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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.

Trucks Parked at Elegu Border point in Amuru District Hundreds of trucks have piled up at Elegu Border point in Elegu Town Council in Amuru District following violence that erupted across the South Sudan border town of Nimule on Monday. Traffic came to a standstill for the better part of

Ouma shows some of the procured equipment as Uganda Airlines prepares to start self-handling project Uganda Airlines, the flagship carrier for the country, is ready to kick-start its self-handling project once it gets necessary approval from Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), Business Focus reports. Derick Ouma, the Duty Manager at Uganda

Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja (pictured) has told off people who criticized Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi for firing ‘incompetent’ Town Clerks and Accounting Officers to leave government to clean up the mess in poor service delivery in many local governments.   “You are aware that we have a law in place that informed the

Over 580 people have reportedly lost their lives to starvation in Karamoja Cabinet has approved a plan to spend Shs135bn in the purchase of food to feed people from Karamoja sub-region in the next three months. This was revealed by the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja  following reports that over 580