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OP-ED: Those Playing Double Standards In Ham Vs Buganda Case Are Costing Our Kingdom Goodwill
By David Serumaga Kampala: Land disputes in Uganda are escalating every day and are causing a negative impact on our society and the people. One of the major factors fueling these land wrangles are the land professionals in central government and cultural leadership who use their offices to cause confusion in land matters. On 16th…
Great: Unique Sounds Ug Mesmerizes Western Uganda With Modern Art Equipment
A new music system has been born in Western Uganda with the State of the art equipment. Unique Sounds Ug based in Ntungamo town is the in thing in Western Uganda with the best music service in the area. They provide public address system and play at wedding ceremonies, birthday parties, introduction ceremonies, live performances…
Byabasaija Orders Prison Warders To Stop Using Phones While On Duty
In the wake of increasing attacks on security personnel, the Commissioner General of Uganda Prisons, Dr. Johnson Byabasaija, has ordered warders and wardresses not to use their mobile phones while on duty. “Staff must not report for duty with phones, for they distract attention and interfere with the level of alertness. The safety and security…
How PM Nabbanja Rescued Mother of 7 Jailed Over UGX2.8 Million Debt
Gertrude Nalule, a mother of five with two other dependents has this Monday been released from prison, close to two months after she was jailed for failure to pay a date of 2.88 million Shillings. Additionally, she has been on the verge of losing her home to the moneylender who claims to have bought it…
PICTORIAL: Saudi Arabia Stuns Argentina In One Of World Cup’s Greatest-Ever Upsets As Tournament Came To Life
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia: Saudis produce one of the World Cup’s biggest EVER shocks to beat Lionel Messi’s star-studded side, with Aldawsari’s wondergoal proving the difference. The little man they had all come to see took just 10 minutes to give them what they wanted. A little stuttering run-up, a nudge of his left foot…
Shock As Bukalasi SS Economics Students Fail To Turn Up For UACE
Three senior six candidates of Bukalasi Secondary School in Bududa district failed to show up on Monday for their Economics paper on day one of the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations-UACE. The Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) began conducting UACE for all A’ level candidates beginning with Economics Papers one and two for Arts candidates and Chemistry…
OP-ED: Ugandans Survived The COVID-19 Lockdown But Might Not Live Through The Current Financial One
It was tough going through the two years of lockdown resulting from the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in Uganda. But some households that survived the lockdown may not live through the prevailing financial one in the country. During some of that time, movement by public means was prohibited. Trading in crowded places was…
Countering Climatic Change: How ERA’s Lower Power Tariffs Reduce Use Of Firewood, Charcoal
In a bid to counter the adverse impact of climatic change in Uganda, power regulator Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in December 2021 introduced a Cooking Tariff known as Declining Block Tariff, which would enable domestic consumers connected on the national power grid to use electricity for cooking, instead of charcoal and firewood. The main objective…
Parliament Approves UGX1.2 Trillion Loan For Electricity Connections
The Parliament of Uganda has approved another request by the Government to borrow up to US$331.5 million approximately Shillings 1.242 trillion from the International Development Association– IDA of the World Bank Group to support the electricity access scale-up project. The legislators passed the unanimous resolution following a motion moved by the Minister of State for…
Uganda Coffee Exports Generates Record US$876.4 Million
Uganda’s coffee exports generated a record US$876.4million in revenues for the just concluded 2021/2022 coffee year that ended on September.30. This represents a 39% increase in revenues compared to the previous year despite a decline in export volumes. Latest statistics from the state-owned Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) shows that the East African nation exported…