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President Yoweri Museveni has, on Thursday evening, shaken up cabinet appointing Businessman Balaam Barugahara, minister of state for Gender, labour, and social development. The changes also saw Museveni name Gen Wilson Mbasu Mbadi as the new Minister of State for Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Lillian Aber as the State Minister for Relief Disaster Preparedness and […]
President Museveni has appointed Senior Presidential Advisor in charge of Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the new Chief of Defence Forces. He takes over from Gen Wilson Mbadi who has been transferred to serve as State Minister of Trade, Industry and cooperatives in charge of trade. Museveni also appointed Lt Gen Sam Okiding as […]
The State House Investors Protection Unit and the National Planning Authority (NPA) convened today to discuss the creation of an Indigenous Patient Capital and Cross-border African Investment Bank. The meeting, hosted at the State House Investors Protection Unit Offices in Kampala, follows the President’s directive to explore collaboration between NPA, the private sector (TRAVACO), and […]
The ongoing tarnishing of Uganda’s Parliament on social media platforms, particularly X (formerly Twitter), is a deliberate, planned, and well-funded campaign by homosexuals and russophobics, analysts say. For the past few weeks, Ugandans have been treated to unverified and alarming claims of financial impropriety at Parliament propagated by exiguous X (formerly Twitter) users. Parliament, through […]
Farmers from Kabale, Rubanda and Rukiga districts have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to halt the ongoing forceful eviction from wetlands. President Museveni has consistently urged all Ugandans cultivating in wetland areas to vacate as part of environmental restoration efforts. In late 2023, Museveni ordered the forceful eviction of individuals still cultivating in wetlands. In […]
The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has advised all agencies, institutions, as well as local and international civil society organizations to prioritize the adoption of comprehensive Contingency Plans. The development comes in light of the escalating threat of disasters across various regions in Uganda, RoseNakabugoBwenvu, Assistant. Commissioner Department of Disaster Preparedness and Management, says that having […]
Voter verification machines have caused delays in voting in the Dokolo District Woman MP by-election. The Biometric machines failed to work in some of the polling stations, compelling the electoral commission to either replace the faulty ones or seek intervention from IT experts. At Apenyoweo Primary School ‘A’ Polling Station in Okwongodul Sub County, the […]
Government has committed to spend Shillings 691 billion for the reconstruction of Masaka-Kyotera to Mutukula road. The 89.5-kilometer road, which serves as the major trade route linking Uganda and Tanzania is currently in a sorry state owing to huge potholes that make it unmotorable, which frustrates trade and movement of services between the two countries. […]
Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA) is calling on the Inspector General of Police, the chairperson of Uganda’s joint forces command, and relevant agencies to take immediate and decisive action to protect Dr. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo from potential threats to his safety and professional duties. Dr. Ssentongo recently revealed on his official Twitter account that […]
The Uganda Investment Authority and the Bank of Uganda have started on a campaign to popularize the small and medium enterprise credit funds that were meant to help lower-income entrepreneurs out of the effects Covid-19 pandemic. There have been consistent reports that the Small Business Recovery Fund (SBRF) and the Agricultural Credit Facility have not […]