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By Ronald Musoke Ruth Nankabirwa, the State Minister for Fisheries talked to Ronald Musoke and denied claims that the government is selling L. Victoria to enable investors do cage farming. Why is the government selling Lake Victoria? The Uganda government is not selling Lake Victoria. Lake Victoria belongs to Uganda …

By Julius Businge  The Ministry of ICT through National Information Technology Authority Uganda has unveiled the National Information Security Advisory Group (NISAG) to provide complimentary advisory services to the Government of Uganda on issues concerning information security. Speaking at the inauguration of the team in Kampala on Oct. 30, the …

By Abushedde Angella As part of the Sharpened Plan on Maternal Health and Adolescent Health Policy, the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Sarah Opendi has unveiled a 12-month national campaign to prevent teenage pregnancies from 24% to 15% by July 2015. “The Ministry of Health has identified teenage …

By Julius Businge The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has set July as a month when all government institutions will start adhering to regulations regarding the use of the internet. Stella Alibateesa, the acting executive director at NITA-U said on the sidelines of the e-government regulations conference in Kampala …

By Nikko Mugume “I am in full solidarity with the LGBT community and I will continue to defend their rights in Uganda and across Africa. Rest assured of my unwavering support and action for the realization of the rights for every human being, which has been my struggle since childhood. …

By The Independent Team South Sudan’s government and rebels have signed a ceasefire agreement after talks in Ethiopia. Under the deal, signed in a hotel in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, the fighting is due to come to an end within 24 hours. In the past week, government forces have …

By Michael Buteera Mugisha No country has developed economically without the governments actively setting the right fundamentals for growth Andrew’s article titled; “Inside the fair trade movement”, carefully exposes the potential pitfalls of fair trade but does little to offer any reasonable or relevant solutions to our biggest development challenges. …

By Haggai Matsiko Shs700 billion lies idle under new finance system Bank of Uganda’s latest figures for October show a buoyant economy with the 2012/13 growth figures revised upwards from 4.3% to 5.8%. However, the same figures show contractions from August in the agricultural and manufacturing indices. Anecdotal evidence from …

By Julius Businge Government has been urged to immediately pass the anti-money laundering bill so that all matters related to the vice are well handled. Money laundering which is a process of concealing the source of large amounts of money that have been gained through illegitimate means is said to …

By Joan Akello & Ivan Rugambwa MPs worry as donor aid cuts, budget indiscipline bite The salaries of MPs are late, teachers have not been paid for months, and police officers are being given food rations to stave off hunger as the government struggles to find money to pay them. …