BusinessFocus Reporter

The deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has instituted an adhoc Committee  to investigate government’s decision to merge government entities as one of the ways to reduce public expenditure. In her communication during Thursday’s plenary sitting, Among gave the Committee one month within which to carry out investigations and report back

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda General Manager, Melkamu Abebe and  PSFU Ag. Executive Director Francis Kisirinya during the visit at Century  Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda has urged the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) to work harder with stakeholders like the government to create more favourable trading conditions in

The enforcement of the Data Protection and Privacy law is now taking shape following the creation of the Personal Data Protection Office, at the National Information Technology Authority. The development comes months after the approval of the Data Protection and Privacy Regulations. The regulations were approved in March, and published

Agnes Igoye, the Deputy Coordinator of the Anti-Human Trafficking Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs The Criminal Investigations Directorate has raised concern over the increasing cases of Ugandans hiring victims of transnational trafficking as domestic workers. Charles Twine, the spokesperson of the directorate says that security forces are launching

Uganda’s Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka (pictured) wants all rape convicts face their death penalty within three days after their convictions at Supreme Court, saying the damage done on their victims is eternal and there is no use of having rapists live longer. Kiryowa made the proposal while appearing before Legal and

Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaz A Ugandan minister has raised concerns about “trade restrictions” imposed by neighbouring Kenya. A tweet by Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, addressed to his Kenyan counterpart, Peter Munya, says Uganda is “not happy” with restrictions on sugar exports: https://twitter.com/FrankTumwebazek/status/1433088367303004170?s=20 https://twitter.com/FrankTumwebazek/status/1433088369819541505?s=20 He says this casts doubt

Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya The Electoral Commission wants Court to dismiss election petitions against Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Kampala Central counterpart, Muhammad Nsereko on account  that they were not served with the petitions. The Commission says it would be unjust for  court to hear and rule

Margaret Etuusa, the Deputy Academic Registrar in Charge of Certificates and Ceremonies Division. The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has found Margaret Etuusa Loy Lubega, the Makerere University Deputy Academic Registrar in charge of Certificates, Ceremonies and Publications guilty of four counts of abuse of office. Justice Margaret Tibulya delivered the

 Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi The government will no longer give what it is calling discretionary tax relief measures to sectors or enterprises in a financial crisis as has been the case, like under the current COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes as entrepreneurs continue to call on the government