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How Financial Year 2024/25 UGX 72 Trillion Budget Will Be Funded
The 2024/25 financial year budget of UGX 72.1 trillion provides a totally challenging role for the…
State Of The Nation: President Says Economy Growing Amidst Pockets Of Corruption
President Yoweri Museveni used his State of the Nation Address for the year ending 30th June…
Government Turns Focus on Hoima Stadium After Namboole Approval Ahead of AFCON 2027
Questions about whether the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole is fit for international matches are now out…
Inside Three Bills Recently Signed By President Museveni
There are several Bills passed by Parliament under the Rationalisation of Government Agencies and Public Expenditure…
Financial Year 2024/2025 National Budget Could Hit UGX 60 Trillion
Parliament has received the proposed National Budget for financial year 2024/25 with expenditures estimated to be…
Six new ‘fishermen’ in Museveni’s Cabinet come with NUP baggage
Nearly two years after President Yoweri Museveni described his Cabinet for this term as “fishermen and…
New law would restrict surrogacy in Uganda to infertility
The Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi, is proposing to have surrogacy in Uganda…
Agriculture Ministry officials face questions over importing sickly but expensive goats
While the Government of Uganda has introduced several poverty reduction programmes targeting the field of community…
Parliament gives Government work on rationalisation of agencies Bills
Bukanga North Member of Parliament, Nathan Byanyima should consider himself a short-time winner after the Government…
Uganda says not involved in internal conflict in DR Congo
Uganda has said the country’s army is not involved in the internal conflict in the eastern…
Debate on skyrocketing school fees returns to Parliament as academic year opens
The debate about the skyrocketing school fees in both top public schools and private schools in…
Government plans to spend Shs 52.722 trillion in 2024/25 financial year as Parliament passed Budget Framework Paper
Parliament on Tuesday approved the national Budget Framework Paper (BFP) for financial year 2024/25 with several…
Government needs Shs668.6b to vaccinate 44 million domestic animals against Foot and Mouth Disease
The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Frank Tumwebaze has revealed that the government…
MPs demand stopping of Lubowa Specialised hospital project amid fears of public debts hitting Shs100 trillion mark.
Members of Parliament sitting on the Committee on Health have asked Government to suspend funding for…
Inside Uganda’s groundbreaking Energy Transition Plan unveiled at COP28
At the forefront of global climate action, Uganda, in collaboration with the International Energy Agency (IEA),…
New technology to deal an end to trade bottlenecks launched in East Africa
One of the reasons trade among the East African partner states is not flourishing has always…
Inside the Shs6.8 trillion loans Government is procuring as the year ends.
When Speaker Anita Among adjourned Parliament Sine Die (without a specific resumption date), the mood in…
How Somalia will benefit on East African Community high table
Somalia, a war-torn country in the horn of Africa has achieved it is long desire of…
Issues shaping DR Congo presidential election campaigns as opposition battle President Tshisekedi
December 20, 2023 will mark yet another chance for the about 100m Congolese to witness a…
Rwenzururu King calls on ADF combatants to seek amnesty
When the Omusinga (King) of Rwenzururu, Charles Wesley Mumbere the Irema-Ngoma landed returned home on October…
Tough penalties for Ugandan alcohol addicts as MP Sarah Opendi tables new Bill
Tororo District Woman Member of Parliament, Sarah Opendi has proposed a 10-year jail term or a…
Standoff Escalates: Uganda’s opposition firm in face of government pressure
The impasse between parliamentary leadership and the opposition has spiraled into a new standoff as the…
Government finalizes plan to close down budget consuming agencies
Much as Parliament has halted the plan by the government to table the Constitutional Amendment Bill,…
Continental experts say reducing consumption of drugs may end trafficking in Africa
African Union experts have suggested that the fight against drug trafficking on the continental may not…
Hope for easy transportation of exports and imports through Kenya by EAC landlocked states as funds for Expressway project secured
Mombasa port in Kenya is the known channel for cargo both for import and export to…
Oil companies reluctant to cease total fuel importing monopoly to UNOC
When Energy and Mineral Development Minister, Ruth Nankabirwa tabled the Petroleum Supply (Amendment) Bill, 2023 early…
Experts point at limited knowledge in aflatoxin prevention and control in food on the market in East Africa
There have been cases where partner States in the East African Community accuse one another of…
Agriculture Minister Tumwebaze tables a Bill to regulate production and sale of Animal feeds.
The government has proposed a five-year jail term for anyone convicted for importing or exporting unregulated…
23 candidates gang up against President Tshisekedi ahead of DR Congo December elections
On January 24, 2019 when then President elect Felix Tshisekedi took the oath in Kinshasa, Democratic…
Unused covid vaccines set to expire as lawmakers seek assurance on locally made jabs
The whole world may currently be out of the main danger posed by the Covid-19 pandemic…
King Mumbere recounts his long walk to freedom and promises a new Rwenzururu on homecoming
Rwennzururu King (Omusinga) Charles Wesley Mumbere finally stepped foot in his Kingdom for the first time…
A recap of the proposed Marriage and Divorce Bill as mover Opendi gears up for tabling in Parliament
In the 9th Parliament, the government introduced a controversial legislation that was opposed by majority of…
Tasks ahead as Uganda joins Kenya and Tanzania to host Afcon 2027
Uganda’s return to the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) 2027 has partially been sealed after the…
Removing Visa restrictions for DRC nationals to widen EAC trade
The entry of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC) last…
Has Parliament lost the battle against exorbitant fees structures in public and private schools?
Uganda has been running a liberalized education sector with the privately owned schools mostly propriated in…
Absentee Ministers face tough task on transfer to other dockets
When President Yoweri Museveni makes a midterm reshuffle as expected sometime this year, Ministers who will…
Proposed local content law to wait a little longer
When Kassanda North Member of Parliament, Patrick Oshabe Nsamba was granted leave to introduce a Private…
Tough penalties for drug dealers, abuses as small-scale farmers of Khat lose battle in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Bill is passed.
Any Ugandans planning to venture into the commercial production of Khat locally known as Miraa will…
Refurbishment of Kampala-Malaba railway line set as Parliament approves Shs809b loan.
Traders who transport their cargo from the Mombasa port in Kenya on the road will have…
Why nursery teacher training institutions are seeking reform in national teacher policy
The Pre-primary Teacher Training Institutions Association of Uganda (PPTTIA-U) has asked Parliament to recommend to the…
Government proposals tough penalties in new law on Explosives
Parliament is set to repeal the Explosives Act, 1936 to cater for defects in the 87-year-old…
Rwenzururu Kingdom seeks Shs9b for King Mumbere return
Preparations are in high gear for the Rwenzururu Kingdom subjects to welcome back their King (Omusinga)…
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic substances Bill suffers legal setback ahead of House debate
Parliament recently failed to debate and potentially pass the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Bill, 2023…
Government ordered to sort out issues threatening student loan scheme as thousands likely to miss out
Parliament has directed the government to take action on the report by the Committee on Commissions,…
How Congolese are preparing for December 20 elections as President Tshisekedi seeks second term
In December 2018, millions of voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo participated in an election…
Government teams up with Tycoon Sudhir to build world class convention centre ahead of NAM 2023
In 2007, Uganda’s government pulled off one of the most successful international events when the Pearl…
Hope for litigants as number of High Court Judges to raise
One of the troubles a judicial officer has to deal with is delivering judgements that can…
Deputy Speaker Tayebwa demands government action as DNA tests threaten marriages
Towards the end of June, 2023, mainstream media in Uganda was awash with stories on the…
A look at the East African Community budget for next financial year, what are the priorities
During the month of June, partner states of the East African Community present their national budgets…
Karamoja MPs give up on iron sheets, retain hope in probe into goats’ scandal
Members of Parliament from Karamoja sub-region want the investigations into the mismanagement of the distribution of…
EAC Heads of State make give new directives as concerns over ceasefire violations in eastern DRC rise
The Heads of State summit of the East African Community has condemned the reported ceasefire violations…
Kenya President Ruto wants EAC partner states to raise cash for political confederation Constitution
The President of Kenya, Dr William Ruto has suggested that the seven partner states should contribute…
Government reintroduces narcotic drugs bill after Court nullified the 2016 law
Government has tabled the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Bill, 2023 as a way of reintroducing…
Inside President Museveni State of the Nation Address for 2023
Ahead of the 2023/2024 financial year, the government will focus on 11 priorities to ensure a…
Female legislators raise a red flag on imposition of tax on diapers in Uganda.
A week after Parliament overwhelmingly approved tax on both children and adult diapers, a section of…
Legislators continue to push for sacking of errant Accounting Officers as taxpayers continue to suffer losses.
On April 12, 2023, Parliament directed the Executive to within one week furnish it with information…
Hope for Kilembe Mines hospital reconstruction hangs on prospective copper mining investors
The recurrent flooding of River Nyamwamba and other main rivers in Kasese district has caused a…
Parliament to probe Shs616b gold export tax exemptions
A Select Committee of Parliament will soon be set up to investigate circumstances under which the…
Lawmakers want more than Shs15b to renovate all traditional schools in Uganda
Parliament has tasked its Committee on Budget to find more money to allocate to the Education…
Government seeks more time to find beneficiaries of the Shs7b pension for former EAC employees.
About 45 years since the collapse of the first East African Community (EAC), a total of…
MPs want government to allow SACCOs gain access to Parish Development Model cash
Reports from different regional Parliamentary caucuses have unanimously asked the government to allow Savings and Credits…
Why Museveni wants lawmakers to take lead in mobilizing for Parish Development Model program
President Yoweri Museveni on Thursday made a clarion call to the Members of Parliament to rigorously…
What President Museveni’s special address to Parliament may reveal
Proceeding under the mandate given to him under Article 101 (2), President Yoweri Museveni will address…
Government names 10 priority areas for Shs49.9 trillion budget for 2023/24 financial year
The Ministry of Finance is working on adjustments to the proposed Shs49.9 trillion budget for the…
Uncertainty for Ugandan Vanilla farmers as prices drop
For nearly four months, Emmanuel Kyabuthire had abandoned the comfort of his bed, spending cold nights…
More budget cuts affect State House, Health ministry
The Budget Committee of Parliament is in tying loose ends on the final report on the…
What is in the COSASE report on Uganda Airlines that has been trashed by Parliament?
This week, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among, dealt a big blow to the most popular oversight…
Uganda railway, a surviving colonial infrastructure is taking shape again.
By the time Uganda marked 60 years of independence on October 9, 2022, Uganda Railway was…
A look into the COSASE investigations into public expenditure so far.
It is by design that all Accountability Committees of the Parliaments of Commonwealth counties must be…
No love lost as Umeme plans exit from Uganda, Museveni urges youth on corruption fight, 5 Iranians sentenced to death over protests
There will be no love lost since there has been no love between Ugandans and power…
How EAC partner states are delaying fulfillment of foreign and security policies
The treaty for the establishment of the East African Community (EAC) warrants that all the partner…
Inside the proposed alcohol control measures in Sarah Opendi’s Private Member’s Bill.
Uganda is a circular country where citizens are free to live their lifestyles the way they…
Regional Parliament argues EAC Partner States on security on Lakes Victoria, Tankanyika
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has tasked the Partner States of the East African Community…
For peace to reign in eastern DRC, East African leaders are set to meet in Nairobi
Tensions continue to be high in the East African region after Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
For peace to reign in eastern DRC, East African leaders are set to meet in Nairobi
Tensions continue to be high in the East African region after Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…
Uganda starts journey to ending medical tourism with Human Organ Transplant law
Ugandans have been contributing to the medical tourism in other countries especially in India; European and…
What is the role of the East African Legislative Assembly as Uganda sends nine representatives?
On Thursday September 29, the country witnessed yet another dramatic event in which the Parliament elected…
Uganda starts journey to ending medical tourism with Human Organ Transplant law
Ugandans have been contributing to the medical tourism in other countries especially in India; European and…
Inside the farmers’ quest for seeds as rains continue.
The rains have been pounding most parts of the country at least since mid-August and this…
Parliament joins Nema in clearing tycoon Sudhir’s Lake Victoria hotel project
A multibillion project that is expected to give an upgrade to the hospitality industry in Uganda…
The Rwenzori Mountains Present a New Challenge to Ugandan Athletes
By Namugula Jane Ugandans have shown immense interest in participating in the various marathons and runs…
There is need for efforts to save the disappearing glaciers on Rwenzori Mountains
The Rwenzururu Kingdom, a cultural institution with subjects cutting across the border between Uganda and the…
NRM, DP deal doesn’t affect Parliament work- Says Deputy Speaker
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa on Thursday said that the cooperation agreement signed between the ruling National…