The Uganda Parliamentary Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises has started meetings with the National Social Security Fund to have the private pensions body explain some of the anomalies that arose in the forensic investigation report of the Auditor general on NSSF operations. The report which covers the period between 01 January 2005 to […]
The Uganda Human Rights Commission has appealed to Parliament and the government of Uganda to expedite the enactment of the anti torture law aimed at punishing perpetrators of torture. The Chairperson of the UHRC, Medi Kaggwa says the proposed anti torture bill has been shelved for long yet Uganda needs a law that punishes those […]
The Police in Kampala will start overnight patrols in most parts of Kampala and city suburbs in order to curb the rising rate of accidents taking place at night. The officer in charge of traffic at Kampala central police Station, Norman Musinga tells journalists that police in Kampala have noted that most of the accidents […]
Music producer, Eddy Yawe wants to become the Member of Parliament for Kampala Central division in Kampala district. He plans to replace lawyer Erias Lukwago, the current MP for Kampala central. Yawe is the first top musician in Uganda to publicly declare to take part in 2011 general elections. He is a music producer, composer […]
Tullow Uganda has decried the increasing prevalence of fraudulent activities taking place within Kampala, the capital city of the Republic of Uganda. The General Manager and Director Tullow Uganda Operations Pty Ltd, Brian Glover says there are scores of fraudsters whose objective is to obtain money through misrepresentation or false pretense from unsuspecting people. Glover […]
A row between the government of Uganda and a British Heritage Oil Company over taxes has deepened with the Uganda Energy and minerals minister insisting that Heritage Oil Company must pay taxes to receive an endorsement from the Uganda government over the sale of its Western Uganda oil wells to Tullow Company. Heritage Oil Company […]
The Amakula Uganda has started a Cinema project in Northern Uganda to help improve education and health in the post Lords Resistance Army (LRA) affected Northern Uganda region. The project which is funded by the Italian Development Cooperation will use videos to sensitize people on the importance of education and ways how people can […]
The Kenyan training firm, Dolphins Group is organizing an e-Marketing training course for East Africans to enable them properly market their products and services using the Internet. The training to be held from 8th to 9th July 2010 at Sarova Panafric Hotel in Kenya Capital City of Nairobi will cost Kenyan Shillings 36,000. People […]
The Executive Director of the Science Foundation for Livelihoods (SCIFODE) Arthur Makara has appealed to the government of Uganda to step up its efforts in developing innovation, science and technology to ensure quick economic development of Uganda. He says the Uganda Government continues to ignore the development of the science sector through it’s policies […]
The Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) Spokesman Nsereko Mutumba has dismissed reports of the sacking of the Uganda Muslims Mufti Shiek Ramathan Mubbajje by the UMSC chairperson Hassan Bassajjabalaba. Mutumba says Bassajabalaba has no constitutional powers to sack the head of the Uganda Muslims. He says it’s the Uganda Muslims Mufti who asked the […]