In May 2024, Morrison Rwakakamba’s tenure as chairman of the board of Uganda Investment Authority will come to an end. So, what has he achieved? Under Rwakakamba’s leadership, the Uganda Investment Authority managed to mobilize over 80 square miles of land across Uganda for establishment of industrial parks. Factories in Kampala Industrial and Business Park,…
Mathias Mpuuga, the former Leader of Opposition, has said Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of the National Unity Platform, needs help. Responding to his suspension as NUP deputy president for Central Region, Mpuuga said Kyagulanyi and the top echelons of the party leadership need to be rescued from their captors. Read his full statement below. Mpuuga’s…
South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has been involved in a car crash but was unhurt. A drunk driver collided with his “official armoured state vehicle” on Thursday evening, police have said. But a leading member of his uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party alleged that he had been targeted. He has been suspended by the…
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) will visit industrial parks allover the country in the next six months to listen to the needs of the investors and ensure that their facilities are up to scratch. Dubbed “Investment Facilitation and Protection Campaign”, Robert Mukiza, the director general UIA told journalists that the campaign is in line with the…
Robert Kyagulanyi, the president of the National Unity Platform has suspended his deputy Mathias Mpuuga for allegedly engaging in actions of corruption. In a brief statement, Kyagulanyi said Mpuuga had failed to give any satisfactory explanation to the party leadership as to why he received Shs 500 million from Parliament as service award. It marks…
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba today officially assumed office as the Chief of Defence Forces. At a function held at the base of Gen Salim Saleh, outgoing CDF Gen Wilson Mbadi officially handed over instruments of office to Muhoozi. Muhoozi was appointed CDF on March 21, 2024. Here are the pictures.
On the eve of the official date of the 100th anniversary of TotalEnergies, around fifty activists from Alternatiba Paris, Friends of the Earth France and Greenpeace France came to disrupt the evening organised with great pomp at Chateau de Versailles. A host of celebrities were expected at this venue historically associated with the influence of…
Abed Bwanika, the MP for Kimaanya-Kabonera, has petitioned the National Unity Platform seeking to cause a meeting to debate and pronounce the party’s position on the Anti-Homosexuality law. In a petition addressed to the party’s deputy president for Eastern Uganda, John Baptist Nambeshe, the vocal party MP says the meeting will go a long way…
When President Museveni reshuffled his cabinet last week, nthe major pre-occupation of the public was which minister has been dropped or moved to another docket. Others were interested in finding out the new comers to the cabinet. Yet besides those dynamics, there people who are interested in the academic qualifications of the ministers. Many ministers…
At least 8.4% of women in Uganda aged between 15 and 49 years are obese according to the Uganda Demographic Health Survey (UDHS) report of 2022. This percentage translates into approximately 1.4 million women given that females within that age bracket are 16 million. There are about 23.6 million females in Uganda. Men who are…
