Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has said it would be "madness" to hold general elections while still dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. He told the Ugandan broadcaster NBS that if the pandemic is not brought under control by July, then plans to hold the elections in early 2021 would have
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Kampala High Court on Monday finally granted bail to Retired Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde (pictured) who has been in prison on treason charges for close to two months. Judge Wilson Kwesiga ruled that he was satisfied with Tumukunde's application seeking a review of his bail terms; that given the nature of
Read MoreSmart Girls Uganda CEO Jamila Mayanja (C) and Hope Hub Founder and CEO Aisha Ali (R) hand over a mask and hand sanitizer to a female vendor at Nakasero Market. Smart Girls Uganda, a not for profit organization, in partnership with Tenge Collections an Afrocentric fashion design house and Hope
Read MoreGovernment introduced Digital Tax Stamps, a measure purposed to enhance tax compliance and to ensure that the Ugandan market has only authentic manufactured or imported products. Introduced in November 2019, manufacturers and importers are required to affix digital tax stamps onto every product manufactured or imported before distribution into the
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Uganda Loses 165bn In A Month As Investors Flee Country Over COVID-19 Uncertainty
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused uncertainty, leaving investors fleeing Uganda for safer havens. “The COVID-19 pandemic has also caused a lot of panic and uncertainty in global financial markets, with some markets experiencing unprecedented dramatic declines, resulting in a significant loss of wealth. In times of such turbulence and uncertainty,
Read More“Uganda’s trade deficit is set to worsen. Exports could decline by about 65 percent in the remaining part of FY 2019/20 while imports could fall by 45 percent.” The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to worsen Uganda’s external position, through its adverse effects on the flow of international trade, tourism, workers’
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Madagascar Coronavirus Herbal Mix Draws Demand From Across Africa Despite WHO Misgivings
Last month President Andry Rajoelina launched the remedy at a news conference, drinking from a sleekly-branded bottle filled with an amber liquid which he said had already cured two people. On Friday, a Tanzanian delegation arrived in Madagascar to collect their consignment. The tonic, based on the plant Artemisia annua
Read MoreThe Permanent Secretary of the ministry of health, Dr Diana Atwine is encouraging the people of flood ravaged Kasese to be firm in the face of nature's wrath. The district has been hit by floods since Thursday that have left part of Kilembe Mines Hospital damaged and patients evacuated. "My
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Truck Drivers Continue To Threaten Uganda’s Fight Against COVID-19 As Cases Rise To 116
Uganda on Saturday May9,2020 confirmed two new COVID-19 cases from 1,913 samples of truck drivers, bringing the total -19 confirmed cases in the country to 116. “The new cases are:40 year old Kenyan and 30 year old Uganda truck drivers who arrived via Malaba and Mirama Hills point of entry
Read MoreThe Rural Electeification Agency (REA) is mobilising support for Uganda's fight against COVID-19 from players in the energy sector. As a result, Orion Transformers and Electrics has joined the country's fight against the spread of coronavirus. The manufacturers of transformers early this week donated 3000 masks through the Rural Electrification
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