Members and staff of Parliament led by the Clerk to Parliament, Mrs. Jane Kibirige and Mawokota south MP Kenneth Bbosa Kiyingi have contributed to the fundraising drive towards the preparation for the Papal visit, next week. The fundraising drive involved the MPs and staff purchasing over 50 souvenir rosaries from the Vision Group. The proceeds from […]
State Minister for Minerals in the ministry of Energy Peter Lokeris has assured Ugandans that the country is to start its oil production in 2019 given that all the factors to support this have been put in place. He says the oil export pipeline, refinery, power production among other key elements to oil production are already […]
Uganda Cranes produced a brilliant performance to beat Togo 3-0 and qualify to the 2018 World Cup group qualifying stage in a thrilling match played at the Nelson Mandela Stadium on Sunday afternoon. Cranes skipper Geoffrey Massa opened the scoring early in the game before a brace from Vipers SC star player Faruku Miya secured […]
The Uganda representative at pan African parliament, Onyango Kakooba, calls on government to put in place mechanisms that will discourage youth from acts of genocide and crimes against humanity. Onyango Kakooba, who is also the member Buikwe North, says that although the genocide has not been experienced in the country as some other East African countries […]
Dennis Kamurasi of the Association of Uganda Oil and Gas Service Providers says businesses are counting loses due to the lull in the sector. Kamurasi says this lull has dragged on since 2010 with little or no activity in the three joint venture oil companies Tullow Uganda, Total E&P and China National Oil Company yet […]
Government is finalizing a procurement process to hired three public relations firms to market Uganda on world travel market. The three firms are being identified by the Uganda Tourism board and their payment will be catered for by the World Bank. This was disclosed by the Marketing manager Uganda Tourism Board Edwin Muzahura together with the […]
The 6th edition of the Afro barometer that assesses access to justice among other social services by citizens indicates that Ugandans have lost trust in the judicial sector with many reasons raised by the citizens who were interviewed in the research carried out in May this year across the country. Releasing the report findings today, the […]
The National Union of coffee Agribusinesses and farm Enterprises (NUCAFE) has launched the 1st Uganda national coffee festival and exhibition to promote youth and coffee innovations through facilitating increased exposure to opportunities and networking for increased job creation in the coffee value chain for the youth. This is aimed at promoting and building of strategic business […]
Researchers in Uganda are asking government to start implementing the newly released WHO guidelines in the prevention of HIV in high risk communities which researchers and WHO say reduce the cost of treating the disease in a long run. According to Dr. Nulu Bulya and Dr. Charles Brown from infectious disease institute, new WHO prevention strategies […]
The Central Bank raised the lending rate by 1% moving it to now 17% as a way to control the rising inflation in the country’s economy. Announcing the new CBR yesterday, the central bank governor, Prof, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebire said, the bank’s forecasts based on the prevailing domestic and external economic conditions and outlook indicates that […]