Year: 2022

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), which doubles as the CCAFRICA Coordinator, has concluded a Four-Day Twinning and Mentorship programme on Codex Activities between Uganda and Tanzania.The objective of the twinning arrangement is to strengthen member states capacity and efficiency in engaging and management of Codex activities especially with

Has a case to answer: Cornwell Muleya. The Buganda Road Magistrates Court has ruled that the former Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines Cornwell Muleya who is accused of disobedience of orders requiring him to record a statement has a case to answer. On Friday, the court presided over by

Bank of Uganda-BoU has advised money changers in the country to legalize their operations. According to the Central Bank, whereas it is inevitable to eliminate informal forex exchange business that is common at many border points and Kampala, the foreign exchange Act 2001 and foreign regulations 2016 allow only persons

The Ugandan government has taken the fight about the construction of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline-EACOP to the United Nations following last week’s resolution by the European Union-EU parliament. Vice President Jesca Alupo who represented President Museveni at the UN General Assembly meeting in New York said that it

Appointed: Guy Kimbowa Lutaaya. Guy Kimbowa Lutaaya has been appointed Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at Absa Bank Uganda Limited effective 1 October 2022. He is a seasoned finance professional and banker, with over 20 years of experience in finance and over 13 years of experience in banking. In his new

The government has dispatched 90 metric tonnes of quick maturing seeds to districts in the Karamoja region. The seeds worth 800 million Shillings include tepary beans, cow peas, maize, and green gram seeds. They take about 56 days to mature. State Minister for Agriculture Fred Kyakulaga said that the intervention

MAAIF Minister Tumwebaze handing over tractors to the Church of Uganda. Government has started the implementation of a project that should see the country equipped with 10,000 tractors in 10 years, as part of the mechanization of agriculture program. The this is expected to boost agricultural production around the world,

The sticking issue of the secrecy around the oil Production Sharing Agreement has kept Ugandans unable to get the answer to the question of how much the country will get from the oil and gas sector. The failure by the government to disclose the details, especially of how the oil

The death rate from the newly confirmed outbreak of the Ebola Hemorrhagic fever in Mubende is likely to be low, this is according to scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute-UVRI. Dr. Julius Lutwama who heads the Department of Arbovirology, Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases at UVRI explains the confirmed