President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the vulnerable portions of the economy have collapsed in light of COVID-19 pandemic, but the real economy is standing up and expanding, especially in agriculture and industry. The President made the remarks today during the State of the Nation Address at State House, Entebbe.
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More than 40 European organizations are backing a proposal to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Cuban medical brigades of the Henry Reeve Contingent, for their contribution to the global battle against COVID-19. Launched April 28 by the associations Cuba Linda and France Cuba, the initiative has thus far received
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Fuel Trucks from Kenya heading to Uganda Kenya has moved to fix the challenges that had threatened to stall the Sh6.9 billion Inland Container Depot (ICD) at Naivasha. This comes days after Kampala protested the move by Nairobi to direct all transit cargo destined for Uganda — Kenya’s biggest trade
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 03 June 2020. The total confirmed cases are now 522, the Ministry added. “4 are truck drivers who arrived from Tanzania via Mutukula. 2 are truck drivers from Busia. 9 are among alerts and contacts to
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(L-R) Kilembe Mines Hospital representatives, Baritazale Kule, Commissioner Secondary Education Standards in the Ministry of Education and Sports and John Makombo, Director of Conservation at the Uganda Wildlife Authority receive a dummy cheque from Absa Bank Uganda’s acting Head of Retail Banking, Annette Kiconco, and Emma Mugabi, Citizenship Officer.
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The town of Namugongo, north-east of Uganda's capital, Kampala, is witnessing an unusual sight today. For decades every 3 June, hundreds of thousands of worshippers have visited a shrine in the town to honour the Christian martyrs killed for their faith by the King of Buganda between 1885 - 1887.
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Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni will tomorrow Thursday 4th June 2020 deliver the State of the Nation Address (SoNA) for Financial Year 2019/20.As he prepares to address the nation, this is the time to know whether what he promised in 2019 has been achieved. In his 2019 State of the Nation
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By Douglas Zhihua Zeng, Senior Economist, World Bank The COVID-19 pandemic is expected to hit African economies extremely hard. According to the World Bank biannual Africa’s Pulse report, as a result of the pandemic, economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa will decline from 2.4% in 2019 to between -2.1% and -5.1% in 2020,
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By Isa Kato (Pictured above/Courtesy photo) Dear Ugandans and fellow Quarantined Citizens! Allow me to express my worry about the rate at which the plight of a Common Person continues to be absent in the thoughts of our Leaders and Policy Makers. We thank the almighty God who is continuing
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a blessing in disguise to some people. The latest information gathered indicates that highly connected people in the East African region are taking advantage of the COVID-19 situation to make multimillion deals through smuggling gold from Congo and Burundi via Uganda to Asian and Arabic World.
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