Biguli Sub County gets three piped water supply systems Settling for unclean and unsafe water will soon be a thing of the past in Biguli sub county, Kamwenge District in western Uganda. This follows the construction of three piped water supply and sanitation systems by Water For People in conjunction …
Read More »Museveni woos tourism investors, says agro-processing key
Uganda’s tourism and agro-processing potential, in addition to tough measures against poaching, make the country a goldmine for investors, President Yoweri Museveni has said. At the sidelines of The Giants Club Summit, Museveni assured potential investors that all the country’s national parks and game reserves are safe while the government …
Read More »Kenya torches world’s biggest ivory bonfire to save elephants
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Eleven giant pyres of tusks went up in smoke Saturday as Kenya torched its vast ivory stockpile in a grand gesture aimed at shocking the world into stopping the slaughter of elephants. Huge white clouds of smoke spiralled into the sky as the flames took …
Read More »LIVE: Uganda Sports Press Awards 2016
GOLFER RONALD OTILE named Uganda Sports Personality of 2015 by USPA With the Uganda Amauteur Golfers @USPAmedia #NileSpecialUspa16 pic.twitter.com/1ybQmVNlIw — Leon Solomon (@LeonSolomon1) April 29, 2016 The Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA) annual awards held Friday at Serena, Kampala were crowned with the announcement of golfer Ronald Otile as the …
Read More »VIDEO: I Will Not Miss Parliament – Kahinda Otafiire
Kahinda Otafiire has said he will not miss having to buy coffins and paying school fees now that he is no longer MP. “I was an undertaker at every burial, a best-man at every wedding in my constituency. I Will Not Miss Parliament,” former Justice minister Otafiire told NBS TV. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Target under-developed populations in wildlife conservation fight
President Yoweri Museveni has told the ongoing inaugural Giants Club Summit in Nanyuki, Kenya that an under-developed population is the biggest threat to wildlife conservation. “There are four threats to elephants and to all conservation efforts; markets for ivory and animal horns, criminality and corruption internationally and in individual countries, …
Read More »Museveni hails Kenya’s Lucy Kibaki
President Yoweri Museveni has described late former First Lady of Kenya Mama Lucy Kibaki as a strong woman who greatly contributed to the development of her country. “I hope that her legacy as a relentless campaigner for women’s rights, the disadvantaged and disabled persons, girl child education and the fight …
Read More »In The Independent: Karuma, Isimba to cost extra sh1.8 trillion
Cover story: Powerful Chinese lobby leaves Museveni helpless on Karuma, Isimba Bickering between officials at the Energy Ministry and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd is frustrating construction work at two of Uganda’s biggest power dams, which means that taxpayers could incur an extra Shs 1.8 trillion in construction cost, enough …
Read More »Collapsing buildings: Engineers vow tough action
When an eight storey building in Kampala city collapsed on April 11 leaving four dead and others injured, various theorists started casting blame. The police faulted owner of the building, Moses Kyaseka. He was accused of being negligent and failing to take action even when he saw cracks in the …
Read More »‘Level of preparedness in Uganda oil sector inadequate’
Chairman Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Elly Karuhanga has warned that the level of preparedness in the local oil sector is below par. “The level of preparedness is still low since only 25 firms were found eligible to supply the industry. Local suppliers aren’t equal to the task to …
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