The Parliamentary Committee on the National Economy has approved a government request to borrow Shs772 billion to address long-standing water supply challenges in four Ugandan districts.The funds will finance the Strategic Town Water Supply and Sanitation Project in Kayunga, Mayuge, Kamuli
President Museveni has directed local authorities in Kampala’s five divisions to conduct a thorough household census to guide equitable allocation of funds under the Parish Development Model (PDM).The directive came during his visit to Kyambogo Complex Parish in Nakawa Division on S
PHOTO/COURTESYFrank Gashumba, a polarizing Ugandan social commentator and businessman, has never shied away from voicing his opinions on matters of governance, often stirring controversy with his outspoken critiques.Recently, Gashumba has taken to social
Top-ranking officers in the Uganda Police Force and Uganda Prisons Service will now earn a uniform
A stark warning has been issued from the corridors of parliamentary oversight, painting a grim picture of Uganda's fiscal health.The Shadow Minister for Finance, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, has cast a critical spotlight on the government's ambitious, and arguably perilous, pl
As Parliament prepares to approve its policy statements guiding the 2025/26 national budget, scrutiny of its own financial plans reveals a potentially troubling trend: more money allocated to political administration than to the core legislative committees that drive parliamentary scrutiny and ov
Rajini Tailor, a renowned businessman and former Buganda Kingdom minister, has been embroiled in a debt dispute with the Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation, resulting in his recent detention at Luzira Prison. The dispute centres on unpaid rent arrears amounting to approximately Shs148 million
Grasshoppers, locally known as nsenene, are here again. The nsenene usually appear around late October through November and part of early December. However, last year they delayed, which created anxiety among trappers and traders who always make a killing from selling the delicious insec
Bank of Uganda has said in its monetary policy report of October 2024, which it released on Monday that in the three months to September 2024, the shilling appreciated by 1.9 percent, which indicates that Uganda’s domestic financial market has continued to remain stable. The appreciati
Coffee farmers in Bukomansimbi District are reaping big and savouring the fruits of labour from growing the brown beans. The farmers are now happy owners of gleaming houses and sleek cars while their children have guaranteed access to good schools that were once out of reach for most of
