The Ministry of Finance has laid out budget priorities for the 2025/26 financial year, focusing on agro-industrialisation, tourism development, minerals-based industrial development including oil and gas, and science, technology, and innovation. The budget, which will maintain the full m
The Uganda National Roads Authority (Unra) has added a second ferry at the Masindi Port to ease transport to northern Uganda ahead of the planned closure of the Karuma Bridge, scheduled to begin on September 23. The Unra media relations manager, Mr Allan Ssempebwa, said the new ferry wil
Themed “Joining Hands to advance Modernization and build a High-Level China-Africa Community with a Shared Future,” the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) was a big success and highlighted the common pursuit of China and African countries in realizing modernizat
Kampala is projected to experience a population surge of at least 58 percent, growing from approximately four million to seven million by 2035, as detailed in the World Population Review based on the UN World Urbanisation Prospects. This report suggests that without appropriate interventions
Human rights activists have called for the implementation of non-custodial sentences to address Uganda’s prison congestion. The Commissioner of Prisons, Mr Apollo Baker Asinga, noted that between 2014 and 2015, the total prison population was about 42,619, but this number has since inc
President Museveni has underscored the critical role of peace and security in fostering business success. Addressing participants during the fifth Bi-Annual Private Sector CEO retreat in Kampala on Monday, the President emphasised that the absence of security impedes business operations.
Police and other stakeholders have expressed concern over the rising number of road accidents in recent months that have claimed several lives and left others injured. Since the start of the year, police have reported an average of between 60 and 80 people dying in road accidents every w
The Nabagereka Development Foundation, spearheaded by the Nabagereka of Buganda, Sylvia Nagginda, continues its mission of reviving cultural values and traditions through its latest initiative, “Obuntu Bulamu” (Humanity). Established in 2000 to foster the positive cultural values of the Buganda
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned leaders against using money in politics, saying that it’s against the National Resistance Movement (NRM)’s 4th principle of democracy. “With Principle No.4 (democracy), we must remove the pollution of using money in politics. Let all leader
The year 2023 was confirmed as the warmest on record, with the average global temperature reaching 1.45°C, according to a World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report. This alarming increase in global warming is largely attributed to human-induced climate change, further exacerbated
