By Juliet Baggya Nsiyona Worldwide, parents invest a lot of time and effort to ensure they create an environment where their children can attain the best education. Whether it involves selecting schools with the best environment, curriculum, or teachers, many factors come into play when parents are making decisions about their child’s education. From an…
Kole North MP, Samuel Opio has wondered whether the leading opposition party, changed its name from National Unity Platform to Northern Uganda Persecutors. Speaking to the media at Parliament today, Opio said the campaign by Leader of Opposition Joel Ssenyonyi to have NUP MPs boycott parliamentary sittings in Northern Uganda had cast the opposition party…
The Stanbic Bank PMI report for July shows that the private sector grew on following demand for new orders. The upturn was widespread across all five monitored sectors, with firms linking the expansion to new client wins. Christopher Legilisho, an economist at Stanbic Bank said: “The July PMI revealed a robust private sector economy performance….
Civil society organisations (CSOs) under the Save Bugoma Forest Campaign (SBFC) have withdrawn an appeal relating to Bugoma Central Forest Reserve from court. The CSOs include Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO), National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), as well as Water and Environment Media Network (WEMNET) According to a statement, the CSOs said the…
The ministry of ICT and National Guidance has dismissed reports that it purchased a vehicle for Shs 965 million. The reports have been circulating on various social media platforms and some news websites, suggesting that the ministry blew taxpayers money. In a statement, the ministry said Shs 965 million was used to purchase two vehicles…
KAMWENGE: Generation 7, a political pressure group allied to the NRM, has today unveiled its team in Kamwenge district at a colourful ceremony attended by big shots in the district. The main task of the team will be to render support to the government in the district especially in Kamwenge town council. In his remarks,…
By Stuart Oramire In the past two years, I have keenly followed Uganda’s investment climate and can, purely from performance metrics, say Uganda has performed well as a hub for investments. The current figures speak for themselves. Uganda is among the top 10 African countries that attracted the most Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in 2023…
President Museveni’s daughter, Patience Rwabwogo has said a bank almost sold their house after they fell behind on their mortgage payments. Without disclosing the bank, Patience told her followers at her Covenant Nations Church that it was God who intervened through his mysterious ways and they found money to clear the bank loan. “It was…
President Museveni has fulfilled his Shs1.2 billion pledge to the 12 hetto SACCOs (Shs100 million each) in Kampala Metropolitan Area which he had promised to give them during a meeting at Kololo Independence Grounds last year. He delivered the money while meeting 100 ghetto leaders from Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono at State House Entebbe yesterday….
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has unveiled an initiative to encourage traders in Kampala’s business hub, popularly known as Kikuubo, to transition from trading in imported products to manufacturing them locally. The “Transitioning Kikuubo Traders to Manufacturing” initiative” is hinged on the spirit of promoting import substitution, the initiative is to enable traders who have been…
