Dorothy Kisaka has been dismissed as KCCA Executive Director, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sacked the Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka, her deputy David Luyimbaazi and Dr Daniel Okello, the director for health over the Kiteezi landfill disaster. In a statement released on Tuesday by the Office
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Owino Market business women pose for a picture outside dfcu Bank Owino branch As part of the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) initiative, dfcu Bank has allocated 5.4 billion Shillings to support women entrepreneurs through subsidized interest rate loans. The initiative, funded by the World Bank
Read MoreDenis Okello is earning big from coffee farming Leaders from the Acholi and Lango Sub-regions have called on the government to initiate a special affirmative action program to prioritize promoting high-value perennial crops for farmers in Northern Uganda. According to the leaders, the region has stagnated economically for the past
Read MoreUganda earned over Shs2.8Trn from exports in July 2024, the Performance of Economy report by the Ministry of Finance has revealed. “Export earnings in July 2024 amounted to US$785.03 million (Shs2.888Trn), a 9.2% increase from US$718.60 million (Shs 2.643Trn) in June 2024. This growth was primarily driven by higher earnings
Read MoreURA Commissioner General John Musinguzi and Archbishop Paul Semogerere are joined by other stakeholders in a group photo. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has officially joined forces with the Catholic Church to raise funds for the Nsambya Baby Home, emphasizing their commitment to support vulnerable children in Uganda. At the
Read MoreA woman has died at a pastor's home in Pallisa District, where she had gone for prayers to seek healing from an illness. The deceased, Stella Akurut, 29, a housewife from Owagalye village, Kaboloi parish, had been critically ill and was receiving treatment at a local clinic before her family
Read MoreDr. Kedrace Turyagyenda Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda is the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports. She replaces Ketty Lamaro, whose contract was not renewed by President Museveni. The appointment, which had been speculated on earlier, was confirmed by Education Minister Janet Kataha Museveni in a post on
Read MorePlanes at Entebbe International Airport Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has revealed that Entebbe International Airport facilitated a total of 212,701 international passengers in August 2024. This is an average of 6,861 passengers per day, the highest figure recorded in the history of the airport in a single month. Of these, 108,055
Read MoreUganda Earns Record Shs820bn From August Coffee Exports As Global Prices Continue To Rise
Uganda exported 837,915 60-kilo bags of coffee in August Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2024 amounted to 837,915 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 221.63 million (UShs820bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for August 2024. This is the highest number of bags to be exported in
Read MoreMPs on Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have blamed the top Management at Makerere University for the delays to review the University courses after an audit review of the database of University courses revealed that 198 “expired courses” were being taught to students. The Auditor General noted that the University had 347
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