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Farmers in Adropi Sub County, Adjumani district are worried by the outbreak of Africanfall armyworms in three parishes of Openzinzi, Lajopi, and Palemo. The presence of the migratory pests in the area has already destroyed an estimated 50 acres of maize gardens and several acres of pastures. Jane Lilia, one

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamala to investigate the Link Bus Accident along Fort Portal -Kampala Highway and report to the House. He directed that the Ministry establishes the cause of accident and also establish measures to reduce

Charged: Hamuza Kirunda Hamuza Kirunda, a businessman in Musita Trading Centre, Mayuge District, has been charged with two counts of acquiring digital tax stamps without goods and authorisation from Uganda Revenue Authority. He committed the offences between March and April 2022. The Anti-Corruption Court Presiding Magistrate, Herbert Asiimwe, slapped the

Hon. Godfrey Onzima (R), the Chairperson, Committee on Public Service and Local Government and colleagues at the meeting   Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee have queried the Government's preparedness to implement the Parish Development Model (PDM). The MPs think that the apparent strategy to promote increased incomes intended

Minister Henry Musasizi   The Committee on Finance, Planning and Economic Development has thrown out a proposal by the finance ministry that grants government Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) the discretion of setting user fees for services that are considered non-tax revenues.   Non-Tax Revenue (NRT) is charged against services

Agnes Igoye addressing the media. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has identity identified a Ugandan female who was on Sunday captured on camera committing suicide in Dubai. Agnes Igoye, the deputy national coordinator, trafficking in persons department, has confirmed that the person in the video that has since gone viral

It is with great relief that farmers in Nwoya District have received the rain from the skies and the birds from Murchison Falls National Park which has come to their rescue and saved them from the hunger that the dangerous African Armyworms were about to cause. Nwoya District registered an

Journalism in Uganda is being undermined by new laws which have in effect closed the right to freedom of expression. As Uganda joins the rest of the world to mark World Press Freedom Day, there is concern that the attack on freedom of expression is affecting other rights including press

Muslims say the coffee agreement should protect the interests of local farmers The Supreme Mufti Sheikh Muhammad Shaban Galabuzi wants a review of the Coffee agreement signed  between  the Government and and  Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited reviewed so as to cater interests of local farmers in the same industry.

President Uhuru Kenyatta (pictured) has warned of further sanctions on oil marketers who have been allocating higher shares of their fuel imports to neighbouring countries leading to outages in the local market. Mr Kenyatta accused the dealers of breaching the traditional fuel allocations where the local market is supposed to