Month: January 2025

The Court of Appeal has ruled that employers can terminate the contracts of their employees without giving any reason for doing so. The court also ruled that when one’s employment contract is terminated without reason, there is no need for a hearing. In a case between Nassanga Saphinah Kasule and

Senana Supermarket remained closed for the third day running as the Uganda National Bureau of Standards conducted the due process of verifying the standards of the goods confiscated from the high-end store in Kampala. The standards agency on Tuesday closed the supermarket on Buganda Road, accusing Senana Management of stocking

Tala Central Forest Reserve located in the Kyankwanzi district could in the next decade be replanted with indigenous trees under an initiative to be supported by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The forest under Uganda National Authority is one of those that has lost most of its natural

Lawmakers passed The Explosives Bill 2023 into law, imposing a fine of Shs10Bn on a person found operating, manufacturing or trading in explosives like fireworks without being in possession of a license from Government. While tabling The Explosives Bill, 2023, David Muhoozi, State Minister of State for Internal Affairs informed

Parliament has passed into law the Explosives Bill 2023, with one of the provisions giving the Government monopoly over the ownership of the manufacture of explosives, a move lawmakers say is intended to fight terrorism in Uganda. Government had proposed to monopolise ownership of explosives plants in Uganda by proposing

Grasshoppers on sale in Kampala/Courtesy Photo The Uganda Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has cautioned dealers in Nsenene (edible grasshoppers) to abide by the set national standards on edible insects, to protect the health of their consumers. The Uganda Standard (US 28 EAS 39:2002) for Edible Insects compels handlers to produce, prepare, and