CSOs Urge Govt to Invest in Research for Safer Food Systems
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) across Uganda have issued a strong call to government to urgently invest in national research institutes and universities to develop be...
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Govt Targets Grassroots Prosperity with Expanded Wealth Creation Budget
The Ministry of Finance has announced that over Shs 8.03 trillion has already been channelled into Uganda’s key wealth creation programmes—namely the Parish Developme...
Uganda Urged to Cut Remittance Costs to Spur Diaspora Investment
Uganda has been urged to reduce the high cost of sending money from abroad, with officials and development experts warning that current transfer fees are discouraging rem...
Museveni Gives Financial Boost to Masaka, Mpigi Roadside Market Vendors
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has continued to offer financial support to roadside market vendors, with an aim of improving their household incomes.For the last three...
NUP Vows Full Participation in upcoming youth elections
The National Unity Platform (NUP) has set its sights on sweeping the upcoming youth elections, but tensions with the Electoral Commission are already surfacing.The party...
Namugongo Clears Slowly As Stranded Pilgrims Wait For Transport
Traffic inched forward from Kyaliwajjala towards Namugongo on Wednesday morning, as pilgrims who had gathered to commemorate Uganda Martyrs Day struggled to find transpor...
Musk turns on Republicans - and gives Trump's big bill a harder path
For 130 days, tech billionaire Elon Musk was a "special government employee" working inside the Trump administration to slash what he said were wasteful government progra...
Bill Gates to give most of his $200bn fortune to Africa
Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years.The 69-year-old said...
Todwong Welcomes NUP's Alionzi to NRM
The NRM Secretary General, Richard Todwong has received former Makerere University guild president, Lawrence Alionzi, commonly known as Dangote to the ruling NRM party.A...
Why getting married abroad could land you with a HUGE bill from the taxman
Couples marrying abroad could be landed with a huge inheritance tax bill if their foreign wedding is not legally binding, a husband and wife have warned.Antonia Medlicott...