Month: May 2024

(L-R) Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Uganda MD and Dr. Fredrick Kitoogo, the Principal of the Uganda Institute of ICT exchange documents following the MoU signing Absa Bank Uganda has partnered with the Uganda Institute of Information and Communication Technology (UICT) to provide ICT skills training to youth in vocational institutions around

Operators of Uganda’s first-ever passenger electric vehicle, Kayoola EV, are registering a high number of passengers. Kayoola the 90-passenger capacity bus is manufactured in Uganda by Kiira Motors Corporation. Two of these, have been offering passenger services at the Northern Bypass. On Monday, Kalita transporters deployed two Kira motors Kayoola

The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council has asked Parliament to ensure that children in Uganda are allowed to donate their organs, tissue and cells especially to their siblings in order to give other children meaningful life, instead of putting a total ban on children donating organs. The proposal was

Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee has been told that at the end of the 30years of the contract Government signed with Bujagali Electricity Limited (BEL) would have earned US$2.014Bn equivalent to Shs7.617Trn, despite the company investing just US$176 Million about Shs670.109Bn in the company. The information was brought to light by

Government has warned Parliament that if Bujagali Electricity Limited (BEL) isn’t granted another 5year income tax waiver, on top of the 16years the company has enjoyed, Ugandans will suffer with high electricity charges both at domestic and commercial level. The warning was issued by Vianney Mutyaba, Manager Pricing at the Electricity Regulatory Authority

Gerald Gundu, a mortuary attendant at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital is in detention for allegedly demanding a bribe of Shillings 300,000 to release a corpse. It all started after the body of Surura Turyakira, 27, a resident of Kinungusi village in Upper Bugongi ward in Nothern division in Kabale municipality

Saccos created to benefit from the Parish Development Model-PDM funds in Kitgum are struggling to operate following the alleged misappropriation of funds. Last week, 15 staff of Kitgum District were arrested over alleged misappropriation of Parish Development Model funds. They were arrested on the orders of the Deputy National Coordinator

Several unoccupied stalls at the newly constructed Arua main market in Central division are now being used to answer nature's calls despite the existence of thirteen public toilets at the facility. The vendors in the market suspect that the despicable practice is being perpetrated by intruders, especially at night. They

Chinese multinational appliance and electronics Manufacturer, Hisense has donated a hi-tech Ultrasound scan machine to the Ministry of Health (MOH). Sam Zhang Hao, the Executive Director of Hisense Uganda, says that the machine uses artificial intelligence in diagnosis. He explained that the Ultrasound scan machine, which is valued at about

Livestock owners in Orom Sub-county in Kitgum District have agreed to keep their animals in communal kraals to protect them from cattle rustlers. The farmers in Orom, Orom East, and Kiteny sub-counties in Kitgum district have since December 2021 suffered increased cattle raids following the disarmament exercise in Karamoja which