China's economy grew at its slowest pace since the early 1990s in the second quarter, official figures showed. In the three months to June, the economy grew 6.2% from a year earlier. The result was in line with forecasts. China has moved to stimulate its economy this year by boosting
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Ministry of Energy staff are increasingly quitting opting for lucrative jobs in better paying companies. According to Robert Kasande (in featured photo), the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Energy, this trend (of staff quitting) has left the Ministry’s staffing levels at only 30%. He made the remarks while appearing before
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The UN has called for the dismantling of all detention centres for refugees in Libya, saying the facilities are not fit to house migrants. The appeal comes nearly two weeks after more than 50 people were killed in an air strike on a holding facility in the Libyan capital Tripoli.
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Ministries, Departments, and local governments failed to spend 349.7 billion shillings out of the 33.3 trillion by 30 June in the 2018/19 Financial Year. The Public Finance Management Act, 2015 provides that all unspent balances are sent back to the Consolidated Fund as at 30 June. The ministries, departments,
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Middle East Consultants Ltd (MECL), one of Uganda’s leading labour recruitment and exporting agencies today flagged off about 100 youth to Abu Dhabi for Oil & Gas related jobs. After the final preparation session that was attended by the relatives and friends of the candidates at MECL offices in Muyenga, the
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The on-going expansion works of Entebbe International Airport will lead to an increase of passenger traffic to 3.5 million annually from the current 1.8 million. The Deputy Director General of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority-CAA Fred Bamwesigye said this while monitoring the expansion and upgrade work on Sunday. "We are
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Uganda’s current state of the economy is worrying and requires urgent practical interventions if it is to transform. The figures used in this article are derived from a presentation delivered byRamathan Ggoobi, an analyst and lecturer at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) at the National Leadership Institute, Kyankwanzi on July
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By Reuters The death toll from the attack on a hotel in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu has risen to 26, with three Kenyans, Americans, a Briton and Tanzanians among the dead, Jubbaland region’s president said on Saturday. A presidential candidate for upcoming regional elections was also killed in the
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Following a recent fear by Buliisa district residents that they will be relocated to a another place once oil and gas activities begin, the District L.C 5 Chairman Simon Kinene has assured the residents that there is no such arrangements by government. He adds that communities have been engaged with
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By AFP The presidents of Rwanda and Uganda on Friday pledged at a summit in Angola to seek to resolve tensions that have erupted between their two countries in recent months. Rwanda's Paul Kagame and Uganda's Yoweri Museveni, once close allies, have exchanged public accusations of spying on each other's
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