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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

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

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

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,

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

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

UECCC Managing Director Roy Nyamutale Baguma addressing media on Tuesday   Uganda Energy Credit Capitalisation Company (UECCC) accessed a Grant of up to 13.1 million Euros) towards the development of nine mini hydro power sites as a single project for rural electrification. The project is funded by the ORIO Infrastructure

Coffee prices today are mixed as they gave up an early advance after a selloff in global equity markets sparked risk-off sentiment in asset markets and prompted long liquidation in coffee futures.  An increase in robusta coffee inventories is bearish for prices after ICE-monitored robusta coffee inventories rose to a

Uganda Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights to Kinshasa with immediate effect. The suspension has become necessary as a result of the ongoing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including the Capital Kinshasa. “Flights will remain suspended until the situation warrants normal operations,” Uganda Airlines says