Month: January 2025

The Cabinet has approved Boda Boda free zones where all Boda Bodas are prohibited from entering/accessing. According to  a statement issued by Betty Amongi, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Minister, the Boda Boda Free Zone  will run along the following boundaries; Wampewo Roundabout- Jinja Road to Kitgum House junction

The revision of the licensing framework for radio broadcasting has been necessitated by the realisation that the current regime is outdated and out of touch with new realities, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has explained. In line with the new licensing framework, all radio broadcasters in Uganda are required to

India's Drug Regulatory Authority has approved exceptional use of the Cuban drug Itolizumab to treat severe patients with COVID-19, reported Eduardo Ojito Magaz, director of Cuba’s Molecular Immunology Center (CIM), on Twitter. Winner of a National Prize from the Cuban Academy of Sciences in 2014, this humanized monoclonal antibody has

Uganda has opened a window for East Africans to buy shares in MTN Uganda when the telecom operator sells it 20 percent equity stake on the local bourse. The government is forcing all its telecom operators, including MTN Uganda and the local unit of India’s Bharti Airtel, to list a

Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga chairs a plenary sitting of the House Members of Parliament have asked Government to consider directly funding new districts as opposed to the current arrangement where it provides and funds certain services and projects. Legislators said that the new arrangement will be cheaper and also help to

Singer Kenzo (L) upon arriving at Entebbe International Airport A total of 56 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who had been stranded in West African countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin,Senegal, Equatorial Guinea, the Gambia, Niger, the Republic of Guinea and Cameroon due to the COVID-19 pandemic have

Eth Lawinsky beat 9 other finalists to the Shs3m and a fat job at Sanyu FM Rajiv Ruparelia, the Managing Director of the Ruparelia Group of Companies has hinted on the possibility of the Company joining the TV space. He made the remarks today evening as he announced Ethan Kavuma

Patience T Rubagumya, the URA Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs The Anti-Corruption Court yesterday afternoon convicted Leonard Alikiriza, the Managing Director of Nyaks & Lenny Enterprises Ltd and Leds (U) Ltd on six counts of making false and misleading statements to a Tax Officer contrary to Section 58(1) (a)

An importer displays material used to make men’s clothes as textile traders petitioned the Speaker (right) on Friday, 24 July 2020 Textile manufacturers and traders have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, over the high increase in import duty charged on their products. Bridget Mwagale who led a team