January 26, 2023
Uganda: Proposed Budget Cuts of Elderly Grants Irks MPs
Members of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Social Protection have decried proposed budget cuts on the senior citizens' grant for the next financial year. Read more »
Uganda: Parliament to Investigate Shs588 Billion Tax Exemptions
Muwanga Kivumbi was unamused by the majority report, and noted that government could be losing well up to Shs8 trillion in tax exemptions, which he said makes no sense in light of… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Uganda: EACOP Receive Licence to Construct 1,443km East African Oil Pipeline
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, whilst attending the Kingfisher drilling inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, has also witnessed the handover of the license to Construct the East… Read more »
Uganda: Government to Ensure Workforce Acquires Appropriate Digital Skills
The government through the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance reiterated its commitment towards re-skilling and up-skilling the government workforce to acquire appropriate… Read more »
Uganda: Britam Uganda Won't Exit the Market
Britam Insurance Company (Uganda) Limited and Britam Asset Managers Company (Uganda) Limited executives have said, the company does not have any plans to exit the Ugandan market. Read more »
Uganda: Ministers to Present Statement On Entebbe Airport Extortions
The Ministers for Works and Internal Affairs have been directed to present a joint statement to the House on allegations of extortion at Entebbe International Airport. Read more »
East Africa: The DRC-Rwanda Conflict, Coloniality and Refusal of EAC to Unite
I was left puzzled when I heard that Kenya that failed miserably to pacify Somalia, has now sent its army to fight M23 rebels in the DRC. A million questions have been generated by… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda Red Cross Seeks Shs24 Billion for Operations
The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) has appealed to the Budget Committee to reinstate a Shs10 billion allocation for Emergency Medical Services and Disease outbreak response. Read more »
Uganda: Ecobank Supports Community Change Makers
Ecobank Uganda has extended in-kind funding of Shs1million to eight community change makers as part of its recently concluded digital campaign dubbed "12 days of… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Uganda: Police Issue New Safety Guidelines for Events Organisers
Police issued new security and safety guidelines to be followed by event organisers and music promoters wherever they organise concerts moving forward this year. Read more »
Uganda: Among Calls Out Cosase for Poor Performance
The Speaker of Parliament Anita Among revealed that the Parliamentary Committee on Commissions, State Authorities and State Enterprises has been the worst accountability committee… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Uganda: Lawmakers Want Audit Into Forest Reserve Licences
Legislators want a special audit into the process of acquisition of rights to manage central forest reserves in the country in line with the National Forestry and Tree Planting… Read more »
Uganda: MTN Uganda Announces 5-Year Sponsorship for the Uganda Cranes
As the number one supporter of Ugandan football, MTN Uganda has announced a UGX 19 billion shillings sponsorship towards the Federation of Uganda Football Association (FUFA) over… Read more »
Uganda: 'Floods Forced Closure of Kilembe Mines Hospital'
The State Minister for Health (General Duties), Anifa Kawooya has revealed that Kilembe Mines Hospital in Kasese district was closed due to repeated flooding by River Nyamwamba. Read more »
January 18, 2023
Uganda: With a U.S.$587 Million Boost, Uganda to Take Malaria Battle to Homes
Uganda is set to make a major shift in the battle against malaria, with focus turning from treatment to prevention, especially at household level. Read more »
Uganda: MTN Uganda Ranked Uganda's Best Network
MTN has been ranked as having the best network in Uganda for both data and voice in 2022 following an independent network test from a global firm, Rohde & Schwarz. Read more »
Uganda: Decentralise Local Government Revenues to Boost Services - MPs
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for the amendment of the Local Government Act to improve service delivery. Read more »
Uganda: Number of Detained Persons Inflated, Says Army
The Joint Chief of Staff of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has said the number of detained persons circulated by activists is an exaggeration. Read more »
January 17, 2023
Uganda: The Role of RDCs, MPs in Countering Theft of Govt Medicines in Public Health Facilities
When President Museveni was launching the National Medical Stores (NMS) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kajjansi, off Entebbe road, in November 2022, he made a statement on drug theft… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Airways Stays Off NSE As Government Hunts for Buyer
Kenya Airways shares have been suspended from trading for an additional year from 5 January, according to a statement from the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Read more »
Uganda: Opposition Adopts New Budget Approach
The Opposition in Parliament is adopting a new approach to the National Budget moving away from responding to the government's propositions to developing a completely different… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Uganda: Government Must Urgently Address Road Accidents
Road accidents are on the rise like never before and it is important for us to interrogate the major causes. This is not the first time we are raising this issue. In just eight… Read more »
Uganda: Petroleum Authority Predicts Further Reduction in Fuel Prices
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda is predicting a further fall in fuel prices in Uganda on the back of increasing supply chains and frugal monetary policies by the Central Bank. By… Read more »
January 15, 2023
Botswana: Botswana Reports New Omicron Subvariant
Botswana has discovered the new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, said a government official in a press release issued on Friday. Read more »
January 14, 2023
Uganda: Law That Criminalised Stella Nyazi, Kakwenza Kicked Out
When former Makerere University Research Fellow Stella Nyanzi was in April 2017 picked by security agents from a fundraising function at Mackinnon Suites Hotel in Kampala, her case… Read more »