Government has said that compensation of the more than 1,000 tobacco farmers in Bunyoro sub-region who had been denied payment since 2017 by private companies is expected to start in two weeks. The Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, blamed the delay in payments to the verification process aimed at ascertaining the affected farmers.…
Uganda’s leading flower exporter Rosebud Ltd has vowed to increase production to meet the growing demand from across the world. The Managing Director Mr Rajiv Ruparelia announced on Friday, August 6 that the company has already secured an international Fair-trade certification, a move to boost its flowers production open to all major flower markets across…
There is excitement among residents and traders in Kasubi, on the outskirts of Kampala in Lubaga division as construction of the Kasubi Junction takes shape.The work was initially supposed to be undertaken as part of the Bakuli-Nakulabye-Kasubi Road reconstruction implemented under the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project (KIIDP II). But it was halted due to…
The Solicitor General has warned Departed Asians Property Custodian Board Executive Secretary George Bizibu and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija not to interfere in matters regarding Asian properties. In letter seen by this website, the Solicitor General citing section 15 of the Expropriated Properties Act Cap.87 says the board and Finance Minister have no powers to…
Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has pledged to support those affected by the floods in Kasese, by providing them with land in Muhokya sub county, so they can move out of harm’s way. The Premier has also rejected part of the non-food relief items that were sent to flood victims in Kasese District. In Company of…
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…
The Inspector General of Police has made changes that have seen Kampala Metropolitan Police commander Moses Kafeero transferred and replaced by Commissioner of police Stephen Tanui. According to the transfers dated July,1, 2021, Kafeero has been appointed as the commandant for the Senior Staff College Bwebajja in Wakiso district. The changes have also seen Senior…
The Ugandan Foreign Affairs Ministry is on the spot after some of it’s senior officials got involved in a dubious house deal. The property in question is a residential building on Plot No. 31 Mackenzie Vale in Kololo which was recently “purchased” by the Government of Equatorial Guinea to house its Embassy in Kampala. In…
The Public Accounts Committee of Parliament has directed the accounting officer in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to present performance and accountability reports regarding the funding of a UNDP supported project. The committee chaired by Budadiri West MP Nandala Mafabi was meeting Under-Secretary Lynette Bagonza on Thursday over queries on the Peace and Security for…
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Ubos) has revealed that it will carry out the national population census next year, 2022, two years earlier. Uganda last carried out a population census in 2014. Supposed to happen every decade, the census had delayed over lack of funds. Now, Ubos says it is planning to conduct another census…
