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EACOP Is Offering Paid Internships To Ugandan University Students — Here Is Everything You Need To Apply Before April 13

EACOP Is Offering Paid Internships To Ugandan University Students — Here Is Everything You Need To Apply Before April 13

If you are a second, third, or fourth year university student looking for a high-profile internship that will add serious weight to your CV, the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project has just opened applications — and the deadline is April 13, 2025.The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (

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Tax on Used Clothes to Increase to 30%

Tax on Used Clothes to Increase to 30%

Government’s plan to double taxes on used clothes signals renewed industrial ambition but risks squeezing low-income consumers and destabilising a fragile garments sector. With local production still insufficient, the policy revives old debates: can protection drive growth without first fixing

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Uganda’s impeding debt crisis

Uganda’s impeding debt crisis

In a recent podcast of Bad Natives, I argued that there is a real risk of Uganda defaulting on her domestic bonds in two to three years. It makes little sense to judge a country’s debt sustainability using the debt-to-GDP ratio. GDP is not a resource of government which it can use to pay credit

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Uganda's presidential jet makes unexpected landing in US; Government speaks out

Uganda's presidential jet makes unexpected landing in US; Government speaks out

Flight data from FlightAware showed that the jet departed Uganda, made a stopover in Cape Verde, and later arrived in Savannah, Georgia, in the USUganda’s presidential jet has landed in the United States, sparking speculation after authorities gave no immediate official explanation for t

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Henry Musasizi Commends Progress at Ntungamo Coffee Park

Henry Musasizi Commends Progress at Ntungamo Coffee Park

The Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, has appreciated the progress of the Inspire Africa Coffee Park in Ntungamo during a visit he made alongside Amos Kankunda, the Chairman of the Finance, Planning and Economic Development Committee of Parliament,

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UMSC Nominates First Female Deputy Director of Sharia

UMSC Nominates First Female Deputy Director of Sharia

Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabugo has been nominated as the first female Deputy Director of Sharia at the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council, marking a historic step for women’s leadership in Uganda’s Muslim community.The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) has nominated Sheikhati Zainabu Nakabug

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Mao Invitation at NRM Caucus Meeting Sparks Bitter Gen. David Sejusa– Ofwono Opondo Clash as Speakership Race Turns Ugly

Mao Invitation at NRM Caucus Meeting Sparks Bitter Gen. David Sejusa– Ofwono Opondo Clash as Speakership Race Turns Ugly

A political storm has erupted in Uganda on social media after Justice Minister and Democratic Party President Norbert Mao was invited by the ruling party to address its parliamentary caucus ahead of the Speakership race, a move that has triggered a fierce and controversial clash between retired G

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Total resentment as Museveni considers promoting minister Haruna Kasolo

Total resentment as Museveni considers promoting minister Haruna Kasolo

After being despised and dismissed as crude, too local, aloof and unsophisticated, Kyotera-born politician Haruna Kasolo late last year proved sceptics wrong when he unexpectedly prevailed against a strong tide. He moved out to become the ruling NRM party vice chairman for Buganda region.H

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Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

Minister Haruna Kasolo KyeyuneAfter being despised and dismissed as crude, too local, aloof and unsophisticated, Kyotera-born politician Haruna Kasolo late last year proved sceptics wrong when he unexpectedly prevailed against a strong tide. He moved out to become the ruling NRM party vice

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Minister Jim Muhwezi’s Wife Lands New Juicy Job

Minister Jim Muhwezi’s Wife Lands New Juicy Job

Security minister Maj Gen (Rtd) Jim Muhwezi’s wife Susan Muhwezi Kabonero has landed a new juicy job. Susan Muhwezi has been appointed a Board Member of the Private Sector Foundation (PSFU) representing the tourism and hospitality sector.Uganda’s apex body for the private sector, the P

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