Month: January 2025

Defied: Minister Magyezi Sembabule District has approved the creation of new administrative units in the area despite the ban by the Ministry of Local Government. Last year, the Minister of Local Government Raphael Magyezi issued a circular to all District Chairpersons and Mayors informing them of a suspension of the

Hannington Karuhanga resigned from being Chairman of URC The recent approval of a loan facility worth about 1.1 trillion Shillings by the African Development Bank gave the Uganda Railways Corporation a new boost for the network revival plans, but barely survived being disrupted by management struggles. While some of these management

Left to Right: (foreground) Chris Kayoboke, CBL Director & Shareholder; Amos Nzeyi, Executive Chairman & Shareholder and Paddy Muramiirah, Chief Executive Officer during a tour of the CBL USD76 million plant, where Aquafina is bottled.  Uganda’s bottled drinking water sector has been growing unprecedentedly. There are over 100 registered players,

Farmers in Nakapiripirit, Kween, Katakwi, and Kapelebyong districts have decried the continued destruction of their crops by suspected Pokot pastoralists. Currently, the pastoralists from the districts of Napak, Pokot in Amudat, and Turkana from neighboring Kenya have entered the areas of Sebei and Teso to search for water and pasture

The Uganda Revenue Authority - URA - has arrested an accountant for falsifying invoices worth Shs 50 billion. The suspect has been identified as Jackson Wabyona Rubanjwa, 40; an accountant and a resident of Lumuli Zone Goma Division in Mukono District. Rubanjwa was arrested and taken to the Anti-Corruption Court

Group photo with winners The European Union (EU) has Tuesday rewarded winners who took part in a climate change trivia that run on the Delegation’s social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter. The campaign than ran for eight days, detailed a total of 24 trivia questions, with four published daily, concluded

The Inspector General of Government, Beti Olive Kamya The Inspectorate of Government (IG) plans to display a list of corrupt public officials in two months arising from its investigation processes. The list includes officials who have failed to implement recommendations from the Inspectorate of government, or the court rulings arising from corruption

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has implored fighters belonging to the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) to surrender or get killed. Speaking Tuesday evening at State House Nakasero, Museveni said the Uganda People’s Défense Forces (UPDF) has now got capacity to look for ADF rebels wherever they are. Museveni

The Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has called for the enactment of the legal framework on the management of goods seized through the asset recovery process so as to provide guidelines on how items confiscated after being obtained through illegal means are managed by Government. The call was made by Michael Olupot Tukei,