Government has been asked to support local content when procuring goods to be consumed or materials to be used in Uganda. The comment comes at the time when Uganda is still grappling with alarming deficit emanating from low exports in relation to imports. Now According to Allan Ssenyodwa, a policy analysts from Uganda Manufacturers Association, […]
The president of the Uganda Local Government Association and the current Jinja district chairperson, Fred Ngobi is calling upon the newly elected political heads at local government level to desist from involving in leadership and power fights with the district technical wing if they are to better serve the communities that elected them. Ngobi says, many […]
The National budget for the Financial Year 2016/17 awaiting parliament approval hit a record of 27 Trillion Uganda Shillings going up compared to the last financial year of 24.1 trillion shillings due to unforeseen items which were not included in the Budget. This Financial year Budget 2015/2016 shot up to 24.1 Trillion Shillings from Shillings 18 Trillion […]
Government recruits a total of 2000 extension workers as part of the newly formulated National Agriculture Extension Policy and strategy aimed at bringing extension services closer to the farmers across the country. The Director Agriculture Extension services in the ministry of agriculture Beatrice Byarugaba says the extension workers were recruited last year with more being recruited […]
In 2006, Uganda discovered an oil field that is now locally known as the Kingfisher Oil Field. Plans for extracting oil were delayed due to several reasons, but one of the biggest obstacles that the government faced was access to the site. The oil field can only be approached by helicopter or on water, making it difficult for workers […]
As the country joins the rest of the world to celebrate the International Oral Health Day on 20th March 2016, government is to start teeth preventive program for primary school children attending schools near all the regional referral hospitals. The Ministry of Health Principle Dental Surgeon Dr. Juliet Nabbanja says that dentists will apply fluoride gel […]
Some Members of Parliament have expressed concern over government Security agencies which arrest supporters of the opposition parties aligning them as rebels who want to overthrow the government. The issues were been raised by Serere district Woman MP Alice Alaso during a plenary sitting chaired by the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga. She says there is no […]
Government has tabled a Bill before parliament seeking to remove parliamentary approval of regulations required in implementing the Uganda Communications Act, 2013. The Uganda Communications Act, 2013 was enacted to consolidate and harmonize the Uganda Communications Act and the Electronic Media Act; to dissolve the Uganda Communications Commission and the Broadcasting Council and reconstitute them as […]
The Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Uganda (FCAU) is concerned over a recent series of abuses aimed at journalists covering Uganda’s 2016 general election. FCAU recognizes Uganda as a country with a vibrant media landscape and with room for expression of diverging opinions; we call upon the authorities to safeguard this status by respecting the freedom of journalists both […]
HURINET executive director, Muhammed Ndifuuna has lashed out at the State which he is castigating for what he terms as illegal behaviors and acts which has seen rights and freedoms of FDC presidential flag bearer curtailed. Police arrested Dr. Besigye and took him to an unknown destination coupled with further acts of breaking through the […]