Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaz A Ugandan minister has raised concerns about “trade restrictions” imposed by neighbouring Kenya. A tweet by Uganda’s Agriculture Minister, Frank Tumwebaze, addressed to his Kenyan counterpart, Peter Munya, says Uganda is “not happy” with restrictions on sugar exports: https://twitter.com/FrankTumwebazek/status/1433088367303004170?s=20 https://twitter.com/FrankTumwebazek/status/1433088369819541505?s=20 He says this casts doubt
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Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya The Electoral Commission wants Court to dismiss election petitions against Kawempe North MP, Muhammad Ssegirinya and his Kampala Central counterpart, Muhammad Nsereko on account that they were not served with the petitions. The Commission says it would be unjust for court to hear and rule
Read MoreMargaret Etuusa, the Deputy Academic Registrar in Charge of Certificates and Ceremonies Division. The Anti Corruption Court in Kampala has found Margaret Etuusa Loy Lubega, the Makerere University Deputy Academic Registrar in charge of Certificates, Ceremonies and Publications guilty of four counts of abuse of office. Justice Margaret Tibulya delivered the
Read MoreSecretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi The government will no longer give what it is calling discretionary tax relief measures to sectors or enterprises in a financial crisis as has been the case, like under the current COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes as entrepreneurs continue to call on the government
Read MoreChief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo The Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has criticized the Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) Gen. Salim Saleh (rtd) over the designs of the Parish Development Model, saying that it’s unfair to Acholi Sub-region. Justice Owiny-Dollo says that the design of the Parish Development Model doesn’t
Read MoreDr. Peter Kimbowa, the new NSSF Board Chairman The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has appointed a new Board of Directors for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for the next three years effective September 01, 2021. The new Board is headed by Dr. Peter Kimbowa, a corporate
Read MoreDesperate truckers protesting the killing of their colleagues in South Sudan The majority of ambushes on Ugandan traders in South Sudan have occurred on vehicles that do not respect arrangements on the movement of convoys. Government records show that 14 Ugandans were killed in South Sudan between May and August 2021. They
Read MoreMPs on Parliament’s Budget Committee have quizzed Dr. Monica Musenero (pictured), the Minister of Science and Technology over claims that she has been bullying staff at the Ministry. The Minister is also accused of barring some staff from accessing the Ministry after she allegedly ordered Special Forces Command (SFC) to take
Read MoreStanbic Bank Uganda has countered fraudulent activity by a few of its banking agents aimed at defrauding the bank through a process flow error that affected some third party agent banking transactions. In a statement dated September 1, 2021, Stanbic said the incident did not affect customer transactions or balances and agency
Read MoreMillers are stuck with sugar over limited market Ugandan sugar millers are stuck with a surplus of 160,000 metric tonnes of Sugar, the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association (USMA) has revealed. They say this is due to dwindling export market for Ugandan sugar. Against the above background, 14 sugar manufacturers today
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