District leaders from Lango and Masindi have urged government to revamp its compensation strategy, citing lack of supervision by the local government as a critical barrier. This was in reference to money given to cooperative societies as compensation for property lost in the civil wars. The leaders assert that it was unwise to bypass…
The Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua, on Friday closed the 13th UK-Uganda Investment and Trade Summit in London with an emphatic enumeration of bankable benefits of investing in Uganda. Obua told the participants at the event that Uganda is open to trade and investments and the Government is executing deliberate plans to incentivize the…
TV East is the latest Television Channel in the Vision Group portfolio. TV East focuses on the Eastern region of Uganda largely viewers who speak or comprehend Ateso and Lumasaba languages. The channel is now exclusive on StarTimes platform Channel 483 on Satellite decoders in the Nova bouquet. “We are excited to announce the launch…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured Ugandans of defeat of the Islamic state linked Allied Democratic Force (ADF). He said that the ADF terrorists are powerless and defeated and that’s why they continue hiding in the Congo jungles and not Uganda. He added that the developments here, where security rounded up the terrorists and recovered…
Following the premature adjournment of Parliament yesterday over no-show of Ministers, Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has said attendance will be a factor in vetting nominees to Cabinet, in a latest onslaught on front benchers dodging plenary. During the Thursday September 7, 2023, Speaker Among said the issue of perennial absence of Ministers violate the…
Members of parliament want the Ministry of Energy to address the recurring countrywide power surges, which they said has affected several businesses. This was raised as a matter of national importance by Soroti East Division Member of Parliament, Hon. Herbert Ariko, during plenary sitting on 07 September 2023. Ariko said that the electricity distributing company,…
Deputy Chief Justice Richard Buteera has stated that the judiciary is committed to a zero-tolerance policy for corruption, and there is no place for it within the judiciary. This remark was made while closing a nine-day induction training for the newly recruited chief magistrates at Collin Hotel in Mukono. According to Justice Buteera, corruption tendencies…
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has appealed to government and the Ministry of Energy to revamp the rural electrification program to make electricity cheaper and affordable to Ugandans as a source of energy and power. According to Sharon Ayat Arach the UPC Spokesperson, cheaper and affordable power reduces the destruction of both trees and forests for…
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit and Internal Security Organisation(ISO) have commenced arrests of Ministry of Trade Industries and Cooperatives officials who connived with law firms to steal billions of moneys meant to compensate cooperatives for the losses incurred during the liberation war and insurgencies. The move to compensate the cooperatives was decided upon by cabinet…
Police at Wandegeya Station is holding five Makerere university students after being found in possession of Narcotic substances. Police Spokesperson Fred Enanga identified the suspects as George Oroma, 26, doing quantitative economics; Julius Peter Joke, 25, and Emmy Ekyana, 26, a law student ,others are Fred Okot, who is doing business administration at Makerere University…
