The Ministry of Trade has embarked on registration of foreigners engaged in petty trade in Kampala. According to a statement by the trade minister Amelia Kyambadde, the move follows numerous complaints from the business community over the reported influx of foreigners involved in petty businesses. Some of the complaints included, the growing number of foreigners […]
The Speaker of Parliament denies bowing to pressure from the executive over the recall petition. According to Parliament’s Public Relations Officer Helen Kawesa, the speaker Rebecca Kadaga denies having made the decision not to recall parliament from recess due to unbearable pressure from the executive. In a statement, Kawesa says the speaker will make a […]
The governor bank of Uganda, Tumusiime Mutebile has announced that annual headline and core inflation fell sharply to 11.9% and 11.5% respectively in August this year from 14.3% and 15.4% in July. There was also a sharp fall in annual non food inflation from 19.1% in July to 16.0% in August which in previous […]
On Wednesday last week, the Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) chairman, Omar Kalinge Nyago issued a statement on the matter of a police suspicious car search for weapons that was done on his car alongKatonga Road, Lower Nakasero Kampala. Kalinge says hoped that the Inspector General of police Kale Kayihura would own up and […]
The new leadership in Libya has announced that stamps on official and consular documents bearing the symbols of the regime of late Col. Muammar Gadaffi ‘the great’ as null and void. The statement the new leaders of Libya sent to all African presidents reads, “the Libyan government announces the cancellation of all official and […]
Uganda re-launched her railway transport in Kampala on Monday, causing excitement among citizens. In a news statement today the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) announced that its services started today and will operate between Namanve, Kibuye, Nalukolongo among other places in Kampala. In Namanve the trains will kick off the journey at 7:00am and arrive in […]
Ugandais to open an embassy in Ramallah inPalestine. The development was recently agreed upon byUgandapresident Yoweri Museveni and thePalestinehead of state, Sheikh Mahmood Abas. Abas is a close friend of President Museveni. And in fact Abas visitedUgandain April last year and held closed door talks with Museveni. LaterUgandastatehouse officials issued a press statement that indicated […]
People can abuse and hate each other but once friends they always remain friends until probably they die. Well, few people expect that Bebe Cool can sit down with Bobi Wine and they talk at length. The venue was One Love Beach in Busabala. No one expected that Bebe Cool could ever visit it. But […]