September 13, 2023
Uganda: Govt Not Meeting Bare Minimum Standards Required in Service Delivery
For decades, the chronic underfunding of quality public services in Uganda has created a service gap due to government's inability to meet even the bare minimum standards required… Read more »
Uganda: Ahead of the Highly Anticipated Budget Cuts, Govt Should Increase Schools' Capitation Grants
Acquisition of appropriate knowledge and skills is a cornerstone of development in any society. Read more »
Uganda: Kampala Geopolitics Conference Scheduled for October 17 and 18
The sixth edition of the Kampala Geopolitical Conference will take on October 17 and 18, 2023. Read more »
Uganda: How Bobi Wine Can Actually Govern Without Nakasero
As you know, dear reader, I am acutely obsessed about a return to the old order where Ugandans organically organised, mobilised and developed themselves. The days of cooperatives,… Read more »
September 06, 2023
Uganda: World Bank Fallout - Can Uganda Survive Without Foreign Assistance?
Over the years, scholars of all walks of life have voiced their opinions on the subject matter of foreign aid, and the impact it has had on the recipient 'needy' countries. Read more »
Uganda: Ugandans Allowed to Cultivate Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes
Uganda's parliament has enacted the landmark Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill 2023, signaling a pivotal change in the nation's approach to controlled substances. Read more »
August 22, 2023
Uganda: Govt Moves to Prioritize Safety and Security of Citizen's Data
Government is set to prioritize the safety and security of Ugandans' data due to a rise in cybercrime, the minister for ICT Chris Baryomunsi has said. The minister revealed this… Read more »
August 16, 2023
Uganda: Govt Eyes Tough Options Amid World Bank Cuts
Less than two months since Uganda's ministry of Finance released its annual budget, the government body is reviewing those plans after the World Bank - the country's biggest… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni Reverses Directive Amid Media Uproar
A riveting turn of events unfolded at Entebbe on August 10, as President Yoweri Museveni, flanked by Prime Minister. Robinah Nabbanja, and the minister of ICT, Dr. Chris… Read more »
Uganda: 'Those From Among You' Versus 'Bobi Wine - the People's President'
On July 27, 'Those From Among You,' a documentary series on the five-year bush war that catapulted the ruling regime to power, premiered in Kampala. Read more »
July 05, 2023
Uganda: What Caused President Museveni's Change of Heart On Electoral Offences?
The recent call by President Museveni to investigate allegations of electoral fraud and violence in the Bukedea district chairperson elections has raised concerns among critics and… Read more »
June 21, 2023
Africa: The Sour Milk of Africa's Aging Leaders
African leaders came together last week in the manner of a well-oiled enterprise dedicated to the art of futility. The African Peace Mission sought to make peace between Russia and… Read more »
June 14, 2023
Uganda: Health Ministry Official Calls for More Funding to Red Cross
Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, director of Public Health at ministry of Health, has called for more government financial support to Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS). Read more »
May 17, 2023
Uganda: Uganda Will Soon Export More Value Than It Imports - UNBS
Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has announced that the country will soon export more products than it imports, and be free from substandard products in the next few… Read more »
Uganda: What Govt's Limiting of Tax Losses Means for Businesses
The recently gazetted Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 proposes to limit the tax losses available for carry forward by a taxpayer to five years. Read more »
April 05, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Urges Educators to Resist Attack On African Identity
President Museveni has urged educators and academicians to lead the resistance against the attack on African identity. Read more »
Uganda: Some NUP MPs Work With Museveni - Bobi Wine
Ugandans, more so, those opposed to the National Resistance Movement, are not satisfied with the performance of opposition members of parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, aka… Read more »
Uganda: Muhoozi, Bobi Wine & Uganda's Quest for 3rd Republic
This week the first Son Muhoozi Kainerugaba landed in Kitgum with swag in a chopper only to end up reading from his iPhone an assembly of incomprehensible words am still personally… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Uganda: Why Should Corruption Shock Us Anymore?
I am told of a king who, one time, perhaps under the influence of boredom, set out to prove to his primitive people how high he could urinate. Read more »
January 23, 2023
Uganda: Researchers Develop Low-Cost Briquette Technologies
Makerere University researchers have designed low-cost and efficient technologies to assist briquette production and utilization as a means of reducing the cutting of trees and… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Uganda: State House Spends Millions of Dollars a Day
State House spends approximately Shs 2.8 billion daily, a record of its financial year (FY) and supplementary budget allocations between 2016/2017 and 2022/23 reveals. Read more »
January 13, 2023
Uganda: Museveni Wants Billions for New Vehicles
Government is set to spend over Shs 21.950 billion on new vehicles for President Museveni and his vice president Jessica Alupo, according to the State House Budget framework paper… Read more »
December 28, 2022
Uganda: Museveni Unveils 2023 Plan for Fuel Prices, Land Fights
In a 4,400-word transcript of his question-and-answer session with journalists, President Yoweri Museveni addressed the illegal land evictions, vandalism of electricity… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Uganda: Namuganza Spills More MPs' Secrets
Berated by some MPs in the media and assailed on the floor of parliament by others, the under-fire Minister of State for Housing, PERSIS NAMUGANZA looked like the loneliest… Read more »
Uganda: Artisanal Gold Miners Defy Govt On Mercury Use
In October, President Museveni signed into the law the Mining and Minerals Act 2022. One of the key provisions in the law is the banning of mercury use in mining activities. Read more »