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Taban Amin, the son to former Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada, has been named the deputy head of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO). ISO is the intelligence branch of the country's security apparatus. This development was revealed by the army spokesperson, Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso. It also followed a reshuffle

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni says the country's economy has grown by leaps and bounds to a stage where it can sustain itself. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni speaking at the 58th Independence anniversary on Friday. "Uganda’s economy has transformed to a level where the Country will be self-sufficient and achieve sustainable economic growth

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has reportedly postponed youth elections for Northern Uganda   following a fake Interim Order purportedly from the Registrar Civil Division of the High Court. The order purportedly restrains the holding of NRM Youth Elections for Northern Uganda. In a statement dated October 9, 2020, the Judiciary

Modernizing agriculture requires cheaper loans Uganda is considering setting up an agricultural bank to enable farmers easily access cheaper credit, President Yoweri Museveni has said. He blasted commercial banks for failing farmers on access to credit, saying that they are only interested in funding traders to import. The President made

President Yoweri Museveni has lashed out at MPs for rejecting the plan to construct roads in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), saying the roads are aimed at boosting trade between the two nations. He said the project will have to be conducted. The President made the remarks in

Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, the Deputy Attorney General, returning to his seat after presenting his report on the nomination dates Legislators are displeased by the government’s refusal not to extend nomination time by the requested 14 days for local government and parliamentary contenders, citing the government’s sabotage of its citizens. This

Africa's economy may rebound next year The World Bank says the coronavirus pandemic has reversed a decade of hard-won growth in Africa and could lead to a 3.3% contraction of its economy in 2020. But the bank predicted that growth would rebound next year. Africa has so far escaped the

Finance minister, Hon. Matia Kasaija, updating the House on the compensation due to Ugandans who traded with South Sudan in 2008 Parliament has criticised government over delayed compensation of Ugandan traders who supplied goods to the Government of South Sudan in 2008, even after Parliament appropriated funds for the same