The undercapitalization of National Housing and Construction Company Limited (NHCCL) is contributing to Uganda’s high housing deficit, the Auditor General has revealed. According to the NHCCL Strategic Plan, 2018 - 2022, the country has a national housing shortage estimated at 1.6 million housing units. In his 2023/2024 report presented to
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Lands Minister Judith Nabakooba issuing land titles in Mbale (Old Photo). The Minister of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba, on Tuesday presented the Valuation Bill, 2024, to Parliament. The proposed legislation aims to regulate property valuation practices in Uganda by introducing measures to professionalize and oversee the
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Pentecostal pastors in Kampala have asked for a provision in the Marriage Bill, 2024 to consider cohabiting couples as married. This, the pastors under the National Pastors Platform of Kampala said will prevent the growing tendency of men who take long to commit to relationships, even when children are involved
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Joel Ssenyonyi The Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Joel Ssenyonyi has asked government to stop any further allocation of funds to Inspire Africa Coffee, a private entity financed by government to establish a coffee factory as a tertiary hub for last mile coffee value addition in Ntungamo District. Ssenyonyi
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Inspire Africa Industrial Park in Ntungamo district. The building materials are supplied by Uganda Baati Uganda’s industrial sector continues to expand, with manufacturing growing by 7.9% and agriculture’s gross value-added increasing by 4.4% in Q3 of 2023/24, according to the Uganda Bureau of Statistics. As the country prioritizes value addition,
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Following the suspension of all foreign aid from the United States of America by President Donald Trump, the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) has been thrown in disarray prompting calls to Parliament to ensure Shs300Bn is availed to the Commission if Uganda is to reverse the looming crisis that awaits the
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Several migrant workers are in Uganda illegally and doing jobs which should be reserved for locals, especially in the informal sector, where jobs do not require professional experience and qualifications. This is despite all the controls put in place by the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) to issue
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Dan N. Odongo, the UNEB Executive Director Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) has revealed that the overall results show that 350,146 (98.05%) of the candidates who sat for Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) in 2024 qualified for the UCE certificate. Under the competency-based assessment, there is no ranking of candidates
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Michael Atingi-Ego President Yoweri Museveni has appointed Dr Michael Atingi-Ego as the substantive Governor of Bank of Uganda. Faruk Kirunda, Deputy Press Secretary, Office of the President confirmed the appointment. He revealed that the President also appointed Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, a former economics lecturer at Makerere University as BoU's deputy
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Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, the Chairperson Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for the ongoing exercise of general update of the national voters’ register. On Monday, 20th January 2025, the Electoral Commission commenced the General Update Exercise of the National Voters Register and informed the country that
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