Month: January 2025

Each MP will get Shs3.5m iPad The Parliamentary Commission has finalised procurement of iPads for each MP, Deputy Speaker, Anita Among  has revealed. In her communication during Thursday's plenary sitting, Among said Parliament has procured  iPads for all members of parliament to assist them in performing their duties. The iPads will

Eskom MD Thozama Gangi (front and centre) poses with Eskom and Babcon engineers who worked on the project. Eskom Uganda has invested UGX 888 million to refurbish Nalubaale Plant powerhouse staircases. The refurbishment of the Units 1,5 and 9 staircases was undertaken by Babcon Ltd, a Ugandan Company to improve

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries- MAAIF has dispatched half a million doses of Fotivax, a Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine. The doses will be distributed to 52 districts along the cattle corridor including Kiruhura, Lwengo, Kazo, Isingiro and Lyantonde. The Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries

The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah made a return to Parliament today morning after more than a month of absence. He returned from the United Kingdom last week in what Parliament says was a private visit. Oulanyah last presided over Parliament at the reading of the 2021/2022 financial year Budget

Jane Nalunga (L), ED SEATINI appearing before Parliament's Trade and Finance Committee Experts and activists have call on Government to re-evaluate the decision to inject Shs500bn in the revival of Uganda Development Bank (UDB) for facilitation of traders whose businesses were hit by the corona virus pandemic, saying the money has

The police in Moroto district have stormed storage facility at Kosiroi in Moroto along the Uganda- Kenya border where a businessman has been repackaging Uganda sugar in paper bags labelled Kenyan sugar.They impounded 250 bags packaged under Kabaras Sugar Factory, a Kenyan based sugar factory. The storage facility has been

Uganda Airlines cabin crew members undergoing training at Entebbe Uganda Airlines has completed an extensive mandatory training of more than 40 of its cabin crew members in safety emergency procedures including evacuation of passengers, first Aid, fire fighting, ditching (water landing), smoke evacuation and crew incapacitation among others. According to sources, the comprehensive

This isn't the first time Uganda is banning Kaveera The National Environment Management Authority-NEMA says the recent cabinet decision which imposed a total ban on all polythene bags cannot be enforced under the current legal regime.   As part of the effort to restore the environment in what has been