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Big Story: Government Moves To Amend MoU On Labour Externalization
The government has started a process to ensure that Ugandans employed in the Middle East get similar terms of employment as their counterparts from other countries. This is after it was revealed that the earnings and workload for Ugandans especially those working as house maids are determined by clauses in the Memorandum of Understanding between…
Authorities Close Mandela Secondary School Over Strike
More than 1,000 students of Mandela Secondary School in Hoima city have been sent home following a violent strike. The students staged a violent strike at 2am protesting poor feeding and administration. According to some of the students who spoke to URN on condition of anonymity, they were being fed on poor quality beans and…
UGX 800M Budget Shortfall Impeded UDC’s Valuation of Roko
Members of Parliament on the Finance committee have learned that Uganda Development Corporation-UDC’s move to carry out a valuation of Roko Construction Limited was unsuccessful after failing to access an 800 million Shillings budget from the Ministry of Finance. Patrick Birungi, the UDC Executive Director made the revelation on Thursday while appearing before the committee.…
OP-ED: Why Is Government Favouring Foreign Investors Over Local Investors?
By Ojok Smith Gulu: Will government survive fire for favouring foreign investors all the time against local businessmen? Moreover, when this is supposed to be a government by the people and for the people? Currently the government of Uganda is under heavy fire for over-pampering foreign investors and leaving the indigenous ones to wallow in…
Nakawa Accident: Transport Minister Undertakes To Enhance Safety At Railway Crossings
The Government Assurance and Implementation Committee has questioned the Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) over its failure to ensure safety at railway level crossings. This follows a gruesome accident in the wee hours of Sunday 10, July 2022 in which a locomotive rammed into a car at its driver attempted to make it across the Nakawa…
Parliament Tasks Telecoms To Offer Better Data & Voice Bundles
Members of Parliament have urged telecommunication service providers to adopt more friendly data and voice bundles. This, according to the MPs, is intended to ensure that consumers of communication services get quality, reliable and affordable communication services to widen Information Communication Technology (ICT) penetration as a key driver of economic growth. While chairing the House…
Continued Detention Of Rwenzururu Guards Not Fair – MP Katusabe Voices Frustration
Bukonzo West Member of Parliament, Hon. Atkins Katusabe has voiced his frustrations over the continued incarceration of Rwenzururu guards, who were arrested in 2016 after clashes with security forces. Katusabe said he continues to get reports about the failing health of the jailed royal guards asking government to set them free. “What we as leaders…
MPs Call For Independent Probe Into US$150 Million ‘Scam’ ACDP Project
Lawmakers have called for a probe into the implementation of the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP), citing failure to meet the intended expectation and lack of value for money. The call follows an oversight visit by the MPs on the Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries to the districts of Kyotera, Rakai, Masaka and…
UN Humanitarians Concerned About Killing Of Innocent Civilians In Eastern DRC
The killing of at least 31 people in less than a week in the eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is raising deep concern, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. During attacks on villages in the Irumu territory of Ituri province during July 7-12, at least 11 civilians…
Two arrested For Assaulting Journalist in Mukono
Police have arrested two residents involved in beating up a journalist on Wednesday evening in Kiyanja village, Nakisunga sub county, Mukono district. It is reportedly said that Peter Byabasaijja, Denis Kiwanuka and others at large intercepted Ronald Kalumba, a correspondent for BBS television in Mukono and assaulted him causing him external and internal body injuries.…