Tag Archives: diaspora

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The government through the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs will roll out the registration of Ugandans living in the diaspora for dual citizenship. This was revealed by the Rt. Hon Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following complaints by Ugandans living in the United Kingdom that …

Uganda to start Diaspora Investment Fund to boost industrialization Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |   Ministers of Industry from the 19 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have unanimously approved a COMESA industrial strategy with emphasis on local content as the stimulus for industrial …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Betty Amongi has introduced a lands management system adopted by the Ministry for Ugandans living in the Diaspora. Amongi said the new system is aimed at minimizing land grabbing and any fraudulent related land dealings. The …

  Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Government is considering revising selected immigration fees to make it easy for Ugandans in the diaspora to acquire dual citizenship. Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, while addressing the political forum of the Ugandan North American Association (UNAA) on Sunday, September 3, 2017 in …

VIDEO: Diaspora Ugandans launch cheap money transfer service Kampala,Uganda | NTV UGANDA | A group of Ugandans in the U.S. have come up with pre-paid card that shall be used by Ugandans in the Diaspora to send and withdraw money. The card known as UBER PESA was unveiled at the Uganda …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has reassured Ugandans in the diaspora of tax waivers on any donations in form of medical and school supplies sent back home. Kadaga said that if laid down procedures are followed, arrangements can be made with the …

Dallas, Texas | EADM NEWS  LIVE | Monday Atigo was on Sunday re-elected president of the Uganda North American Association (UNAA). Atigo got 189 votes against 166 votes for his challenger Dr Daniel Kawuma at the UNAA Convention 2017 in Miami. Atigo got 9 online votes, and 180 onsite votes, while Kawuma got 49 …

Dallas, Texas | EADM NEWS | Monday Atigo, the incumbent Uganda North American Association (UNAA) president is fighting off a challenge from Daniel Kawuma to keep his job at the helm of the nearly 30-year old Ugandan Diaspora organization. The elections are Sunday, September 3. Who is Monday Atigo? The former UNAA Vice President …

Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda happy to vote next President Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |  The queues started forming as early as 7am as thousands of Rwandan living in Uganda on Aug.03 thronged their embassy to vote in the presidential election. Many of them told The Independent that they …

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it has introduced a new policy requiring all companies involved in labor exports to pay for transportation costs of those stranded or those being mistreated abroad. Head of the diaspora department at the ministry Patrick Muganda Guma said that the decision to have …