Month: May 2024

Several bars around Kampala registered a good turn up of revelers on Monday night following the full reopening of the economy after 22 months of closure resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government allowed all places of social gatherings to resume their operations on January 24th, 2022, two weeks after

Museveni at Ndeeba church after its demolition by the landlord Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is seeking Parliamentary approval for Shs57Trn to pay off all landlords so as to end land evictions in the country. Government’s plan was revealed by Robert Kasolo (Iki-iki County) who

Police using tear-gas to disperse protesters A section of Opposition MPs have asked Government to deal with political grievances if the Shs20bn Uganda Police Force spends on quelling a single riot is going to be diverted to other productive sectors. The remarks were made by Muwanga Kivumbi, Shadow Minister for

Uganda’s Opposition is calling for an audit into the Shs73Trn public debt to save the economy from plunging into turmoil. While reading the opposition response to the National Budget Framework Paper 2022/2023 before Parliament’s Budget Committee on Tuesday, Moses Kyaligonza, Principal Policy Analyst Office of Leader of Opposition revealed that the stock of

GAVI, the Vaccines Alliance is seeking 5.2 Billion Dollars to address uncertainties and risks in the virus’ evolution and be able to continue supplying vaccines to reach countries that are most in need and yet cannot afford to buy vaccines. In their latest statement, the global vaccines entity says once

Private sponsored students at Makerere University on Tuesday flocked the Senate Building after they failed to download their provisional admission letters. On Monday, the university announced the release of admission letters and issued guidelines to private sponsored students to access their copies online, while government-sponsored students would pick their forms

At least 930 billion Shillings is available for possible lending as cheap long-term capital for small and medium enterprises from the collective investment schemes, CIS, according to the Capital Market Authority. This is the value of the Assets Under Management, which has grown from just Shillings 13billionfive years ago when

MPs on Parliament’s Budget Committee have asked the Defence and Internal Affairs Committee to investigate allegations that police bosses are giving out fuel coupons to relatives, friends and some MPs, which has led to shortage and hike in fuel budget to the Force. While appearing before the Budget Committee to