President Yoweri Museveni has stepped in to address the ongoing conflict between sugar millers and sugarcane outgrowers over the fluctuation in sugarcane prices. This intervention comes after prolonged disagreements about the pricing of raw cane. Mr Museveni’s intervention is contained
A section of election observers in Uganda has asked the government to speed up the process of coming up with a law regulating the commercialization of politics as the 2025/ 2026 general elections draw closer. The executive director of Alliance for Finance Monitoring (ACFIM), Mr Henry Mug
The High Court in Masaka has scheduled September 27 to deliver a ruling on a case concerning the eviction of over 80 residents to facilitate the construction of the crude oil pipeline project. The case is being heard by Masaka High Court resident judge Lawrence Tweyanze. The Attorney
There was outrage on social media after Multichoice Uganda subscribers learnt that the service provider had hiked its premium contentâs pricing for DStv and GOtv once again as it struggles to balance its costs with the fast-shrinking market. The price increments average 3
Members of Parliament from northern Uganda have tasked the government to fast-track the gazettement and development of key monuments and cultural heritage sites as an ingredient to spur the economic development of the region.
According to the National Emergency Coordination and Operations Centre (NECOC), a loose outfit for disaster risk monitoring and profiling, in the Office of Prime Minister (OPM), large swathes of the Mt Elgon ranges are uninhabitable owing to susceptibility to a
The Third Deputy Prime Minister, Ms Rukia Isanga Nakadama, has cautioned importers of disability aids and equipment against charging high prices, despite government granting them tax waivers.In her address to participants attending a three-day 7th Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) / C
Schools open today for the third term that will see some students promoted to the next class or level or conclude their primary or secondary school journey.Dr Joyce Kaducu, the State Minister of Primary Education, said the 82-day term would run up to December 6. She said since there would
Since its inception in 2020, the National Unity Platform (NUP) has turned introduction ceremonies (customary marriage) in its Buganda cradle into spaces used to spread its gospel of change. Whilst historically an introduction in Buganda has always been an apolitical ceremony for a few
The amount of money that the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co Ltd (UETCL) spends to transmit electricity has significantly risen due to an ageing grid, a 2023 value-for-money audit by the Auditor General (AG) has revealed.The audit shows that the actual expenditure for some of the activi
