During their appearance before the parliamentary tourism, trade, and industry committee, officials from the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC) did not successfully defend the Shs 10 billion budget they requested for lion breeding in the next financial year. UWEC was criticized by committee chair Mr. Mwiine Mpaka for failing to justify their budget item, despite…
The Kabarole District and Fort portal city taskforce teams in charge of enforcing quarantine measures in response to the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak have relaxed restrictions to allow meat vendors to resume operations under strict guidelines. Following the FMD outbreak, Dr. Anna Rose Ademun, the commissioner of Animal Health, placed Fortportal City and Kabarole…
A new authority to harmonize the regulation and enforcement of food safety and quality standards is about to be introduced by the government through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF). At a three-day consultative retreat held in Entebbe over the weekend to discuss the principles of the Food and Agriculture Authority, the…
While meeting a delegation from Italy led by Ambassador Stefano Gatti, the Director General of the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation at State House Entebbe, President Museveni noted, “What we need from Europe is capital, not from the government but from the private sector which needs money in the form of profits. It’s a win-win…
With the start of public consultations on the Anti-Counterfeit Goods Bill, 2023, Parliament has taken a major step toward countering the widespread spread of counterfeit goods and promoting the economy. This legislative endeavor, led by Hon. Asuman Basalirwa (JEEMA, Bugiri Municipality) and backed by Hon. Jonathan Ebwalu (Independent, Soroti West Division), is a critical step…
The inspector general of government (IGG) has begun looking into the circumstances surrounding the hiring of certain employees in the ministry of energy. This comes after a whistleblower filed a petition with the IGG on January 8th, alleging that Rose Nanono was hired for a ministry project in 2018 without following the proper procedures. Ms….
Investigations into how one of their own committed suicide after allegedly blowing shs800,000 that belonged to a suspect in a bet are ongoing. According to Luke Owoyesigyire, a spokesman for the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police, Constable Sadiq Hussein Baguma who was working with Kisoga Police Station in Mukono, was discovered hanging in his home at the…
Hotels in Jinja City, according to the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), aren’t appealing enough to hold national and international conferences. According to the UTB, the official statutory government organization tasked with destination marketing and quality control of Uganda’s tourism facilities, none of the hotel establishments in Jinja City have received their three-star designation. According to…
