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President Museveni Celebrates Uganda’s St Kizito High School at Zayed Sustainability Prize in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI, 14th January 2025 – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni joined global leaders in Abu Dhabi to witness the prestigious Zayed Sustainability Prize awards ceremony. Uganda celebrated a historic milestone as St Kizito High School Namugongo emerged as one of the three

January 15, 2025

East Africa·Uganda

“I had never put on a sweater in Africa and here I was; I didn’t have one!. – Sudhir Recounts Memories of Amin’s Expulsion of Asians from Uganda Ahead of 50th Anniversary

On 4 August 1972, the then President of Uganda Idi Amin Dada ordered the expulsion of his country’s Asian minority, giving them 90 days to leave the country. At the time of the expulsion, there were about 80,000 individuals of Indian descent

July 16, 2022

Business·Uganda

Big Story: Government Moves To Amend MoU On Labour Externalization

The government has started a process to ensure that Ugandans employed in the Middle East get similar terms of employment as their counterparts from other countries. This is after it was revealed that the earnings and workload for Ugandans especially those working

July 15, 2022

Business·Trending·Uganda

Parliament Tasks Telecoms To Offer Better Data & Voice Bundles

Members of Parliament have urged telecommunication service providers to adopt more friendly data and voice bundles. This, according to the MPs, is intended to ensure that consumers of communication services get quality, reliable and affordable communication services to widen Information Communication Technology

July 14, 2022

Crime·Uganda

MPs Call For Independent Probe Into US$150 Million ‘Scam’ ACDP Project

Lawmakers have called for a probe into the implementation of the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP), citing failure to meet the intended expectation and lack of value for money. The call follows an oversight visit by the MPs on the Committee on

July 14, 2022

Business·Trending·Uganda

Tough Times For Ugandans As Central Bank Moves To Restrict Money In Circulation

On July 6, Bank of Uganda held an emergency monetary policy committee meeting and decided to increase the central bank rate (CBR) by one percentage point to 8.5%, the highest since the country got hit by COVID-19. The Bank had in June

July 13, 2022

Hot Take·Uganda

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa Warns Accounting Officers Against Bribing MPs To Increase Project Funds

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has cautioned Accounting Officers of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) against acts of securing higher budgets than what the Finance Ministry allocates for projects by promising to give out kickbacks to legislators sitting on

July 8, 2022

Hot Take·Uganda

‘Let’s Work With Only Serious People’- PS Ggoobi Sacks Over 110 ‘Sleepy’ Accounting Officers

The Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ramadhan Ggoobi has kicked out of offices 110 Local Government Accounting Officers for ‘disobeying his commands.’ Ggoobi announced the above action in his letter dated 7th July 2022 stating that following

July 8, 2022

Trending·Uganda

ERA Receives Courtesy Visit From UETCL Board, Pledges Continued Support For Social, Economic Transformation

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has pledged continued support to the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) . This happened on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 when the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) hosted the newly inaugurated board of UETCL on a courtesy visit

July 7, 2022

Africa·Uganda·World News

EU Members Hail Museveni’s Lifting Of DGF Suspension

The Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners has released a statement hailing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the Government of Uganda for lifting the Suspension on DGF, a civil society funding body, whose activities were suspended last year. In June, 2022, President

July 6, 2022

Uganda

Govt Launches Campaign To Give Out Gas Cylinders To 1 Million Households

The Government has launched the distribution of Liquified Petroleum Gas – LPG cylinders targeting one million households in a bid to promote safe and clean cooking. Launched Tuesday by Ruth Nankabirwa, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in Bugo Zone, Busabala

July 6, 2022

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