Month: May 2024

The High Court in Luwero has summoned 37 bishops, including the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda (CoU), Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba Mugalu to defend themselves against the cancellation of the election of Rev. Canon Godfrey Kasana Ssemakula as the fourth bishop of the Luwero Anglican Diocese. On June 28,

Police have cleared 970 venues to display end-of-year fireworks on Sunday night. The venues including churches, bars, clubs, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, and tourism sites were cleared by the Inspector General of Police, Martin Ochola through the Directorate of Operations Services (OPS). OPS is headed by Assistant Inspector General of

The Church of Uganda (CoU) has directed the Anglican diocese of Luwero to pay Shillings 18m as legal costs related to the nullification of the election of the Bishop-elect. This directive is outlined in a December 21, 2023 letter, from the Provincial Secretary, Rev. Canon William Ongeng, addressed to Rt.

Malawi, which already is suffering from food shortages, this week banned the import of unmilled maize from Kenya and Tanzania over concerns that the spread of maize lethal necrosis disease could wipe out the staple food. The ministry of agriculture announced the ban in a statement that said the disease

The Grain Council of Uganda has outed the inaugural code of conduct to be followed by players in the grain products supply chain to ensure the quality of their products. "The code of conduct puts together all the practices, and whatever needs to be done by all the players throughout

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed support for the European Union's regulations aimed at only accepting coffee exports from registered farmers and those grown on non-deforested lands. Recently, the European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law banning imports into the European Union of coffee, beef, soy, and other commodities if

Coffee facial and body scrub The National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) has achieved remarkable success through a project aimed at promoting the use and commercialization of improved crop varieties and livestock technologies. The USAID-funded initiative, known as the Feed the Future Uganda Agriculture Research Activity, was designed to facilitate the

New Leader of Opposition in Parliament: Joel Ssenyonyi The National Unity Platform has appointed Nakawa West MP Joel Ssenyonyi as the new Leader of Opposition in Parliament replacing Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba. Speaking today at the party headquarters in Kampala, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform said

The lucky winners with their motorbikes and a Toyata Hiace Vivo Energy Uganda, the leading distributor and marketer of Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Uganda, has announced  the latest winners of the Shell Club promotion, rewarding customers with a Toyota Hiace and two motorbikes (boda bodas) under the Shell Club

The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has revealed that in October 2023, Uganda earned Shs2.5Trn from its exports to its trading partners. “During October 2023, Uganda exported merchandise worth USD 688.69 million (Shs2.595Trn) in October 2023. This represented an increase of 8.96% in comparison to USD 632.06 million (Shs2.381Trn)