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Uganda Is Open To Trade & Investment-Chief Whip Woos UK Investors
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…
Great: Vision Group’s TV East Becomes Exclusive On StarTimes Platform
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…
Museveni Tells Ugandans Not To Panic Over Defeated ADF Scare Bombs
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…
Angry MPs Crucify Min.Nankabirwa To Provide Tangible Solutions For Power Blackouts
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,…
Speaker Among Scoffs At Defiant Museveni’s Ministers For Shunning House Settings
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…
Justice Buteera Tasks Ugandans To Name & Shame Corrupt Judicial Officers
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…
UPC Urges Gov’t To Revamp Rural Electrification To Curb Effects Climate Change
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…
Five Students Arrested In Makerere University Over Possession Of Narcotic Substances
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…
Scam:Top Kampala Law Firms Cited In Siphoning shs 20 Bn Meant To Compensate Cooperatives Exposed
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…
Assured Protection: Lt.Col Katabazi Woos Ugandans In Diaspora To Invest Back Home
The Deputy Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO) Lt. Col. Emmy Katabazi has assured Ugandans in the Diaspora of their investments including land bought back home in Uganda. Katabazi gave the assurance while addressing delegates attending the annual Uganda North American Association (UNAA) convention in Dallas, USA. This followed concerns raised at the…