MPs Press Government to Compensate Karuma Dam Project Victims
Parliament has renewed pressure on the government to compensate people displaced by the Karuma Hydropower Project, as MPs also questioned the slow expansion of electricit...
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Gov’t Eyes UGX29Trn in New Loans for SGR, Roads and Water as Biggest Lenders to Uganda Named
Government through the Ministry of Finance, has unveiled a schedule of projects in the pipeline, indicating plans to borrow UGX29.079 trillion from various lenders to fin...
Power paradox: Why Busoga remains in the dark despite hosting Uganda's largest dams
Despite hosting some of Uganda’s largest hydroelectric power stations along the River Nile, thousands of residents across the Busoga sub-region continue to live without...
PAC Chair Bars References to PLU in Committee Proceedings
The Chairperson of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Patrick Nsamba Oshabe, has directed Members of Parliament to refrain from invoking political or mi...
Road to Blacklist: Nameere Gives Contractors Tough Choice
Dokolo, Uganda | State Minister for Local Government Justine Nameere has issued a stern warning to contractors, supervising engineers and technical officers against delay...
Gov’t Releases FY2026/2027 First Quarter Funds, Targets Economic Growth and Better Service Delivery
KAMPALA — The Government of Uganda has released expenditure limits for the first quarter of the Financial Year 2026/2027, prioritising programmes aimed at boosting...
ROTARY WAR EXPLODES! Expelled Members Drag Ssese Islands Club Bosses To Court As Old Controversies Return To Haunt Disciplinary Team
bitter internal war that has been simmering inside the Rotary Club of Kampala Ssese Islands has now burst into the open after five former members dragged the club and sev...
MPs divided over new UGX 84.3 trillion national budget
Ugandan members of Parliament are divided over the new 84.3 trillion shilling national budget for the 2026-2027 financial year, with ruling party lawmakers praising its i...
AfDB Agrees To Lend Uganda UGX2.4 Trillion For Malaba-Kampala SGR Construction
The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the African Development Bank has agreed to lend Uganda, US$650Million (UGX2.452Trn) out of the required Euro2.7Bn (UGX11.864Trn)...
SPECIAL REPORT | From Parliament to Power Lines: Ssekandi’s Clean Hands, Generous Heart and Quiet Leadership Continue to Illuminate Masaka
Masaka — In politics, many leaders rise like thunderstorms — loud, dramatic and impossible to ignore — only to disappear leaving behind debris of bro...