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UNBS Executive Director, David Livingstone Ebiru. Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened a Food Safety Testing Laboratory for Northern Region based in Gulu. The Equipment for the Laboratory was donated by VODP through Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) funded

A Project Affected Person receives his house keys from Minister of State for Minerals, Peter Lokeris (in black suit). Today, CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company conducted a handover ceremony for 56 newly constructed resettlement houses for project affected persons. The ceremony was attended by Representatives of Government

Leaders from Bundibugyo recieve the dummy cheque, over 120 million shillings was given to the district. The Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA has disbursed 3.1 Billion Shillings to 13 districts bordering national parks and wildlife reserves in Rwenzori and Kigezi regions. The Uganda Wildlife Act 2000 requires UWA to disburse some of

Mbarara Central Market is just one of the many projects executed by Roko Construction Limited. Roko Construction Limited (ROKO) and the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (on behalf of the Government) are set to enter into a Share Subscription Agreement. The agreement will see the 53-year-old construction giant

Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa. Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has lashed at telecoms for their continued practice of sweeping airtime and data bundles of the customers after failure to consume the product within the stipulated time. Tayebwa wondered how dangerous data would be to warrant takeover. “How

Italy has warned Uganda against the increasingly changing tastes and preferences for foreign-made products especially food, saying it will in the long run affect the economy.   Italian Ambassador to Uganda, Massimiliano Mazzanti says Ugandans, especially the younger population are increasingly going for exotic consumer products, yet similar ones are

Minister for Public Service, Muruli Mukasa   Local Government workers under their umbrella the Uganda Local Government Workers Union (ULGWU) have commenced their industrial action to compel the government to enhance their salaries. In his July 13, 2022 letter to ULGWU members, the Union Secretary-General, Hassan Lwabayi Mudiba, says that they

Government has revealed that the Shs202.13bn required to bailout Roko Construction Company will be borrowed from Trade Development Bank. Henry Musasizi (pictured), State Minister for Finance-General Duties made the revelation while appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee to defend the motion by Government seeking Parliament’s approval to buy shares in Roko.