One of Uganda’s youngest singers, Tammy Namale a.k.a Little Tammy will be launching her second Album the African Child on August 22 2010 at KCC grounds in Kampala. That is if she gets the necessary help to enable her carry out a successful launch as she looks to boost her music career. The 11 year […]
The National Alliance for Free and Fair Elections has pledged to petition the Parliament of Uganda by September calling for the disbanding of the current Electoral Commission headed by Prof. Badru Kiggundu. . This follows demonstrations around the country orchestrated by NAFFE that were brutally stopped by police with some of the demonstrators being arrested. […]
By Josette Sheeran Many leaders at the African Union summit in Uganda are leading the way in bringing new energy and commitment to tackling hunger and malnutrition. And the African Union has declared its intent to build an Africa that ends hunger and empowers the continent to both feed itself, and ultimately to help feed […]
Good news seems to be in bounty at Tullow oil plc following Tuesday’s conformation of purchasing Heritage Oil and Gas interests in Uganda, and now on Wednesday the conformation of a major oil well its exploration campaign in western Uganda. Tullow announced today that the Ngiri-2 appraisal well, which is located in the Butiaba region […]
The Chairman of Uganda Tourism Association, Amos Wekesa has urged Uganda to take the country’s tourism sector more seriously because tourism is capable contributing heavily to Uganda’s economic growth. While speaking to participants in the Traditional Trade Facilitation expo 2010 organised by the Private Sector Foundation, Wekesa said Uganda has great bio diversity and other […]
Tullow Oil plc has announced that its subsidiary, Tullow Uganda Limited has finalized the acquisition of Heritage Oil and Gas interests in Uganda. Tullow oil said in a statement Tuesday that they have completed the US$1.35 billion (about 2.8trillion Uganda shillings) acquisition of a 50% interest in Blocks 1 and 3A in Uganda from Heritage […]
The government of Uganda has pledged to train more oil experts. According to the budgetary framework paper for 2010 to 2015, the government of Uganda budgeted 19.5 billion shillings to train oil experts in petroleum exploration and production. The programme is intended to create more local oil experts. Uganda recently confirmed the presence of over […]
Renowned African Musicians have lashed out a scathing attack on the leaders of Africa for their failure to pay reasonable attention to the health challenges that the continent faces and thus causing a lot of pain and agony to millions of women and children that are negatively affected by Africa’s crippled health state most. This […]
The Bank of Uganda, Uganda Investment Authority and Uganda Bureau of Statistics are initiating the Private Sector Investment Survey 2010 that is set to begin on July 30. The aim of the survey is to collect data that will be used to compile Uganda’s foreign capital inflows and stock statistics. According to a media statement, the coordinators say they hope […]
With an 8.9% budget allocation to the health sector, according to the 2010 Africa Health Financing Scorecard, Uganda is ranked 28th out of the 53 countries in Africa. The scorecard is a summary of findings on the 2009/2010 Abuja commitment of African Heads of State and governments to allocate 15% of their domestic budgets to […]