All Ugandan government vehicles to be electric, locally made
Uganda’s new national e-mobility strategy is focused on domestic vehicle manufacturing, battery production, charging infrastructure and specialised human capital d...
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Uganda to restrict car spareparts imports as Kiira Motors steps up local production
Uganda’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation has announced plans to seek restriction of spare parts importation to allow the country's indigenous car ma...
Museveni To Commission Uganda’s Anti-Tick Vaccine Production
President Museveni is expected to launch the first anti-trick vaccine developed by Ugandan researchers. The new vaccine has been dubbed a game-changer with the ability to...
Stuff Betty Amongi Shouldn’t Get Away With During NBS Interview
The NBS TV is soon hosting outgoing Uganda’s gender minister Betty Amongi. But as they do, there are things, the tough questions, which must be put to Amongi so th...
Museveni Signs Tough New Drug Law As Uganda Cracks Down On Counterfeits & Unsafe Medicines
President Yoweri Museveni has signed into law the National Drug and Health Products Authority Act, 2025, marking a major shift in Uganda’s fight against counterfei...
Gender Ministry Officials Accused of Sharing 30 Acres of Land as Ministries Frustrate M7’s Kampiringisa Fertilizers Project-80BN PROJECT AT STAKE!
In his 12th October 2023 letter, President Museveni introduced Intracom company owned by a Burundian billionaire and directed the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to help...
Museveni Commissions New UGX1.1 Trillion Cement Plant In Moroto, Warns URA off Taxes
Uganda’s heavy reliance on imported clinker—costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars annually—has long strained the economy and limited th...
Moroto: Uganda Moves to Cut Clinker Importation as Museveni Commissions Yaobai Factory
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, in the company of the Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia, H.E Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, has today presided over the commissioning of Ph...
Winners, losers as MPs pass new taxes
Effective July 1, all importers of secondhand clothes will have to pay an extra charge of 30 percent, up from the current 15 percent, should the President sign into law t...
Bill Seeking to Ban Importation of Cars Older than 13 Years Collapses: Parliament’s rejection of the proposed 13-year vehicle import limit underscores the difficult balance between environmental reform and economic reality
Parliament has withdrawn the Traffic & Road Safety (Amendment) Bill, 2026, halting plans to reduce the vehicle import age limit from 15 to 13 years. Lawmakers cited affor...