi says that the government through the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development had placed a hold on issuing out licences to first ensure there is adequate […]
Buganda Kingdom is considering going to court to seek the nullification of the Traditional Leaders and Cultural Institutions Act that was passed by parliament on Tuesday The Minister of Information and Cabinet Affairs at Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga says although the Parliament of Uganda has passed the bill and the president will soon assent […]
The Education Service Commission has announced new appointments and promotion of 51 top officials at Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports. The Commission on Tuesday announced promotion of several officials, including the ministry’s undersecretary, directors, and commissioners, assistant commissioners, the inspector of schools and other senior personnel. The changes have seen Dr. Geoffrey Mbabazi, the […]
Opposition and ruling party Politicians in Uganda seem to be united as both camps in the 2011 elections come to terms with the implications of Tuesday’s court ruling against MPs who are competing in elections on a different ticket than the one in which they came to the 8th Parliament. The Constitutional Court ruled on […]
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) bigwigs in Kasese have asked the government to consider splitting the district into more two districts. Led by the current Chairman LC5 Rev. Julius Kithaghenda, the NRM cadres say that with the increasing population, services are no longer reaching the beneficiaries appropriately. Kasese district has a population of about 800,000 […]
The Buganda Kingdom (Mengo) have commended religious leaders in Uganda who have come out to speak against the Traditional Institutions and Cultural Leaders bill 2010 that is currently before parliament. In particular the Mengo Katikiro (Prime Minister) John Baptist Walusimbi commended the Archbishop of the Catholic Church Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga, and the Supreme Mufti […]
Gays in Uganda are worried that threats against homosexuals in Uganda may have turned from theoretical threats to practical levels, following the murder of a gay rights activist. David Kisule Kato, 46, one of the over 100 men listed in a local tabloid Rolling Stone as homosexuals who “should be hanged” was murdered in mysterious […]