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Luuka District local Government has secured over 50 acres of land to construct a sugarcane factory, the Daily Express reports. The sugar factory is among the two factories which the government of Uganda promised to set up in Busoga sub-region and the second factory will be constructed in Buyende district. The meeting to resolve the…
A recent investigative story run by the Daily Monitor publication has revealed how unnamed government officials wired about Shs 9 billion to two agricultural training institutions despite all schools being closed during the Covid-19 induced lockdown. This money, according to reports was meant for the “settlement of students’ feeding bills” and infrastructure development. According to Daily Monitor,…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has terminated a Shs 1.8bn contract for the construction of a 42-kilometre road in Kyegegwa district over shoddy works. The road which connects from Kakabara sub-county in Kyegegwa district to Nabingola in Mubende was constructed under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project (DRDIP). The program under the Office of the…
Stiff competition and high indebtedness have forced Uganda’s third largest telecom service company by subscriber base, Africell, to quit the country. The company say its services will stop on October 7, this year, according to a letter circulated to its employees, who will continue to be in employment until November 30. Africell Uganda says its…
President Yoweri Museveni has declined to assent to the Sexual Offences Bill, together with the Succession Amendment Bill passed by the Tenth Parliament earlier this year. The Sexual Offences Bill which was presented before parliament by former Kumi Woman MP Monica Amoding provides for the criminalization of a range of sexual offences such as indecent…
SERERE: At least Uganda shillings 90 Million meant for Emyooga Program in Serere District has gone to the Hands of the wrong beneficiaries. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in August 2019 launched Emyooga Program, a poverty eradication programme meant to transform 68% of Ugandan homesteads from subsistence farming to market-oriented production. The Finance Ministry initially allocated UGX…
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina to hand road construction projects to various Chinese firms without undergoing competitive bidding. As per the law, any company that wants to render services to the public under government docket must undergo bidding and the winner is given a contract.…
The Judiciary has revealed that, it has received Shs1.2 billion to handle 155 petitions arising from January 14, 2021, general elections. The revelation was made by the Jameson Karemani, the spokesperson to Judiciary. The hearings for the Parliamentary Elections will kick-off on August 16 petitions in the different high Court circuits across the country. “We…
The Kabaka of Buganda Kingdom Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has castigated people who are pushing for the abolition of Mailo land tenure system, which is mainly in Buganda, saying they are bent on weakening the kingdom. The Kabaka broke silence at his 28th coronation anniversary ceremony at Nkoni Palace in Buddu on Saturday, July, 31…
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries Frank Tumwebaze has ordered security to arrest all Soroti City Civil servants involved in the stealing of NAADS hand hoes that were meant to benefit the peasantry. The Minister who was in the Teso Sub Region for a fact-finding mission on Government Programs made the order while…
