Hundreds of Passengers Stranded as Taxi Crackdown Bites
Hundreds of passengers were left stranded across the Kampala metropolitan area on Monday as traffic police launched a crackdown on commuter taxis in dangerous mechanical...
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LEGS LOAN CRISIS! Sh2.7Bn MSC Lending Scandal, Sh62.53Bn Write-Offs and 52% Default Rate Expose Microfinance Support Centre Collapse Under Rural Growth Programme
A deepening financial crisis has engulfed the Microfinance Support Centre (MSC), the main lending arm of Government’s Local Economic Growth Support Project (LEGS), afte...
Iran president admits citizens facing ‘many problems’ amid US sanctions
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has acknowledged the mounting economic difficulties confronting citizens as the United States intensifies sanctions aimed at further i...
Finance minister pledges gov’t support as Roofings unveils $125 million steel plant in Namanve
Finance Minister Henry Musasizi has pledged continued government support for Uganda’s manufacturing sector as the country pushes to expand local production, value addit...
Uganda’s 230,000-Barrel Oil Plan Nears Export Stage
Rubondo inspecting the pre-oil production process in HoimaHOIMA, Uganda — Uganda’s planned 230,000-barrel-a-day oil industry moved closer to production after the East...
Buyende police probe murder of traditional healer found buried in banana plantation
Police inspect the burial pit where Elizabeth Namukose’s body was found. Police in Buyende District are investigating the suspected murder of Elizabeth Namukose, a 56-y...
UEGCL HOME PROJECT! Sh6.61Bn Still Sitting Idle at Stanbic Bank as Karuma, Isimba Dams Skills Programme Gets Two-Year Extension
A major Government-backed programme aimed at strengthening Uganda’s capacity to operate and maintain the Karuma and Isimba hydropower plants has ended its original impl...
Ugandan pupils to study for max 3 hours per day under new primary curriculum
Nursery pupilsUgandan pupils in lower primary could spend a maximum of three hours a day in structured learning under a new competency-based curriculum (CBC) expected to...
SCANDALOUS AND WASTEFUL: Equal Opportunities Commission Abandons Bugolobi Office, Opting For Shs2.5bn Annual Rent At Sudhir’s Kingdom Kampala
KAMPALA, Uganda — Parliament’s Gender Committee has questioned the Equal Opportunities Commission’s decision to spend Shs2.5 billion annually on office space at Kin...
NRM's Namayanja Urges Nakaseke Farmers to Turn Agriculture into a Path Out of Poverty
NRM Deputy Secretary General Rose Namayanja has urged farmers in Nakaseke District to embrace agriculture and strengthen their farming activities as a way of fighting hou...