Month: January 2025

BoU Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile The Bank of Uganda, at the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting of December 2020 has maintained the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at 7 percent. The MPC noted that since the last meeting in October 2020, the economic recovery has gradually gained traction, in line with

EC interfaced with Kyagulanyi’s representatives today  The Electoral Commission has deferred the meeting with Presidential Candidates Robert Ssentamu Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform (NUP) to Tuesday 15th December 2020 at 9.00am; and the meeting with Candidate Amuriat Patrick Oboi of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) will be conducted

Key documents the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) relied on to supply food to vulnerable committees during the COVID-19 lockdown have gone missing, the COVID-19 Interventions Report for Financial Year 2019/20 released by the Ministry of Finance’s Budget Monitoring and Accountability Unit (BMAU) has revealed. The officials from OPM

The busted unstamped flavoured water  “The party must be partied,” says a line in a song called Enjoyment by Rickman, a Ugandan hip-hop artist based in Sweden but for a vigilant revenue officer, the revenue nose must always be active even at a party. This is exactly what happened last

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Secretary General Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba has urged party mobilizers and supporters to limit large crowds as a way of controlling the novel COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing the media at the party headquarters, Lumumba said that the party has rolled out the village-based campaigns, and the

President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the NRM presidential candidate has said youth can only become rich if they are engaged in wealth creation but with a proper calculation. The NRM presidential flag bearer made the remarks during a meeting with youth leaders from Kigezi at Nshwere Primary School in

The US has officially removed Sudan from a list of state sponsors of terror, according to its embassy in Khartoum. "The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed and the Secretary of State has signed a notification stating rescission of Sudan's State Sponsor of Terrorism designation is effective as

Buganda region has a very good opportunity to catch up with growing regions in the country through the emyooga program, Minister Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune says. According to Kasolo, the state minister for microfinance, the sayings 'let's wait for Karamoja to develop' no longer make sense as the regions have taken