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The gender affairs state minister, Hon. Charles Engola addressing the congregation.   External labour recruit firms under their umbrella of Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies-UAERA, have called for the establishment of a special police unit to handle crime related to their sector.   In their joint engagement with the

Muwanga Kivumbi The Buganda Parliamentary Caucus has called for the creation of more parishes to enable the region get  equity from funds under the Parish Development Model. With an estimated 12 million  people, Buganda has 1,071 parishes and it was allocated 170 billion shillings.   The Buganda caucus members of parliament

The Deputy Solicitor General, Pius Biribonwoha has said that the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 should not legislate for the merger of different electricity companies since Uganda already has an existing law governing companies. Biribonwoha on Wednesday appeared before Parliament’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee that is currently scrutinizing the

President Yoweri Museveni has asked local council leaders to take advantage of Emyooga funds to promote financial empowerment for women. Emyooga is a Presidential Wealth Creation Program launched in 2019 to lift at least 68 percent Ugandans “from subsistence to market-oriented production. While addressing the nation during the annual International

Hoima District Security Committee has banned the grazing of animals and cultivation on the land earmarked for the oil refinery in Kabaale parish in Kabaale sub-county. In 2012, the government acquired 29 square kilometres of land in Kabaale parish for the construction of the oil refinery. The government relocated more

Karimojong elders in a meeting The situation of Rob or Beg prevailing as the in Karamoja is blinding the people to the more acceptable option of working for a living, their elders say. The Karamoja Elder’s Association has heaped the problems of hunger in their sub region on the locals

Left-Kyotera Deputy RDC Teopista Mbabaziexplaining about the delayed registration and opening of Sango bay boundaries. Right, Some of the Sango bay PAPs in a meeting at Kanamiti village in Kakuuto. The Oil Palm Project in Kyotera District has failed to take off due to the delayed boundary opening of Sango

Bus operators plying the Kampala - Kigali route are surprised by the very low passenger turn-up for travel after Rwanda fully reopened the border. On Monday, Rwanda reopened its border after three years of closure, especially Katuna which is the one mainly used for passenger entry into and exit from