Month: November 2024

Dr Kizza Besigye has revealed that  he has handed back Total Fuel Station in Nsambya to the company (Total). “After more than 27 years of running Nsambya Total Station as a Dealer, I handed back the Station to Total on 19 Apr 2023. The Station has reopened under a new dealer,” Besigye said

Commercial Banks and the government have justified the digital integration in the cash management systems despite the negative effects, saying the benefits will in the long run outweigh the disadvantages. Banks have over the last few years closed traditional banking halls and some have closed branches from many parts of

The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi appearing before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has ordered all accounting officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to delete all staff who weren’t verified by the Auditor General during the recent exercise conducted to verify staff on government

Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba The government of Uganda and individuals at family levels have been cautioned against borrowing for the sake of impressing others. The cautionary call has been sounded by seasoned Makerere University Professor of Economics, Augustus Nuwagaba amidst concern about the increasing public debate. "It is not necessary to

Inspire Africa was hired to promote coffee drinking culture among youth The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) is on the spot for spending Shs9.6 billion on a local firm to train youth on how to drink coffee. MPs on Thursday raised the matter after the Auditor General revealed that some of

Silver Wangalwa, a 20-year-old peasant farmer from Namabasa in the Mbale City Northern Division is in desperate need of Shillings 10 million for an operation after being shot by a police officer. His aunt, Iren Wandera explains that Wangalwa was working in the garden in Doho cell in Namatala ward

Players in the agriculture sector have expressed disgust over the move by government to continue paying agriculture extension workers without allocating money to facilitate implementation of extension services in the budget for the 2023/24 financial year. Speaking at a post-budget meeting on Thursday in which the Economic Policy Research Center

Tasked: Raphael Magyezi The Minister for Local Government, Raphael Magyezi has told parliament that his ministry is holding consultations with the Electoral Commission, Attorney General, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Gender regarding Local Council elections. Magyezi made the statement during the Wednesday plenary sitting in which Members of Parliament

Presiding Officers tallying the 2021 poll results in Gulu  (Photo by Dominic Ochola) The Shadow Cabinet has called on the Government to provide the necessary funds to the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct Local Council leaders' elections within 30 days after the expiration of their tenure on July 10, 2023.

Minister Amongi shakes hands with Hon. Oliver Schenk, the State Minister of Saxony after the meeting in Kampala on Wednesday In a significant development for international relations, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom, the Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development has today met with a distinguished delegation from the German State