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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.…
UGX 7 Trillion Locked Up In Commercial Court Disputes: Chief Justice
The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has said that about seven trillion shillings is locked up in undissolved disputes before the Commercial Division of the High Court. Owiny-Dollo revealed this while delivering the Annual Performance Report of the Judiciary at the High Court in Kampala on Wednesday. He said the monies are tied up due to…
Ugsh 240,500 for Covid 19 Test
Government has introduced a mandatory shs. 240,500 fees for Covid-19 testing services across the country, the Ministry of Health has announced. The fees will serve as a cost recovery mechanism that will enable the Ministry of Health to acquire more test kits for continued access to testing services in the country. The health ministry’s Permanent…
Ugly Scenes As Link Bus Catches Fire Weeks After Fatal Accident
Police at Natete Police station last evening registered and responded to a fire outbreak, which happened at about 10 pm. The incident involved a Motor Vehicle Reg. No UBD 269A Scania belonging to Link Bus Services that was returning from Kasese to Kampala. The bus burst in flames at Wakaliga traffic lights. Luke Owoyesigyire, the…
UGEFA: Green Businesses Given Last Chance To Grow & Transform Economy With EU Funded Accelerator
The EU-funded Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA), which provides sustainable Ugandan enterprises with support to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy, has today announced that it is accepting applications for its fourth and final cohort to join its programme. UGEFA is seeking high-potential small and medium-sized enterprises looking for debt finance to…
Ugandans Without National IDs To Be Excluded From Receiving Services -NIRA
Osborn Mushabe, the Public relations Officer at National Identification Registration Authority (NIRA), has said that Uganda has over one Million people without identity proof, which leaves them vulnerable and excluded from services. Mushabe while addressing the media during the weekly security brief at the Police Headquarters in Nagaru, on Monday, September 11, 2023, said that,…
Ugandans Tired Over Govt Silence As Rwanda Legalises Cultivation, Sale, and Use of Medical Cannabis
As Uganda’s position on licensing individuals and companies for production of Cannabis is, however, still unclear, the government of Rwanda has approved cultivation, processing and exportation of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Rwanda becomes the latest African country to legalise, and pass laws on the growing of marijuana for medical purposes, as it seeks to establish…
Ugandans Still Massively Prefer To Vote Museveni Than Muhoozi In The 2026 Presidential Elections
Well, me and my crew have moved across most districts of Uganda interacting with different sections of Ugandans including farmers, Youth, Women, Elderly, PWDs, local Government and religious leaders among others. Over 85% of the people we’ve interacted with or had a one on one with Prefer retaining H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa for President…
Ugandans Laud City Mogul Don Nasser For Setting Up Modern Tea Processing Plant
One of the youngest city money bag, philanthropist Don Nasser has come with another Banger business. He swept all political moves under the carpet and concentrated on working for the people of greater Bushenyi and Uganda at large. The latest information reaching our desk reveals that Don Nasser has established one of the art modern…
Ugandans In UK Shun Kyagulanyi’s London Tour For Undermining Kabaka
The National Unity Platform Party President Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, has received criticism and backlash from the Ugandan Diaspora community in London during his tour, expressing concern over his ongoing disrespect toward the Kabaka (King) of Buganda. The Kabaka diehards in the Diaspora noted that Bobi Wine’s portrait is displayed at traditional events instead…