Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has rejected a request by Wakiso District Woman Representative, Ethel Naluyima, for Parliament to investigate the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) grading system. Naluyima raised concerns over the poor performance of learners in Kampala and Wakiso in the 2024 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE), arguing that the
Read More
A number of state-owned enterprises are making profits but only one is paying dividends, the Auditor General has revealed. “I noted that only Housing Finance Bank Limited declared dividends of UGX.32.56Bn in the year under review (2023/2024) up from UGX.29.23Bn declared in the prior year. Out of the declared dividends,
Read More
Parliament’s Budget Committee has rejected the Shs200Bn earmarked by the Ministry of Finance for the payment of domestic arrears, noting that the amount is paltry compared to the Shs14.06Trn Government owes to its supplies and instead wants Shs1.15Trn allocated in each of the coming years for the payment of domestic
Read More
Ssenyonyi (Right) receiving the census report from UBOS' Muwonge The Leader of Opposition, Joel Ssenyonyi has criticized the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) over the poor handling of the results of the 2024 national census, wondering why the public wasn’t alerted about the corrections made to the jumbled up data
Read More
By Asha Wandulu On a brisk January 20th, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term, marking the occasion with an inaugural speech that reasserted his administration's focus on traditional energy sources over green alternatives. One of the pivotal announcements was the withdrawal of the United States
Read More
Uganda’s agriculture sector is headed for tough times after a new report indicated that the shortage of agriculture extension workers stands at 57%) while the recruited staff lack professional certificates to do the job. The revelation is contained in the Auditor General’s report for the Audit Year ended 31st December
Read More
Dancers entertain motorists near Mapeera House in Kampala on Saturday. Science has shown that glass bottle soda is often perceived to taste better because glass is considered an inert material, meaning it does not react chemically with the soda, preserving its flavor and carbonation better than plastic or aluminum
Read More
Government signing the contract last year. The construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) faces delays due to a UGX 686 billion funding shortfall in the 2025/26 budget, threatening the progress of the UGX 10 trillion project launched in December 2024. Tony Awany, Vice Chairperson of Parliament’s Physical Infrastructure Committee,
Read More
The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja, has condemned the confiscation of National Identity Cards (IDs) by money lenders as collateral for loans, describing the practice as a violation of citizens’ rights and a threat to national security. Speaking during plenary on Thursday, 23 January 2025, during the Prime Minister's Time which
Read More
The decline is attributed to lower export earnings from coffee and mineral products The Ministry of Finance has revealed that in November 2024, Uganda recorded a drop in its export earnings to a tune of Shs263.319Bn. The details are contained in the Performance of Economy report for December 2024 which
Read More
