Month: January 2025

Tanzania troops inspect wreckage of UAAF aircraft at Entebbe airport in mid-April 1979. The commemoration of this Holy Easter week coincides with the 43rd anniversary of the fall of the former President, the late Iddi Amin Dada in 1979. As Good Friday and later Easter was being celebrated, the Tanzanian

Cattle feeding on the dried up grass in Kiruhura District. Pastoralists in Kiruhura district want the government to establish a livestock laboratory to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of animal diseases. Livestock farming is one of the major stay activities in Kiruhura District, which has 380,000 head of cattle. Enock

The Uganda-DRC road construction project has begun with surveying. Priority for employment opportunities in the joint road construction project between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo has been given to DRC nationals. The two countries are constructing three major routes in DRC. These consist of the 80-kilometre Kasindi section

The government has allocated Shillings 3billion for studies into the efficacy of COVIDEX, a herbal solution that helps relieve symptoms associated with COVID-19. Prof. Patrick Engeu Ogwang, a clinical pharmacologist behind the herbal concoction revealed this to Uganda Radio Network in an interview. He, however, says that the money wasn’t

In Amuru, crops are drying up. Several acres of crops are drying in Amuru district due to the persistent dry spell. Hundreds of farmers in Amuru district opened up their gardens and planted seeds at the start of March when received light rain. However, there has been a resurgence in

Coffee farmer drying beans. The uncertainty in the weather patterns within Bugisu region has triggered fear among farmers in the region. The rains have been on and off across many parts of the country since this year began. Many other areas have not received a single drop of rainfall. In

The World Bank forecasts that the growth of the sub-Saharan African economies will fall again this year, losing the momentum it had gained in 2021 after the devastating COVID-19 effects. The continent is estimated to have grown at 4 percent, a higher rate than the 3.3 percent that had been

Finance PS Ramathan Ggoobi The Ministry of Finance allayed fears that the agreement recently signed with an Italian-based company, Uganda Vinci Coffee to process and export coffee, will in no way create a monopoly in the coffee industry. Speaking about the agreement at the Ministry of Finance Headquarters in Kampala

Frank Nigel Othembi. The Director of Law Development Centre (LDC), Frank Nigel Othembi, has said that out of the 15 Universities accredited to leach law in Uganda, only 4 are teaching law the way it should be taught, leaving the rest to play catch up game. He said, “The issue

URSB Registrar General Mercy K. Kainobwisho Makes a point during the interaction with the Committee. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) collected a total of Ugx 45.87Bn in non-tax revenue for the period July 2021 to April 7 th 2022 against a target of 45.57Bn for the FY 21/22 representing