The Secretary General of the East African Community Amb. Juma Mwapachu has indicated that the cross border movements of capital which will be brought about by the East African Common market will spur the growth of industrial sector in the East African Community block countries because of a bigger market. He adds that East African […]
The Uganda Member of Parliament for Mbale Municipality Wanga Wamai has urged big hotels in Uganda to reduce charges for people attending international events organized by Uganda government to save Uganda tax payers money. Wamai remarks comes at a time when Uganda is planning to host the African Union (AU) Summit due on 19th and 27th […]
The Former Deputy Managing Director of the Uganda National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Prof. Mondo Kangonyera has said that it would have been better if the NSSF had settled the case opened against it by Alcon International Limited for canceling a contract to construct Worker’s House. Kagonyera is the former deputy to David Chandi Jamwa […]
The East African member states are working on a common identification system that will help facilitate free movement of citizens within the East African Community region. Free movement of persons is one of requirements of the East African Common Market Protocol that gets operational on July 1st 2010. The East African countries are Uganda, Rwanda, […]
An official from the Uganda National Association of Professional Environmentalists Godfrey Kamese has appealed to the management of Kampala City Council (KCC) to adopt a micro organisms system to dispose household wastes because it is environmentally friendly. Kamese told journalists in Uganda Capital City of Kampala that burning wastes leads to environmental pollution leading to […]
The former Managing director of Uganda National Social Security Fund (NSSF), David Chandi Jamwa’s lawyer, David Mpanga has appealed to the Anti-corruption court to give his client a speedy trial because it is his right. Mpanga also appealed to the anti-corruption court to avail him with all the necessary documents to enable him defend his […]
Elias Simuntu is today one of the most successful farmers in Uganda. Apart from being assured of stable income every farming season, Simuntu leads a farmers group that sells food commodities to WFP and other major food buyers. But not all farmers are able to sell to WFP even after it launched the Purchase for progress to buy direct from farmers.
Leaders of rich countries under the G8 and G20 have been called upon to adopt a smarter, more innovative, better focused, and cost-effective approach to reducing hunger and halving global poverty. The International Food Policy Research Institute in a new policy report released on Wednesday said a new approach is needed to achieve the first Millennium […]
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will sell hundreds of goods/vehicles at a public auction scheduled for Friday June 25th 2010 at Nakawa Customs Warehouse Kampala at 9:00am. The Acting Commissioner in charge of Customs at URA, Phoebe Lutaaya Kamya says URA will auction the goods/vehicles in pursuant to section 42 (i) of the East African […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Warid Telecom in Uganda Madhur Taneja has indicated that the Coming East Africa Common Market slated to start operational on July 21st 2010 among the five East Africa Community block member countries will not help much to boost the Uganda Telecommunications sector because of the nature of the business. The […]