Month: December 2024

The Muslim community in Buikwe has raised concern about the practice of roasting and consuming pork at public gatherings within the district. Led by the Kadhi Buikwe Muslim District, Sheikh Saddat Badhola, the Muslims say that they have noted with concern the growing practice, especially at burial ceremonies. “There is

Teopista Birungi Mayanja, an advocate for education and founder of the Uganda National Teachers Union (UNATU), has urged the current union leadership to persist in their fight for teacher’s salary increase. UNATU-affiliated teachers announced an indefinite strike a fortnight ago in protest of the government's decision to raise the pay

The World Bank has put the Per Capita Income of Uganda at 850 dollars for the financial year ended 2022, with the economy has grown at an estimated 3.7 percent. According to the Bank, this average income by a Ugandan is far below the lower-middle-income threshold of 1,045 dollars that

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) – Central Government has tasked detectives attached to parliament to interrogate Lira Regional Referral Hospital Accountant, Felix Ogwang over the non-remittance of PAYE deductions to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). The decision followed a cross-examination of Ogwang in regard to the delayed remittance of PAYE

Members of Parliament on the committee of Public Service and Local Government has directed Mbarara City Clerk to allocate stalls in Mbarara Central Market to 200 vendors. The directive followed a meeting on Wednesday between the MPs, members of the allocation committee, city leadership, and a section of vendors who

Several guards from Knight Guards security company deployed to provide security to China state construction company has laid down their tool protesting nonpayment for the past two months. The Chinese firm is undertaking the construction of the china state construction company Kapchorwa-Bukwo-Suam Suam road. The guards laid down their tools

Fifty-eight people in Kotido district have reportedly died of hunger between May and June this year due to the food crisis in the Karamoja sub-region. A report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification(IPC) indicates that about 518000 people approximately 40percent of the population in the Karamoja sub-region, are facing

The Central Buganda Anglican Diocese has finalized plans to construct a ginger processing plant in Gomba district in a bid to promote the value addition to the agricultural produce. The Bishop Michael Lubowa of the Central Buganda Diocese, says that the processing plant is part of their plan to transform

A section of the multi-billion-shilling Value Addition plant in Arua City. The multi-billion-Shillings Value Addition plant in Arua City is lying idle nearly two years after being commissioned by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in October 2020. Located in Chongoloya cell, Awindiri ward, the plant was a component of the Arua

The Petroleum Authority - PAU says investors in oil and gas must adhere to environmental, social, and governance concerns or face hefty fines and penalties. The authority's Director of Environment, Health, Safety, and Security, Dr. Joseph Kobusheshe says that whoever is looking at opportunities in the Albertine graben must know