Month: July 2025

UIA's Director General Robert Mukiza (right) presenting the BFP; second left is the Committee Chairperson Amos Kankunda. Members of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development have hailed the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) for successfully advancing Uganda’s industrialization agenda and want more budgetary support. The MPs, in particular,

The final report for the 2024 census enumeration exercise is out, and it establishes the newest and latest data on a number of things characterizing the Ugandan population, including their marital status and exactly how many of them are married. Overall, the 351 page report (whose contents are based on

218 bags were recovered from a garage in Mattuga, Wakiso district. Kampala Metropolitan Police (KMP) has recovered part of coffee stolen while in transit last year. On January 16, 2025, at around 11:00 a.m., a team of police officers from Kawempe police station was dispatched to Sanga Matugga in Wakiso

KCCA headquarters in Kampala   The Minister of State for Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and Metropolitan Affairs, Kyofatogabye Kabuye, has called for action on land reforms to facilitate public infrastructure projects, highlighting the challenges posed by land acquisition disputes. Appearing before Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee on Thursday to present KCCA’s

The government, through the Ministry of Works and Transport, is yet to decide on traffic flow over Karuma Bridge as it plans to begin the installation of expansion joints on the bridge deck. Karuma Bridge, which serves as a major link and gateway between Midwestern, Northern Uganda, and the West Nile

Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have called for the reinstatement of funds removed from the current financial year’s budget in the 2024/2025 financial plan. In the 2024/2025 budget, legislators allocated Shs750 billion to critical areas such as ambulance procurement, bridge maintenance, sub-county headquarters construction, and support for income-generating

The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has said that Parliament will soon take action against accounting officers who do not implement recommendations in the Auditor General’s report. Tayebwa made the pronouncement while receiving the Auditor General’s Report for the financial year 2023/2024 on Wednesday, 15 January 2025. “Accounting officers who have

UBOS Executive Director, Dr. Chris Mukiza   Led by UBOS Chairman Dr. Albert Byamugisha and Executive Director Dr. Chris Mukiza, the authors of the 2024 final census report have highlighted the reasons why the government of President Museveni can't afford to ignore prioritizing and investing in interventions that directly empower

The relevant Ugandan law creating the National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA), among others, provides for every child's birth to be registered. This is one of the many important ways through which key Uganda population characteristics can be established.   Yet ironically, the newly released final report for the 2024

The Auditor General, Edward Akol handing over the report to Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa The Auditor General, Edward Akol has raised alarm on the poor implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) revealing that over Shs41.7Bn was disbursed outside the management system. The AG also reveals that some SACCOs were