By Ronald Musoke The Civil Society Coalition on Oil (CSCO), a group of Ugandan NGOs following the oil and gas sector have labeled President Museveni’s accusations that the NGOs and some MPs were representing ‘foreign interests’ during the just concluded debate on the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill, 2012 …

By Ronald Musoke Experts have urged the government to come out and design bold and deliberate plans if Uganda is to tap into her ever-rising youthful population. With more than half of Uganda’s population below 18 years, the latest state of Uganda’s population report released on Dec.13 in Kampala has …

By Ronald Musoke Governments and aid agencies have failed to tackle urban poverty in many developing countries mainly because of their failure to understand it, according to a new book released by the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). The book, Urban Poverty in the Global South – …

By Aloysious Kasoma Opposition Democratic Party has opposed the decision by the Kampala Capital City Authority change of the image of the city. DP says that trying to rebrand without changing the attitude and the mentality of the city dwellers will not change the city. According to Jude Mbabaali the …

By Julius Businge Newton Jazire, the new managing director for Lion Assurance Limited has said they expect the year 2013 to be a good year for their business as the East Africa’s third largest economy’s economic indicators continue to improve. The country’s year-on-year inflation has dropped to 4.9% as of …

By Joan Akello The Church of Uganda will enthrone a new Archbishop on Sunday at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Namirembe.  About 3,000 people are expected to attend the ceremony, including the President, political leaders, business leaders, and all the Bishops of the Church of Uganda.  Eleven Archbishops from other Provinces in …

By Ronald Musoke A team of six students from the  department of electrical and computer engineering at the College of Engineering, Design and Technology (CEDAT) in Makerere University have won this year’s Huawei Android Applications Challenge. The team was rewarded with a Huawei tablet and a cash prize of Ushs …

By Aloysious Kasoma Uganda People’s Congress wants the president Museveni to sack the Youth and Children affairs minister Ronald Kibuule over what they described as an attack on women. According to the party spokesperson Okello Lucima the minister was quoted saying that women dress indecently and as a result men …

By Ronald Musoke A recently released joint report by the World Bank, the African Development Bank and the African Union has noted that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) innovations are delivering home-grown solutions in Africa, transforming businesses and driving entrepreneurship and economic growth. The report says that in just the …

By Ronald Musoke In a sign of the times, Pope Benedict XVI has succumbed to the temptation of the social media revolution by joining Twitter, one of the most popular social media platforms available today. The pope sent his first much anticipated twitter message using his personal account on Dec.12. …