Last year, 29,437 asylum seekers made the crossing with one in five of them from Afghanistan, according to the Refugee Council. As per the recent policy, individuals who are suspected of “entering the UK illegally” after January 1, 2022, may be sent to Rwanda for a five-year agreement to process their claims. If successful, they…
Price reductions have been made by Tesla in several significant markets, such as the US, China, and Germany, as the multibillionaire Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company experiences a decline in sales. Get informed
Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has introduced an Internal Performance Contract for the Namanve Thermal Power Plant. In the same move, it requested assistance from the Ministry of Energy in obtaining Shs41b to run the 50 megawatt Namanve Thermal Power Plant. Get informed
The approaching dry months of July–August and December–February has created an opportunity for increased milk powder imports from Uganda, according to Kenya Dairy Authority. Kenya typically experiences a shortage of liquid milk production during these months, which drives up prices. Get informed
Headteachers of schools implementing universal primary and secondary school programs have once again received warnings from President Yoweri Museveni against charging students illegal fees. This comes as different heads of UPE and USE schools protest that the Shs20,000 allocated per child per year is not enough. The President, while presiding over the launch of the…
While addressing a press conference at Entebbe International Airport on Friday, Mr.Fred Bamwesigye the director general of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority noted that the overall project works at Entebbe airport are at 90 percent level of completion and the other pending work is expansion of Apron 1, which is at 95 percent level of…
Due to heavy rains on Sunday, a section of the road between Kyengera and Budo junction caved in, causing traffic on the Kampala-Masaka highway to be rerouted. The road is sinking in for the second time in four months as it last occured in december last year. The development, according to police, has resulted in a “severe traffic…
After President Yoweri Museveni met with business leaders last Friday, who represented the traders who had closed their businesses in protest over a number of tax-related issues, chief among them being the rollout of the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) receipt system, the president ordered the revenue body URA to postpone for one month…
A law was passed by Parliament yesterday that gives the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) to perform civil marriages instead of the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB). The responsibility of registering all faith-based and customary marriages will also fall to NIRA. Get informed
The twin towers that house the supreme court and court of appeal are equipped with a multitude of amenities, including childcare centers, a sauna, seven customized modern courtrooms and chambers for justices, four restaurants, gyms where judges work out after work to keep healthy, two conference halls that can hold up to 500 people, and…
