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Here’s why AI is Uganda’s fastest route to a $500 billion economy

Here’s why AI is Uganda’s fastest route to a $500 billion economy

It is a bold call to embrace the one laptop per child policy and digitize education to achieve Uganda’s $500 billion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dream and accelerate East African economic integrationA HISTORIC MANDATE DEMANDS A HISTORIC RESPONSEPlease accept my warmest, most sinc

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Uganda Parliament Passes Law to Expand Magistrates’ Jurisdiction

Uganda Parliament Passes Law to Expand Magistrates’ Jurisdiction

Committee chairperson, Hon. Baka MugabiKAMPALA – A new law aimed at increasing the financial jurisdiction of magistrates, enhancing sentencing powers and streamlining court procedures awaits presidential assent, a move lawmakers say will reduce case backlog at the High Court and improve

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Hon. Mawanda Receives MP Lochap Peterkhen at PLU Secretariat in Naguru, Holds Talks on Strengthening Grassroots Support

Hon. Mawanda Receives MP Lochap Peterkhen at PLU Secretariat in Naguru, Holds Talks on Strengthening Grassroots Support

KAMPALA, Uganda –– Hon. Michael Mawanda, Director of Mobilization for the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), today received a courtesy visit at the PLU Secretariat in Naguru from Hon. Lochap Peterkhen, Member of Parliament for Bokora East County, Napak District.The meeting focused on st

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Total resentment as Museveni considers promoting minister Haruna Kasolo

Total resentment as Museveni considers promoting minister Haruna Kasolo

After being despised and dismissed as crude, too local, aloof and unsophisticated, Kyotera-born politician Haruna Kasolo late last year proved sceptics wrong when he unexpectedly prevailed against a strong tide. He moved out to become the ruling NRM party vice chairman for Buganda region.H

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Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

Minister Haruna Kasolo KyeyuneAfter being despised and dismissed as crude, too local, aloof and unsophisticated, Kyotera-born politician Haruna Kasolo late last year proved sceptics wrong when he unexpectedly prevailed against a strong tide. He moved out to become the ruling NRM party vice

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Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

Fresh Fears as Museveni Ponders Giving Big Cabinet job to Haruna Kasolo-Actors Behind his Political Rise Revealed

After being despised and dismissed as crude, too local, aloof and unsophisticated, Kyotera-born politician Haruna Kasolo late last year proved sceptics wrong when he unexpectedly prevailed against a strong tide. He moved out to become the ruling NRM party vice chairman for Buganda region.H

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Kamuli launches multi-billion projects to boost infrastructure, jobs

Kamuli launches multi-billion projects to boost infrastructure, jobs

The initiatives include the construction of Kagumba Sub-county Headquarters valued at Shs150 million, a three-classroom block at Edhirumamwino Primary School—pledged by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni—and the upgrade of the Balawoli–Kyamatende landing site road.RDC Rose Birungi leads the grou

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How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

How Mobile Money Taxes Are Squeezing Life Ouf of Small Businesses

Rising mobile money transaction and withdrawal charges are increasingly eating into the profits of small businesses in Uganda, with traders and MSMEs warning that the high cost of digital transactions could slow the country’s push toward a digital economy.Mobile money has revolutionized

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Uganda’s First Oil: A Defining Countdown to Economic Transformation and Energy Sovereignty

Uganda’s First Oil: A Defining Countdown to Economic Transformation and Energy Sovereignty

KAMPALA – As every second, minute, hour, day, and month winds down, Uganda edges closer to its promise—the dawn of oil production.From drilling and completing wells to laying thousands of kilometres of pipeline, Uganda’s progress is unmistakable. Supporting infrastructure, central pr

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CABINET FEVER: Museveni’s VP Dilemma – and Why Northern, Busoga And Buganda Could Complicate Things For Alupo

CABINET FEVER: Museveni’s VP Dilemma – and Why Northern, Busoga And Buganda Could Complicate Things For Alupo

Following his confirmation as President in the gazette and the impending swearing‑in ceremony at Kololo, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni now turns to the delicate, almost ritualistic task of assembling the cabinet that will carry him through the next five years. In a series of projection repor

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