Month: June 2025

Parliament has passed a motion asking the government to urgently address the different challenges faced by the girl child. They cited trafficking, teenage pregnancies and early marriages as some of the issues that need immediate attention. Following a motion by Tororo Woman MP Sarah Opendi, legislators noted that the country

Prisons and police officers received the impounded immature fish The fisheries directorate at the agriculture ministry and the Uganda People's Defence Forces Fisheries Protection Unit-FPU have this Wednesday started distributing stocks of impounded smoked fish to Uganda Prisons Services and the vulnerable who include orphans and widows within Kampala Metropolitan

The Gender Labour and Social Development Committee of Parliament has approved the 20 percent midterm access for National Social Security Fund (NSSF) savers aged 45 and have saved for 10 years. The NSSF bill which among other things sought to allow for midterm access of NSSF was passed by the

Ruth Nankbirwa, the Energy and Minerals Minister says Ugandan should tighten their belts because the government cannot intervene to lower fuel prices. The pump prices for petrol had risen as high as 4250 shillings by Wednesday from about 4190 shillings per litre. Generally, the prices have been on the increase

Following the Government decision to transfer the administration and management of the Motor Vehicle Registration function from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to the Ministry of Works and Transport (MoWT), the mandate to register and license motor vehicles in Uganda will be a responsibility of the Ministry of Works and Transport,

Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho addresses the media during the brief at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala.  Uganda, through the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) will host the 16th Corporate Registers Forum conference from the 9th to 11th November 2021. Due to challenges brought about by Covid 19 and in adherence to

Works minister Gen. Katumba Wamala and Minister of state for Transport Fred Byamukama (middle) interact at the Kajjansi tolling gate The government will next year start charging road users toll fees along Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. This was announced on Tuesday by the Minister of Works and Transport. Gen Katumba Wamala.  The

Committee on Cosase chaired by Hon Joel Senyonyi(L) meeting officials of URC Officials from the Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) were sent away from the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) for lack of proper documentation on the sale of the corporation property. The officials had appeared before