The COVID-19 Isolation centre at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital is to be renamed the Infectious Diseases and Research Centre. The Construction of the Isolation centre that started during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 cost up to two billion Shillings. The centre which is now awaiting commissioning was constructed with the
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Makerere University Council has directed Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe to account for the funds meant for the recent University Convocation elections, as part of the measures to control excesses in the University management. In relation to the chaotic events last Friday, the Council has decided to make new statutes that
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Boda-boda riders waiting for passengers at their stage in front of Freedom City Mall. Business activities have remained visibly low at the Freedom City Mall on Entebbe Road following the tragic new year stampede on January 1, 2023, that left 10 revelers dead and several others injured. The gigantic Mall
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Traditionally, Kenya imports maize from Uganda but the latter has found alternative markets Kenya’s maize imports in the first nine months of 2022 more than doubled to 519,611.30 tonnes, equivalent to 5.7 million 90-kilogram bags, following a drop in the production of the cereal due to drought. In a similar
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Uganda’s earnings from exports remains lower compared to expenditure on imports Uganda’s external position weakened in the 12 months to October 2022, reflecting adverse spillover effects associated with the Russia-Ukraine conflict especially on the commodities terms of trade which exerted pressure on the trade balance, keeping the current account on
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A Mombasa-bound Standard Gauge passenger train passes the Maneaters area. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG Kenya’s plan to control East Africa’s logistics corridor has been put to a fresh test after Tanzania moved to extend its standard gauge railway (SGR) to neighbouring landlocked countries, months after Kenya’s line hit
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BoU says Uganda’s public debt is sustainable Uganda’s public debt in nominal value stood at Shs79.938 trillion (approximately 49 % of GDP) in October 2022, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has said in its recently released State of the Economy Report for December 2022. “Public debt remains sustainable. Public debt as a
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An electric cycle by the International University of East Africa, Kampala. President Museveni’s ambitious e-mobility plan is received with some doubts among cyclists. In his address to the nation on New Year’s eve, President Museveni said the government had made a plan that would in the long run reduce the
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The year 2022 saw perhaps the most volatile fuel prices in the last few decades both on the local and international markets. By the end of July, for example, a litre of petrol cost an average of 6,500 Shillings, while diesel went for 6,200 Shillings. The prices started rising in
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The Albertine Graben Refinery Project in Hoima will be one of the big oil and gas infrastructure projects to look out for in 2023 in Uganda and Africa. The 60,000 barrels per day refinery is one of the 70 new oil and gas projects that are expected to take off
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