Month: January 2025

Parliament has passed into law the Uganda Human Organ and Donation and Transplant Bill 2021 and approved the proposal to have corporate companies or hospitals involved in illegal organ harvesting and transplant required to pay a fine of Shs10Bn. When the Uganda Human Organ and Donation and Transplantation Bill 2021

Parliament yet again dealt a blow to President Museveni’s to impose a permanent presence of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) on the lakes across the country, by declining yet again to pass into law a proposal to have the Army oversee the surveillance of fisheries sector. Earlier this month,

Kyosk, a tech-led company that connects informal retailers and other similar outlets directly to fast-moving consumer goods companies (FMCGs) is transforming Uganda's retail system one retailer at a time. The digital platform founded in Kenya by technopreneur Raphael Afaedor opened its offices in Uganda in April 2022 and became fully

A section of Ugandans has fallen victim to online loan applications that offer cheap and instant loans. The loans are always available as long as one has access to a smartphone and the internet. Unlike banks and other financial institutions that ask for collateral to acquire a loan, the instant

It is one week since Kenya Bureau of Standards directed the removal of 10 brands of cooking oil and cooking fats from the shelves over standards, but the said brands remain in supermarkets in Uganda. A mini-survey of Kampala shows at least three large supermarkets still had the brands well

UBL Managing Director, Andrew Kilonzo (R) recognizes a value chain player yesterday at a symposium held at Hotel Africana in Kampala. Uganda Breweries Limited yesterday hosted farmers to a forum to discuss the potential to scale up farming to supplement government efforts to see manufactures embrace full sourcing of raw

Financial advisory giants I&M Burbidge Capital in partnership with BDO East Africa held the BDO-I&M Burbidge Capital Symposium at UAP Business Park Nakawa on Tuesday, September 27 with the aim of providing clients with innovative and practical solutions to their financial challenges. The symposium enriched the invited guests that comprised

Members of Parliament have decried the shrinking space for freedom of expression at Makerere University. The MPs were on Wednesday speaking as parliament debated a motion to celebrate Makerere University’s 100 years. Bugiri Municipality MP, Asuman Basalirwa said that Makerere University needs freedom in its total sense. “I recall during

Statutory authorities involved in the financial sector regulation have admitted that some of the business cooperators find it a burden to comply with the requirements of the different regulators. With new businesses coming up, including cryptocurrency trade, collective investment schemes and use trading agencies, as well as technological advancements, entrepreneurs

The government has announced a five billion Shillings grant for elderly persons aged 60 to 79 years who are not beneficiaries of the Social Assistance Grant for Empowerment (SAGE) program. The new grant will target 1,896,190 old people. This was revealed by State Minister of State for Elderly Affairs, Dominic