Why Ugandans can't build good homes
Ugandans are too broke to build a decent house, with only three in 10 able to acquire land, buy construction materials, and pay for labour to construct one. Ms Judith Nab...
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Foreign reserves fall to all time low
High public service costs continued to weigh heavily on Uganda’s foreign reserves, resulting in a drawdown of $144.1m (Shs528.7b) in the three months to July. In d...
Poor living longer, rich dying younger
In a tale of two lifestyles and mixed fortunes, some richer Ugandans are dying earlier while their poorer counterparts are living longer. Our analysis of two separate rep...
Govt pushes for mindset change among PDM beneficiaries
Government has tasked Enterprise Uganda to drive mindset change among Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries to maximise benefits in the programme that has been ong...
50% of agribusiness loan requests rejected - BoU
Close to half of agricultural loan applications are rejected, data in the Bank of Uganda 2024 Annual Report shows. The report, which reviews different funds managed by th...
New power tariffs excite Kalangala
Industrialists, cottage industry owners, and leaders in Kalangala District are optimistic about the newly-revised power tariffs announced by the Electricity Regulatory Au...
Tugende Mu Kikadde: Where nostalgia meets modernity
It is said old is gold, and music precisely does it in a special way because it evokes nostalgic memories of moments in time in our past. But lately, old music seems to t...
IGG recovers Shs2.3b in confiscated assets of thieving public officials
The Inspectorate of Government was able to recover Shs2.3b in confiscated assets of thieving public officials in the first half of the year, compared to the Shs15.7b mark...
High staff exits undermining banking sector stability, says BoU
Bank of Uganda (BoU) has said high staff turnover in some supervised financial institutions remained a key challenge in the year ended June 2024. The details, which are c...
Who holds the largest share of govt's domestic debt
Commercial banks hold the largest share of government’s domestic debt, according to the Debt Statistical Bulletin and Public Debt Portfolio Analysis by the Ministr...