Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday said oil revenues must be invested in avenues that create jobs and wealth. The Ugandan president said since oil is an exhaustible resource, revenues from it should be used to build the infinite resources in …
Read More »Auditor General can’t afford stains
Bitter reality as suspended Uganda Airlines CEO tells Museveni that AG officials wanted bribe to give him `good report’ COMMENT | CISSY KAGABA | Recent media reports indicate that some officers at the Office of the Auditor General are allegedly exchanging their audit opinions for sums of money, usually determined …
Read More »Areas where the Ugandan Parliament got it wrong with the Sexual Offences Bill
COMMENT | Theophilus Oladipo | On the 4th of May 2021, the sexual offences bill passed the third reading stage at the Ugandan Parliament. Since 2019, the bill has been a source of debate and worry. Apart from the fact that it needlessly confirms what has mostly been criminalized, it raises …
Read More »Dilemma of art consumption in Uganda
Laba! Street Art festival was an idea conceived by a group of artists to link the public to art. At the art studios and galleries, few locals were coming to interact and buy art hence, the alternative to this void was to extend art to them by way of creating …
Read More »Cheptegei wins, but falls short of 25 year old 3000m world record
📌 RESULTS 🇺🇬 ➡ 10,000m – 5.10pm Jacob Kiplimo 1st ➡ 1,500m – 7.22pm Winnie Nanyondo 7th ➡ 3,000m SC – 8.00pm Boniface Sikowo 6th Albert Chemutai 7th ➡ 3,000m – 8.45pm Joshua Cheptegei 1st Ostrava, Czech Republic | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei won his 3000m race at the …
Read More »Uganda sugarcane traders demand compensation
150 sugarcane traders are demanding the government to compensate them over a ban by the Kenyan government to stop the importation of sugarcane from Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 100 Ugandan traders who were affected by a decision by the Kenyan government to stop the importation of sugarcane from …
Read More »Court summons foreign affairs official over resignation of Uganda’s Ambassador to Kenya
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court in Kampala has summoned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Commissioner for Human Resource Mark Sseremba for cross-examination over the resignation of Uganda’s former Ambassador to Kenya. Sseremba was summoned by the Civil Division Judge Esta Nambayo following a request by former Uganda’s Ambassador …
Read More »Midwives lives matter
New report show challenges they face to prevent maternal and newborn deaths Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Majority of maternal and newborn deaths in Uganda are due to preventable causes that can be significantly reduced by access to midwifery care during pregnancy, at birth, and after birth, particularly the …
Read More »UDB profit after tax up 118%
More funding, capitalisation of the bank coupled with increase in loan disbursements supported the growth in 2020 Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Development Bank Limited has realised a profit after tax for the year 2020 of Shs22bn, representing a 118% growth from Shs10.4bn reported in 2019 amidst the …
Read More »Defence and Veteran Affairs Ministry continues to professionalize the army
NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | Guaranteeing security of person and property is one of the key achievements of the NRM Government. The whole country is secure from border to border. To consolidate the security situation in Uganda, the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs (MoDVA) has been working hard to achieve the …
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