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Uganda Won’t Achieve Middle Income Status Until 2040 – World Bank Warns
Uganda gaining middle Income Status as a country is something President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been obsessed with for the past years. In his numerous addresses, Mr. Museveni promised Uganda will soon jump from the cluster of third world countries to the middle income status. However according to world Bank experts, this wait will go…
Uganda Votes: Govt Sets Tough Rules For Political Party Activities Ahead Of Primaries Due To Covid-19
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Prof Ephraim Kamuntu has tabled regulations that will restrict political party activities and propose unique methods for election of party officials in light of the Covid19 pandemic. The Political Parties and Organisations (Conduct of Meetings and Elections) Regulations 2020 seeks to “enable a political party or organisation to…
Uganda U-20 Female Squad To Face Tanzania Named
Uganda Under 20 national team head coach Oliver Mbekeka has named the eleven players that will start against Tanzania in the return leg of the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup final at the StartTimes, Lugogo Kampala on Saturday. Changes have been made were Nyayenga Daphine replaces Adeke Juliet in goal and Nadunga Bira comes in…
Uganda Traffic Police Issues Tough Christmas Guidelines For Motorists
The Uganda Police have issued 13 guidelines that motorists and other road users must adhere to during the Christmas and New Year festivities as one of the measures of avoiding or reducing road accidents. They include; carrying a valid driving permit at all times, ensuring that the motor vehicle is in good mechanical condition and…
Uganda To Sign Business Deals With DRC After Joining EAC Bloc
A Government of Uganda delegation will travel to the Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of the month to negotiate business deals aimed at boosting Uganda’s economy. This was revealed by the State Minister for Trade, Hon. David Bahati, on Tuesday, 19 April 2022 while responding to issues raised in the report from the…
Uganda To Launch Its First Satellite In September
Uganda is preparing to launch its first satellite by September 2022, President Museveni and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija have announced. Delivering the Budget Speech at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, Kasaija said Uganda will launch into the Lower Earth Orbit its first-ever satellite from the International Space Station in collaboration with the…
Uganda To Host IGAD Summit 2024
A delegation from member states at the 14th regular meeting of the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) that was held in Djibouti on June 12, 2023. The government of Uganda will be hosting the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in East Africa at State House Entebbe on January 18, 2024. According to Vincent Bagiire…
Uganda To Host East Africa Parliamentary Games
Preparations to host the 10th edition of the Inter Parliamentary Games (IPG) in Uganda are on course, Hon. Gideon Gatpan, the deputy chairperson of the IPG and also a member of the East African Legislative Assembly, has said. According to Gatpan, the 2019 edition of the regional games scheduled to take place from 7 to…
Uganda To Host CommonWealth Speakers Summit
Uganda is set to host Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) in 2024. Uganda was selected to host the conference at the ongoing CSPOC in Ottawa, Canada running from 06-10 January 2020. The Conference provides Speakers and presiding officers of National Parliaments in the Commonwealth with a unique opportunity to gather together…
Uganda To Cement Economic Ties With Cuba-Oulanyah
The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has committed the legislature’s support to ensure that Cuba becomes an active participant in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. The Speaker was meeting with the Cuban Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Antonio Louis Pubillones, at Parliament. Oulanyah observed that in the meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary…