Fuel trucks in Uganda have history of catching fire. When you Google Uganda fuel trucks catching fine, you will not fail to get news that fuel trucks caught fire in Jinja, Kampala, Jinja road, Mukono and Masaka road… For example a Kampala-bound fuel truck on Friday morning caught fire after it lost control and […]
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics has registered a slight increase in Inflation for the first time in several months. The latest figures put the inflation rate at 4.9 percent up from 4.5 percent in October 2012. The Bureau blames the increase on the hike in food prices registering an increase of 7.5 percent compared to […]
The good news perhaps to motorists and drivers today is that at least 10 trucks loaded with fuel have arrived in Kampala and they have been seen filling Col. Kiiza Besigye’s petrol stations in Nsambya, Namirembe road and Mengo Kisenyi. This fuel has arrived in Kampala at the time when Uganda is experiencing fuel […]
After several filling stations in Uganda running out of fuel, Uganda’s minister for energy, Irene Muloni says Uganda has no capacity to store petrol that can last for two weeks. Her statement has sent motorists and drivers into panic. The minister’s statement doesn’t show whether the oil shortage would be fixed soon. She says […]
Uganda government is preparing to expand Entebbe International Airport due to increasing tourism revenue collection. Tourism is the second largest source of foreign exchange for Uganda after remittances from Ugandans working abroad. Uganda last expanded Entebbe airport 20 years ago. The Transport and Works Minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says the plans to expand Entebbe […]
It looks now DP’s vibrant legal advisor, Mukasa Fred Mbidde is out of pocket as his Escalades registration number Mbidde 4 ran out of fuel in the middle of Entebbe road. The credit crunched Mbidde was left cursing the NRM government for failing to subsidize fuel prices. As if this was not enough, Mbidde who was moving […]
Ugandagovernment has lost over 6 billion shillings during the three day traders strike in Kampala Capital City Authority. On Wednesday this week thousands of Traders inUgandaespecially inKampalaclosed their shops protesting against the high interest rates commercial banks charge on loans. The traders strike was peaceful although the police arrested some of the traders it suspected […]
It looks now DP’s vibrant legal advisor, Mukasa Fred Mbidde is out of pocket as his Escalades registration number Mbidde 4 ran out of fuel in the middle of Entebbe road. The credit crunched Mbidde was left cursing the NRM government for failing to subsidize fuel prices. As if this was not enough, Mbidde who […]
You may think that the DP president, Norbert Mao is so loaded because he was a member of the sixth and seventh parliament and also LC5 chairman of Gulu district. However this is not the case. We have been told by impeccable sources within DP that the former legislator and Gulu district LC5 boss is […]
Everyone would expect that a son to the former president of Uganda twice, Apolo Milton Obote, Jimmy Akena would be driving escalades to go to parliament but this is not the case for Akena. Our informers got the surprise of the day yesterday when Akena, who is the Lira Municipality MP, arrived at Uganda parliament riding a bicycle. Akena […]