Bank of Uganda launches three-year pilot to buy domestic gold for reserves
The Bank of Uganda has started buying gold mined in the country and will add it to the official foreign exchange reserves, shifting part of the national safety net from d...
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Directors Face Jail as Uganda Government Investigates 20 Gold Companies: Police & Energy Ministry Inquiring into Alleged Fraud
The chief police publicist Kituma Rusoke has corroborated the Energy Ministry’s Geology & Mining Commissioner Agnes Alaba’s information indicating that a to...
DR Congo, M23 Rebels Agree on Humanitarian Access, Prisoner Release in Swiss talks
MONTREUX, Switzerland: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Alliance Fleuve Congo/March 23 (AFC/M23) rebel group announced on Saturday they had made...
Street Boys Fill Gap Amid 60% Plastic Crisis
Peter Lotimo on red and another street boy picking waste plastic bottles along one of the streets in Soroti CitySOROTI – Every morning before the streets of Soroti...
Rubondo Urges Rotarians to Act Early as Oil Sector Enters Execution Phase
Petroleum Authority Executive Director has urged professionals and entrepreneurs to take immediate advantage of opportunities in Uganda’s oil and gas sector, empha...
Parliament Rejects UGX300 Billion Request For Rural Electrification
Parliament has rejected a proposal by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development to allocate an additional 300 billion Shillings for rural electrification in the 2026...
MPs Push to Reinstate Rural Electrification Agency Amid Power Access Concerns
Lawmakers are demanding the revival of the Rural Electrification Agency, arguing that electricity access in rural Uganda has slowed since its dissolution, even as governm...
Senior Legal Officer Breaks Down Uganda’s Mining Law From Prospecting to Extraction
KAMPALA, Uganda – A breakdown of Uganda’s mining law, from prospecting to extraction, shows that mineral development follows a structured licensing sequence...
The geography of power and the price of ignorance
When commenting on the 1980–1988 Iraq–Iran war, Henry Kissinger once remarked that it was “a pity both sides can’t loseâ€. It was a chilli...
World Bank Concerned Over Uganda’s Growth Not Corresponding With Improvement In People’s Livelihoods
‎‎The World Bank has hailed Uganda’s high economic growth rates but noted that this is not corresponding with the improvement in people’s liveli...