Ghana’s search for Umeme
Ghana is considering reform in the energy sector, with Umeme in mind How this West African country is looking to the success Uganda has just destroyed to solve its electricity crisisTH
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Museveni Convenes Landmark Tripartite Meeting for Uganda, C.A.R, South Sudan for 1,100km Road Project
President Museveni has convened a tripartite meeting at Fort Portal State Lodge with delegations from the Central African Republic, South Sudan, and Uganda.The meeting aimed to initiate plans for a Tripartite 1,100 km road project designed to connect Uganda and the Central A
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Another YY Coach Involved in Road Accident Near Karuma Junction, Several Injured
A YY Coach bus belonging to the popular YY Bus Company was involved in a serious accident earlier today just a few kilometers past Karuma Junction in U
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Museveni Commissions Kampala Flyover, Warns Against Littering
President Museveni has commissioned the $81 million Kampala Flyover, urging city residents to stop littering and maintain cleanliness in the capital.The commissioning ceremony, held on Wednesday afternoon, marked a significant milestone in improving Kampala’s infrastructure and easi
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VIDEO: Questions linger over Shs10 trillion SGR cost
In early March 2017, panic-stricken officials from Uganda’s ministries of Works and Finance, dashed to Dar es Salaam to “compare notes” with their Tanzanian counterparts on among others, variations in prices of their disassociated Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) projects. President Mu
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How Karuma closure disrupts supply chain
At about 5.45am, Lawrence Waka drives his delivery van—a Probox—from Kamdini Town centre to Atura Landing Site. It is at this former ferry docking site, located 12km away from Kamdini, where Waka picks newspaper copies and courier packages for circulation. Since being assigned th
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Govt upholds vehicle charges for Murchison Falls National Park transit
Uganda's State Minister for Wildlife and Antiquities, Mr Martin Mugarra Bahinduka, has reaffirmed that the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) will continue charging vehicles transiting through Murchison Falls National Park. "The tarmacking of this road does not justify the change of its sta
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JB Omara, ANT Coordinator in Oyam, Urges Gov’t for Alternative Footpath Across Karuma Bridge
J.B. Omara, the Acting Coordinator for the Alliance for National Transformation Political Party (ANT) in Oyam district, has urged the government to establish an alternative footpath across Karuma Bridge. He said this would facilitate easier access and alleviate the challenges faced by passeng
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Uganda unveils 600MW Karuma Hydropower Plant
A single flooding incident at Isimba Hydropower Plant in August 2022, plunged Uganda into darkness. The incident, which resulted in the emergency shutdown of the 183MW Isimba, coincided with a periodic maintenance of some of the generational units at the 250MW B
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Energy officials tasked by Museveni to lower electricity rates
The President argued that low electricity tariffs and low cost of transportation of goods and services are key components for propelling the Ugandan economy to the upper rungs of middle-income status. “If you want a modern economy, you must handle the four sectors as I have told you bu