The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has decided to withdraw a Supreme Court appeal that was contesting the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the case it filed on behalf of Crane Bank Ltd (in Receivership) vs. Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Ltd. In a September 15 notice of withdrawal, the Supreme Court Registrar indicates that BoU…
Parliament has adopted a raft of recommendations to revive the economy currently battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, key among is implementation of a Tourism Development Levy. “The Committee proposes a levy of $10 to be charged on each ticket for every person who departs from Uganda by air transport,” said MP Mwine Mpaka, in recommendations…
The Ministry of Gender Labour and Social Development has been called upon to urged to speed up the process of putting in place a monitoring unit to look into the welfare of Ugandans working abroad under the externalisation of labor. This was revealed on Wednesday August 18, 2021 by Ms Badoni Neelam the Premier Recruitment…
The Uganda Cancer Institute has received funding worth 7.3 billion Shillings to equip its laboratory to become the reference entity for both research and diagnosis of tumours across East Africa. The Institute’s Executive Director Dr Jackson Orem said they are revamping the lab using money acquired from the government of Uganda to cut down on…
The Ministry of Education is still uncertain when schools will reopen. Last month, President Yoweri Museveni announced fresh restrictions as part of measures to control the COVID-19 transmissions in the country in face of the second wave of the pandemic. Among the restrictions, the President directed the closure of all educational institutions across the country…
The Government of Uganda through the Health Ministry has announced a two-month jail sentence for anyone who flouts COVID-19 SOPs including appearing in public places without a face mask. This comes after some Ugandans have increasingly continued to violate the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) despite rising cases of coronavirus as the country battles the second…
A section of Members of Parliament from rural areas has called for equitable distribution of COVID-19 relief cash across the country. The government has allocated 53 billion Shillings as relief support to vulnerable people in municipalities and cities which are hit hardest by the lockdown measures, laid out by President Yoweri Museveni to stop the…
President Yoweri Tibuhaburwa Kaguta Museveni has officially released the full cabinet list for his sixth political term in office. This follows ongoing media rounds on his leaked cabinet list of minister which prompted the President to release the official list earlier than anticipated. According to the official presidential list, Museveni wrote thus.. I hereby inform…
Nurses and midwives under their umbrella body of the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Union (UNMU) have called off their strike, 5 days after they declared to lay down their tools over uncleared lunch allowances. The decision to end the strike was reached after successful negotiations with government to cater for their lunch allowances at Shs.…
The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has cautioned clearing agents and consolidators against unauthorised releases and corruption tendencies, which frustrate UNBS efforts of curbing substandard imports on the market. The remarks were made by the UNBS Imports Inspection Manager, Mr Martin Imalingat, during a sensitization meeting with clearing agents and consolidators held at the Entebbe International Airport. “A good number of clearing…
