Equity Bank Uganda has committed Sh37.6 billion in green loans to support climate-friendly investments, as financial institutions and development partners step up efforts to accelerate Uganda’s transition to a green economy. The bank’s managing director, Gift Shoko, announced the figures during the third CEOs’ Breakfast Meeting and High-Level Dialogue on Green Economy, Sustainable Development Goals…
Benson Ongom, the NBS TV regional bureau chief for Northern Uganda, has been appointed spokesperson for two government programmes at the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM). He will speak for the Development Response to Displacement Impacts Project (DRDIP) and the fourth phase of the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund (Nusaf IV). Ongom is the…
Chekwii County MP, Simon Peter Longoli, has called on the government to increase support for communities in Karamoja and northern Uganda that are struggling with the effects of a prolonged drought. Speaking to Bbeg Media, Longoli said the extended dry spell has had a devastating impact on food security and the livelihoods of thousands of…
Sector ministries have raised concern over inadequate budget funding, warning that it is undermining service delivery across the country. The concerns were raised during an ongoing three-day National Performance Review Conference on Uganda’s development agenda, organised by the Office of the Prime Minister at Speke Resort Munyonyo. Ministers and permanent secretaries presented performance reports for…
Agnes Nandutu, the Bududa Woman MP, has been found guilty of unlawful possession of government iron sheets meant for Karamoja. Justice Jane Okuo of the Anti-Corruption Court ruled today that Nandutu knowingly dealt with government property that had been unlawfully diverted from a public programme intended for vulnerable beneficiaries, contrary to section 21A(1) of the Anti-Corruption…
