Nineteen bills recently passed by Parliament have received the assent of President Yoweri Museveni. These comprise the bills for NGO amendments and VAT. Nonetheless, he sent two bills back to Parliament for more review. These include the Higher Education Students Financing (Amendment) Bill, 2024, and the National Commission for UNESCO (Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Value…
The national airline, Uganda Airlines, declared here on Wednesday that it will begin service to the capital cities of Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Nigeria in September 2024. The chief executive officer of Uganda Airlines, Jenifer Bamuturaki, stated that the additional flights will improve Uganda’s connectivity to the rest of Africa during the airline’s inauguration ceremony on…
In Uganda, the agricultural industry continues to be the backbone of the economy, employing over 72% of the workforce and making up roughly 24.1% of the country’s GDP. The dairy industry alone is worth US$3.8 billion, and US$106.2 million is made from exports each year. Dairy products and milk are essential in the fight against…
With an economic growth rate of 7% anticipated in the upcoming years, government has voiced strong optimism about the state of the economy. This comes after a predicted growth rate of 6 percent for the current financial year, as stated by the Ministry of Finance’s permanent secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi. As he unveiled the first quarter…
The cattle quarantine against Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) may be lifted, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF). Following an FMD epidemic in Kabowa, Rubaga Division, the Ministry placed quarantine restrictions on Kampala on February 28. The illness then spread to more than 30 districts in the nation, including the…
Over the last three years, Uganda’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has accumulated Shs 80.6 billion via its investment in the telecom company MTN Uganda. This comes after Shs 39.8 billion was paid out as dividends for the most recent year that ended on December 31, 2023. NSSF Managing Director Patrick Ayota highlighted the significance of…
When officials from Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) Entebbe appeared before MPs on the Parliamentary committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Tuesday to respond to queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the financial year 2022/2023. James Musinguzi, the executive director of the UWEC, announced an increase in the facility’s visitor…
Due to allegations that they were extorting money from Parish Development Model (PDM) recipients, two people have been placed under custody. John Ayesiga, the chairperson of the Tukole Hamu PDM Group in Muramura Village, and Edward Irumba, the LC1 Chairperson for Muramura Village in Kitamba parish in Bwijanga sub-county, have been identified as the suspects who…
The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) declared that the country’s population is only a few hundred people short of 46 million. UBOS covered 11 million homes in 2024, up from 7.2 million in 2014, according to census commissioner Dr. Chris Mukiza, who was speaking during the release of the preliminary findings of the 2024 census….
The national broadcaster has not yet paid up over Shs80 million that the High Court awarded to Dr. Kizza Besigye, the former presidential candidate. This was disclosed before Parliament by Mr. Winston Agaba, the managing director of Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). This award was given in response to UBC’s decision not to air Besigye’s political advertisements…
