A report released by the Equal Opportunities Commission has highlighted the regional disparities in employment access within the public service sector in Uganda. The report reveals that only 39% of Ugandan youth have access to public service employment opportunities. Notably, the Western region boasts the highest number of employees among all regions. Presenting the 10th…
National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) president Joseph Kiiza Kabuleta has cautioned Ugandans against the new malaria vaccine, saying it’s useless and dangerous. In a 18-minute video making rounds on different social media platforms, Kabuleta claims that the Ministry of Health is planning to roll out a malaria vaccination campaign next month targeting children under the…
The Government of Uganda through the ministry of Health has launched new guidelines for paternity testing. The guidelines require laboratories across the country to among others, apply for accreditation to be allowed to collect samples and also have staff that includes a counsellor or clinical psychologist on the team. The guidelines which were released on…
By Aminah Elizabeth Namuddu Evidence demonstrates that electricity access has the potential to increase income, improve health, education, and decrease poverty. Access to quality and reliable electricity services creates potential for small business ventures and enhances the delivery of social services such as education and health, which ultimately triggers the socio-economic transformation that the Country…
Crane Bank and its shareholders are on cloud nine following a Wednesday ruling where the Court of Appeal from the High Court of Justice, Business and Property Courts in England, overturned the lower court’s decision, which had exonerated DFCU bank and its shareholders from accusations of fraudulently taking over Crane Bank. In a statement inked…
Running an airline is one of the most risky ventures in the world and because of this, investors in most cases have to think twice or rather thrice before staking their money in any airline company. The airline business is not only so risky but also so expensive to maintain that very few individual businessmen…
Mukono High Court Judge Florence Nakachwa has ordered Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to pay Tirupati Development Limited sixty million damages and all the money which was paid by the plaintiff in the process of acquiring the land located situated in Goma Division , Mukono district.Block 113 Plots No. A019 In her ruling , the judge…
Speaker Anita Among has adjourned Parliament sittings to an unknown date over the impasse of Local Council (LC) elections. “I am not going to continue on something that is an illegality. Government must advise the country on the way forward. We need a position of government, not to continue speculating,” Among said while presiding over…
Local leaders in Kyotera district are calling for the opening of fresh boundaries on the former Sango-bay Sugar estates before the implementation of the National Oil Palm project in the area. They argue that the project implementers have crossed beyond the original boundaries of the government estate and encroached upon privately owned land, leading to…
Recently, I had a debate with some Ugandan friends on the decision of the government to build an international convention center in Munyonyo in partnership with Sudhir Ruparelia. Uganda will host the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in January 2024. So far, 88 heads of state and government have confirmed attendance. The country already has an…
