Month: April 2025

The procurement moment for the development of oil and gas in the Albertine is almost over with most of the lucrative deals tendered out. The award of contracts after the Final Investment Decision-FID by TotalEnergies SE and its partner CNOOC has sent boots on the grounds propelling major developments in

The government's decision to directly charge coffee factories is irritating Coffee processors in Bukomansimbi district, saying it is likely going to force them out of business. In the 2018/19 budget framework, the government introduced a one percent direct tax on coffee buyers and processors as one of the ways of

Cassava Demonstartion farm in Buliisa. Farmers get frustrated by low yeild due to Cassava Brown Streak Disease. Nuclear technology may soon be deployed to fight the cassava brown streak disease in Uganda. Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD) caused by the Cassava brown streak virus is one of the major viruses

Brigadier Pierrino Okoya and wife Anna Akello abandoned reburial graves eaten up by tall grasses. The government is yet to rebury the remains of Brigadier Pierrino Okoya and his wife Anna Akello three years after constructing their graves in Palaro Sub County, Gulu district. In April 2019, the government deployed

Fish farmers in Arua district have received 74,255 fingerlings through the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program and the National Agricultural Advisory Services-NAADs to boost production. These include 43,000 tilapia fingerlings and 31,255 fingerlings for the African cut fish. The fingerlings were distributed to over 20 fish farmers during the routine supply

Traders waiting for customers. Traders at the Namugongo Catholic Shrine are decrying losses during the Martyrs Day celebrations. According to the traders, they hoped that when the celebrations end, they would have made profits, but this wasn’t the case. The low business mood is reflected by the traders who were

The police medical emergency team at Namugongo catholic martyrs’ shrine has referred 15 pilgrims to Mulago national referral hospital with severe malaria, diarrhea, and hypertension. Dr. Edward Piyota, who is attached to the police medical emergency team, says the pilgrims with malaria were convulsing because of delayed treatment. According to

Fuel prices in Kampala and beyond have continued to skyrocket, but more sharply over the last two months. A litre of fuel currently stands between 5,550 shillings and 5,700 shillings, while the price of diesel at some stations is the same as petrol. Over the same month, there has also

The police are receiving several complaints about pilgrims losing their clothes to thieves. Some of the pilgrims locked themselves inside the latrines and toilets until they were rescued and provided with clothing. As a result, police and sister security agencies have increased presence at all sanitary centres to protect pilgrims’

Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA has collected a total of shillings 13 billion from tolling the Kampala-Entebbe expressway in the last four and a half months, the contractor Egis has revealed. Joy Nabasa, the Public Relations Manager of French Firm Egis, which maintains the road and collects the toll on behalf