Month: January 2025

Uganda has commenced payment of the 325 million US Dollars (1.23 trillion Shillings) compensation to the Democratic Republic of Congo, beating the deadline set by the International Court of Justice. The compensation arises from the petition filed by the DRC more than 20 years ago accusing Uganda’s armed forces of

The year 2007 will remain in the memories at Kampala Serena Hotel, and 15 years later, the veteran staff there still remember the 21st day of November and the blessing that it was to them. On this day, Queen Elizabeth II started her visit to Uganda and spent four nights

The Ministry of Education is set to introduce a National Council for Vocational Education and Training to regulate the Vocation and Technical Training Institutes in Uganda. The Council will act as the principal skills regulator and will take over quality assurance roles currently under the National Council for Higher Education

The Parish Development Model (PDM), a government initiative heralded as a likely game changer in poverty eradication efforts has recorded a bad start raising speculation that it could equally be dead on arrival. The Parish Development Model was officially launched by President Yoweri Museveni in February at a function held

The cabinet has approved proposals for a new law that will give the Uganda Railways Corporation-URC, more powers over its properties, as well as protection from private competition. The approved proposals have now been handed over to parliament for scrutiny by the relevant committees, according to the Minister for Works

MPs on the Committee of Physical Infrastructure and Uganda Airlines officials in a group photo at the national carrier’s self-handling yard during a recent visit Uganda Airlines has started implementing its long awaited self-handling project after getting necessary approvals from Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA). Uganda’s national carrier started handling

Ismail Drabe (R), the LC 5 Madi Okollo district interracting with some Balaalo herdsmen in Yachi parish in Ogoko sub county. There is fresh tension in Terego and Madi Okollo districts following the return of the Balaalo herdsmen barely half a year after their eviction. Currently, the herdsmen are grazing

Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF Managing Director   The ongoing international economic crisis arising from the Russia-Ukraine conflict will have its impact extend to the interest rates to be paid by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to its members at the end of this accounting year. Richard Byarugaba, the NSSF managing director,

L-R: Lawrence Songa (Ora County) and Jacinta Atuto (DWR Kapelebyong) while addressing journalists at Parliament.   A section of lawmakers on Parliament’s Committee on Climate Change have warned Government against selective evictions of people in wetlands and called for uniform application of the law. Leading the call was Lawrence Songa