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The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen. David Muhoozi says that there will not be any payment by Ugandans for acquisition of National Identity Cards, even where they seek to make changes. Muhoozi also says that even for the planned renewal exercise, Ugandans will not be required to pay;

Legislators of the 11th Parliament have been challenged to hold an independent, and firm grip on its oversight function to enhance governance and accountability to restore public trust. This call was sounded by members of the academia, and Civil Society Organizations – CSOs as the institution has increasingly come under

Uganda Turkiye Investment Trade, Industry and Tourism Summit 40. President Yoweri Museveni has said he doesn’t care who owns what business in Uganda for as long as the businesses are generating revenue for the country. Speaking to the Deputy Minister of Trade of Turkey Riza Tuna Turagay, at the sidelines

The damaged Link Bus at the scene of accident. A probe report into the Link Bus accident that killed 22 people has ruled that the cause of the accident was human error. The accident occurred at Sebitoli along the Fort Portal -Kampala Highway in Busoro Sub County. Following the crash,

The government is rallying commercial banks and other financial institutions to help it increase tax revenues by ensuring more people are taxed. As the presentation of the 2022/23 national budget draws closer, the Uganda Revenue Authority figures show an uphill task if the agency is to meet its revenue targets

Maurice Kertho, the chief operating officer Prism Construction Company Ltd Prism Construction Company Ltd is seeking to recover nearly Shs9b—including Shs4.5b it was awarded in prolongation costs—following a dispute over a Shs10b project. The firm was in January 2020, contracted to construct curriculum-based structures at Uganda Teachers’ College Bushenyi within

Finance Minister Matia Kasaija   Government will not provide funds for coffee and tea seedlings in the next financial year.   According to the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Hon. Matia Kasaija, this has been triggered by the revenue short falls arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and its

Government should effect a temporary ban on the exportation of food products as a measure of addressing the increasing prices of commodities in the country, experts from the National Planning Authority (NPA) have advised. The Director for Research and Development Performance at NPA, Rogers Matte made the revelation while interfacing

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has been tasked to explain the status of rural electrification projects across the country. Busujju County MP David Lukyamuzi raised the matter in Parliament on Thursday, saying that the government contracted Tisan Company in 2019, to supply and distribute electricity in Kitongo parish.

The demolished St. Thomas Chapel in Agago. Police in Agago district is investigating the demolition of a Catholic Church building in Onudapet Village, Kotomor Sub County, by unknown people. St. Thomas Chapel sat on a one-acre piece of land donated by a faithful, Martin Odur in the 1990s, for the