Job losses loom as Unra, URF tangle over rationalisation
Controversy has continued to brew over the government’s Rationalisation of Agencies and Public Expenditure (Rapex) with the Uganda National Road Agency (Unra) and Ugand...
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Corruption Dominates Museveni’s Meeting with Permanent Secretaries
President Museveni had cautioned Uganda’s Permanent Secretaries against engaging in acts of corruption. “On corruption, you have the lead role because you are the on...
Whose Vision? Lira City’s Fate Hangs in Balance As Aceng, Amongi Lock Horns in Battle for Woman MP Seat, 2026
A high-stakes meeting between President Yoweri Museveni, ministers and NRM MPs, and NRM-leaning independent MPs from Lango took place at State House, Entebbe on Friday 18...
Govt job renewals will be based on project performance, Ggoobi tells accounting officers
The Ministry of Finance has warned accounting officers to ensure that projects under their ministries, departments, and agencies are executed within set timelines, failur...
Netherlands explores plan to send rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda
The conservative Dutch government is weighing a plan to send rejected African asylum seekers to Uganda, the country's trade and development minister said late on Wednesda...
We should create markets we have control over, says Rwabwogo
The Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development chairman, Mr Odrek Rwabwogo has said Uganda should create markets that it has control over. Spea...
URA asks companies earning Shs500m annually to submit audited books
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has rolled out new income tax compliance measures that will require businesses with an annual turnover of Shs500m and above to submit audit...
Census results: PWDs reject ‘erroneous’ data
They advise Ubos to revisit its data collection methodologies to account for the challenges faced by people with disabilities, such as underreporting and lack of access t...
Economy posts positive results despite negative predictions
The country’s economic performance got a positive nod in the second quarter of the year, between April and June 2024, expanding by 6.6 percent, despite predictions by a...
Quality Chemical to set up $50m TB, cancer drugs plant
Quality Chemical Industries, formerly Cipla Quality Chemical, is in negotiations to open a new manufacturing plant to produce new medications. The plant, if realised, wil...