Month: January 2025

Parliament's Budget Committee in session Members of Parliament sitting on the Budget Committee have resolved to halt the allocation of 89.6 billion Shillings request by the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs to finance the ongoing operation Shujja in the Democratic Republic of Congo -DRC. The Ministry officials led by the

Minister Amongi (second left) with managers of the EKAL facility in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom, is in Saudi Arabia to meet companies authorized to deploy Ugandan workers in the country. The visit running from January 23 to 28,

Archbishop Ssemogerere receiving the Stuff which was used by Pope Paul VI during the first Papal visit to Africa The Most Rev. Dr. Paul Ssemogerere has officially taken over as the new Archbishop of Kampala replacing the late Archbishop Kizito Lwanga who died last year.   Several Archbishops, Bishops, priests, nuns,

Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Ag. CEO at Uganda Airlines  Uganda Airlines has revealed top priorities and targets for 2022, with the national carrier set to expand its network in Africa and outside the continent. According to Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Ag. CEO at Uganda Airlines, the key focus areas for the national carrier in 2022 include

The LEGS project, through its implementing partners, is buying honeycombs, undertaking collective marketing, and added value to ensure better earnings for members of Bunyangabu Bee Keepers Co-operative Society among other farmer groups in Uganda.  The Government of the Republic of Uganda, through its Ministry of Local Government, and the Lives

Officials from Defence Ministry defending their 2022 budget MPs on Parliament’s Budget Committee have quizzed the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs over the request of Shs89.667Bn to fund the ongoing war between Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Allied Defence Forces (ADF) in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Leading

The economy in Uganda fully reopens on Monday after nearly two years of closure for some businesses. Bars, nightclubs, theatres and other sections of the entertainment and night economy were officially closed in March 2020. Some bars and other entertainment centres have been secretly operating, while others permanently shut their

Sunflower is used for oil processing Sunflower farmers in Omoro district are smiling all the way to the bank following a bumper harvest and sales. Hundreds of farmers in the district produced several tons of sunflower in the last season, which has now attracted buyers from Lira City and parts