The Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises (GROW) Project has disbursed Shs18.9b in loans to 1,193 women entrepreneurs across Uganda, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Ms Betty Amongi, announced. "The 83 per cent loans going to women in small busines
Uganda's Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Betty Amongi, has revealed that refugee girls face âunique threatsâ, including sexual violence exacerbated by the lack of access to education, healthcare, and protection. Speaking at the launch of Plan International's
Moses Lokiru, Moroto – The Government of Uganda has suffered a significant financial loss due to the failure of stone dealers in Karamoja to remit royalties. Investigations have revealed that over Shs 1 billion was diverted to individuals within the police mineral protection unit deployed in the r
The death of athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who was doused in petrol and set ablaze by her former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, has renewed questions on governmentâs implementation of the Domestic Violence Act. The 33-year-old was last week buried in Bukwo District, days after Ma
Lango cultural leaders are split on organising another election after a just concluded vote for the Lango Paramount Chief or Won Nyaci.Both the government and majority members of the Lango tribe are opposed to the
As we report, things are likely to turn south for Dr. Daniel Ayen Okello, the son of the former Uganda’s President Dr. Milton Obote (RIP).According to highly placed sources at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Dr. Okello’s re-appointment as the D
What you need to know:President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on May 1 demanded that companies recruit employees on a permanent rather than a temporary basis. If this declaration is carried out, it will impose mandatory employment contracts and set working con
A cloud of sorrow continues to hoover above the home of the Late Cecilia Ogwal and the entire Lango region which she had represented in parliament for a whooping 28 years since the early 1990s.Her body landed on Sunday 21st at Entebbe Airport aboard a Fly Emirates cargo plane from India. A
