Uganda: Uganda's Money Markets Face Tight Liquidity Conditions

The Ugandan shilling maintained trading within a narrow range between the 3,665 and 3,685 levels throughout the whole week. Read more »

Uganda: More Than 300,000 Pass Certificate of Education

The Uganda National Examinations Board (Uneb) has registered a generally better performance of candidates in the 2022 Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examinations. Read more »

Uganda: Chief Justice, Fair Trial Should Be Granted to All

Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo's new law year speech is instructive. Read more »

Uganda: Fufa Has an Obligation to Boost Namboole's Revamp

Last week, Fufa announced that The Cranes will have to host their next Afcon 2023 qualifiers in another country after Uganda failed to pass the Caf homologation test for stadiums. Read more »

Uganda: Suspects Tortured in Police, Prison Cells - New Report

A new report written by Advocates Without Boundaries says there is evidence that detainees are also tortured in gazetted police cells and prison jails to extract information from… Read more »

Uganda: Does Uganda Need Standard Gauge Railway Now?

Right from the onset, Uganda and East Africa have had a rocky relationship with rail lines on account of issues stretching from the terrain, jiggers; blood-thirsty lions, and the… Read more »

Uganda: Laws Do Not Become Vague When Challenged in Court

The Observer newspaper of Wednesday, January 18, 2023, carried a headline titled; "Lawyers, judges berate parliament over vague laws," in which the law-making function of… Read more »

Uganda: How Can Uganda Meet Its Climate Change Financing Needs?

Climate change is currently one of the greatest challenges facing all countries worldwide. According to the World Bank, climate change could force about 216 million people to… Read more »

Uganda: Auditor General Launches Citizens Feedback Platform

The office of the Auditor General (OAG) has launched a digital platform to enable citizens relay their concerns about the quality of different service deliveries. Read more »

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 »

Uganda: How Licensing Will Improve Early Childhood Development Centers

The Education sector recognizes Early Childhood Development (ECD) as the first level of education but many youngsters are still missing out on this essential service since ECD… Read more »

Uganda: Makerere to Equip Policymakers With Research Outputs

Makerere University is organizing another first; a roundtable with national policymakers and implementers to avail them consolidated policy briefs from a number of their research… Read more »

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 »

Uganda: Coffee Farmers Call for More Funding

Coffee farmers have urged government to set aside more than Shs 182.8 billion for the procurement of coffee processing and value-addition machines to ably compete with other coffee… Read more »

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 »

Uganda: Red Cross to Set Up Sanitary Pads Factory in Mukono

Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has announced plans to set up a factory making reusable sanitary pads at Namakwa, Mukono district. Read more »

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 »

Uganda: We Need More Effort for Refugees to Access Tertiary Education

World over, access to quality higher education is considered a basic human right that everyone, including refugees, ought to enjoy. Read more »

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 »

Uganda: Uganda, DR Congo Sign Pact Over Transmission Line

Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo are undertaking a feasibility study for the construction of an electricity transmission line from Kasese to Bunia. 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 »

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 »

Africa: How Much Did Africa Put Into Morocco's Great Performance At the World Cup

It is not axiomatic when the idea of the football World Cup was conceived, but it's certain when it was first implemented - July 13, 1930. Read more »

Uganda: Govt Plan to Fund Continuing Students Hangs in Balance

The Higher Education Students Financing Board (HESFB) will this year not support any finalists that are struggling to finish their study programmes due to lack of tuition fees. Read more »

Mozambique: Son of Former President Jailed 12 Years for U.S.$2 Billion Hidden Loans

The son of former Mozambique president has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of directly taking a $33 million bribe acquired through concealed $2.4… Read more »