Tullow Oil has announced the successful drilling of the Nsoga-5 appraisal well, which is located in the Butiaba region of Uganda Block 2 in Uganda’s Albertine Graben region where huge oil deposits have been confirmed. According to a statement from Tullow, the Nsoga-5 appraisal well was drilled to a total depth of 587 metres, 2.3 […]
The Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has today directed the Ministry of Lands to provide a list of Members of Parliament who failed to account for sensitization funds on the Land Amendment bill. According to the Auditor General’s report ending 2008, over 400 million shillings was provided to several leaders to carry out the land amendment […]
Business in and round down town Kampala this afternoon was interrupted as people rushed everywhere and nowhere for dear life, following reports that another bomb was planted at the new taxi part in Kampala. The Police Anti Terrorism Unit was called in by people who detected the bomb wrapped in a polythene bag (Kaveera) at […]
The government of Uganda will compensate those that survived the recent bomb blasts in Kampala but were injured as result, with 3 million shillings per person that was injured. In a statement that has been delivered to Parliament of Uganda, the Minister of Disaster Preparedness, Prof. Tarsis Kabwegyere said that the whereas those that suffered […]
The Pan African Parliament has pledged to push the several African Countries that have not ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance to ratify the charter. The charter principally aims to promote and strengthen democratic principles, processes and procedures within member states of the African Union and was adopted in January 2007 by […]
The East African Caravan on Maternal Health, a campaign that is aimed at increasing awareness on Maternal Health ahead of the African Union summit has arrived in Kampala. The Caravan which started in Nairobi has had its official launch at the Mengo Primary School Open Grounds and the official launch was presided over by the […]
Uganda opposition Members of Parliament on have demanded that the government, petitions the African Union in relation to the peace keeping mission to Somalia where Uganda has contributed troops, annoying Somali militants who planted bombs in Kampala that killed at least 76 people on July 11. Somalia’s the Al- Shabab claimed responsibility for the Kampala […]
Uganda’s former World Cross Country Junior Bronze medalist, Moses Kibet will lead the country’s team to the World Junior Athletics championships due in Moncton, Canada starting on Monday. The Ugandan side leaves for Canada this Saturday. Other members on the team are Joseph Kibet, 2000m steeplechase runner Jacob Araptany, Abdullah Muhammad, and 1500m runner Alex […]
A leading meat packing plant in Uganda, Fresh cuts has got certified recognition from the International Standardization Organisation for meeting the International food safety and management standards. The ISO standards on food security are set to ensure effective interactive communication through the food chain such that the best quality food products are delivered to the […]
About 1000 needy students will benefit from the government bursaries as one of the activities under the Post Primary Education and Expansion and Improvement project. This comes after the Ministry of Education and Sports received a loan of about 168 billion shillings for the implementation of the fourth phase of this project from the African […]