As the country joins the rest of the world to mark the world toilet day, Kampala capital city authority is urged to partner with local authorities in slum areas to construct modern toilets. According to the Kisenyi 2 LC1 chairman Swaibu Kwenyi, the village has only one public toilet which was constructed eight years ago […]
The US ambassador to Uganda has added voice to those calling for more stringent measures in handling corruption. This comes at a time when more donors are suspending aid over the abuse of funds in the office of the prime minister. Scot De-Lissi says the aid is intended to reach the targeted people to make […]
Uganda has a trade imbalance with India which totals to over 900 million shillings. The minister for trade and industry Amelia Kyabadde says although government has tried to put in place strategies to correct the trade imbalance little has been achieved. She says, this situation must be reversed through creating more textiles and promoting agro- […]
The government has been challenged to come up with a policy on climate change adaptation and mitigation. The challenge comes as more countries experience extreme weather conditions and disasters. The Manager of finance and administration at the African women economic policy network Nsubuga Joyce Bukenya says such a policy would help Uganda be in better […]
Government is to set up a National Emergency Response Centre to adequately manage all kinds of disasters that may occur in different parts of the country. Addressing reporters shortly opening a justice hearing tribunal on Climate Change, the Disaster Preparedness State Minister Musa Ecweru revealed that government has entered into partnership with Israelis to establish […]
Members of Parliament have directed the government to present in Parliaments the state of the National Economy within two weeks over what some MPs term as a crisis in the economy. The state minister for Finance Fred Omach told parliament Chaired by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanya that government wants a supplementary budget of […]
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics needs over 100 billion shillings to conduct the population census next year. This was revealed by the bureau’s executive director John Male while appearing before the parliamentary committees on finance and national economy. Male said that a supplementary budget of 25billion is needed in addition to the 7 billion for […]
Hosts Uganda have been drawn against Ethiopia, Kenya and South Sudan in group A in the just concluded Cecafa draws this morning at Serena hotel. Sudan, Tanzania, Burundi and Somalia complete group B while Rwanda, Malawi, Zanzibar and Eritrea have been drawn in group C. The top two teams in each group will qualify for […]
The state minister for northern Uganda Rebecca Atengo has appealed to the donor community to reconsider its decision on suspending funding to the country. This follows the suspension of funds from UK and Ireland among other countries as a result of the mismanagement of funds by the office of the prime minister. Speaking to journalists […]