The Ugandan government has presented a set of demands to the international community, including funding agencies, in response to the increasing burden of hosting refugees. Uganda currently hosts around 1.7 million refugees, straining the country’s resources as donor funding declines.
You seemed so focused in training businesswomen and entrepreneurs. Why is that so important to you?Uganda has been ranked by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor as one of the most entrepreneurial countries in the world with 30 percent of Ugandans starting businesses annually. But not many of
Local leaders in Kyotera District have tasked the government to explain the delayed commencement of the Mutukula Regional Market which has failed to take off four years after a foundation stone was laid. The Shs2 trillion project had started in 2020 but stalled a few months due to the Co
The hope of paving roads from the Ugandan border to cities in the Democratic Republic of Congo has got a lease of life after the transport ministers of both countries signed an amended agreement to develop them. The Uganda Minister of Works and Transport, Gen Edward Katumba Wamala, and h
Tension is building up in Kayunga District following last Friday’s clash between the Banyala ethnic group and Mengo loyalists after the former seized a building belonging to the latter. There is heavy deployment at the facility to quell any likely chaos. A section of the Banyala ca
President Museveni commended King Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumbere of the Rwenzururu Kingdom for his efforts in promoting peace since his return from nearly seven years of incarceration following his arrest in November 2016. His arrest occurred after a UPDF raid on his royal palace in Kas
KAMPALA – President Museveni has told public school teachers across Uganda that the government remains committed to enhancing their salaries, but the increase will be implemented in phases. Speaking at the
You will be making 79 in November. With the benefit of hindsight, has Independence been worth it? Independence was a positive development that came at the right time. Colonialism was no longer viable. But, I am not sure whether we have successfully utilised Independence to the advantage
A Kampala banker, Joel Acidri Cadribo, has been remanded by the Standards, Utilities, and Wildlife Court after failing to produce the suspect he stood surety for. Cadribo, an employee at a city based bank, was arrested on 7 October 2024 and brought before the court for failing to fulfill his respons
Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose government is trying to stop a sports bets craze consuming household incomes, said on Sunday he will ban online betting if regulation does not cure "addiction" by bettors. Soccer-mad and bet-loving Brazilians have fallen hard for sports b
