The Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajat Minsa Kabanda, along with the Kampala Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka, embarked on a significant visit to City Public markets as part of their ongoing efforts to assess the implementation of the new Markets Act.The Act, recently passed by Parliament, empowers the Kampala Capital City Authority…
The Executive Director of Uganda National Bureau of Standards David Livingstone Ebiru has been dismissed for bribing the UNBS Board to retain his job. Ebiru’s woes started when he appeared before Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) in which he admitted paying a shs100 million bribe in a…
Refugee hosting districts around the country will soon be connected to high speed internet under the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project (UDAP-GOVNET). According to Dr. Hatwib Mugasa, the Executive Director of the National Information Technology Authority (NITA-Uganda), the move aims at promoting digital inclusion in the 12 districts hosting refugees. “We shall deploy 80 mobile broadband…
The United Nations human rights office in Uganda will close this weekend after Uganda decided not to renew its contract allowing it to operate. Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, announced the closure of the offices in Kampala. The offices will officially cease operations on Saturday, August 5, 2023. Sub-offices in Gulu…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reaffirmed his June 21st, 2023, ban on the exportation of unprocessed timber in Uganda in order to reverse the worrying trend of deforestation. The President made the reminder on August 4th, 2023, at the close of the 4th Bi-Annual CEO Retreat held at the Kiira Vehicle…
The permanent home of Uganda Investment Authority’s One-Stop Centre for Investors has now opened its doors at its permanent home in the Uganda Business Facilitation Centre (UBFC). The Centre (UBFC) is located on Plot 1, Baskerville Avenue in the suburb of Kololo, just over two kilometres to the northeast of Kampala City Centre. In addition…
On Thursday 3rd August 2023, the Uganda Investment Authority hosted a media breakfast meeting at the Uganda Business Facilitation Center, highlighting the invaluable role of the One Stop Centre. Distinguished attendees included Hon. Anite Evelyn, the Minister of Investment, URA Commissioner General Musinguzi Rujoki, Director General Robert Mukiza, and Chairman of the Board of Directors…
One of the important issues of our society today is the existence of different lifestyles that have caused problems in the society. Therefore, the need to create and introduce a suitable lifestyle to society and all human societies is very important. Referring to the life of Imam Hussain (a.s.) shows that the different dimensions of…
The Supreme Court has ordered an 84-year-old retired lawyer, Yesero Mugenyi, to back off the property he grabbed from a senior citizen in Hoima about 35 years ago. Although they say justice delayed is justice denied, Philemon Wandera Amooti saw the light at the tunnel after Supreme Court ruled that his properties on the Bibanja…
Officials from Mulago Specialised Women and Neo-natal Hospital are tasked to explain why they were issued with letters of credit from Bank of Uganda worth Shs4.07 billion despite the closure of the financial year. While interfacing with the officials on Monday, 31 July 2023, Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee (Central Government) wondered…
