Month: December 2024

Science teachers stayed away today as schools opened for the second term. The teachers stayed away as part of the industrial action announced three weeks ago to compel the government to enhance their salaries. Through their umbrella, Uganda Professional Science Teacher's Union the science teachers vowed to stay away at

Ugandan poultry dealers denied accusations by their Kenyan counterparts that they export cheaper poultry products to Kenya, which is distorting the market. Last week, Kenyan media reported that poultry farmers had petitioned the Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Livestock calling for a total ban on Ugandan poultry imports citing dumping.

The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) slapped a fine of UGX 20 Million on Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) and UGX 30 Million on Standard Chartered and Stanbic Bank for contempt in a ruling read yesterday. This follows NBL’s earlier application to TAT objecting to URA’s additional assessment of Local Excise Duty

A section of farmers in Luuka district has resolved to clear sugarcane plantations to create land for cocoa growing. A kilogram of cocoa costs between 4,000-7,000 Shillings and since farmers harvest fruits all year long, they can ably have steady incomes to cater to all their essential needs. The farmers

Uganda and Tanzania have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in defense and security for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline – EACOP project. The deal was signed on Friday at the climax of a three-day the 1st Inter-governmental Security Committee Meeting held at Skyz Hotel Naguru in Kampala.

The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has remanded Brender Nakalanzi, the Managing Director for Goshen Hope Enterprises to Luzira prison on charges of causing the government a financial loss of more than one billion shillings. Nakalanzi was on Friday afternoon arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Court Chief Magistrate Joan Aciro where she

Lost 3 children in an accident: Mirriam Nansubuga Miriam Nansubuga who hails from Iganga district in Eastern Uganda is only aged 30 years and until this week on Wednesday, was a happy mother of three daughters. She has been living with them and her husband Geoffrey Bitamulwe in Bundibugyo district

Parliament’s Trade Committee has cast doubt on the financial capability of Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited (UVCCL) to manage the processing and export of Uganda’s coffee after discovering that although government sunk in Shs7Bn to clear the 25acres in Namanve Industrial Park, the company is yet to lay any brick

The Parliamentary Commission has contracted Hotel Africanna to provide food to MPs and staff of Parliament after the contract of the current service providers ran out. The development was made by Keefa Kiwanuka, Chairperson Finance Committee while interacting with officials from Uganda Manufacturers Association who had been summoned to provide

Early this year the brewers launched a new apple-flavored beer-Tuskey Cidar. Joseph Kawuchi, the agrobusiness manager at Uganda Breweries Limited, says they are going to use apple as additional raw material in their production line opening up a big market for the local farmers. He says UBL seeks to build