By Isaac Senabulya on October 30, 2017
East Africa, Exim bank, Kenya, kisumu, Mombasa, Rwanda, SGR, Standard Guage Railway, Tanzania, uganda
Politics
Okoth said that the delay could be the intention to sabotage Uganda to join the SGR in Kenya quickly when the Uganda’s SGR reaches malaba after the Exim bank gets the funds for this project. Kenya’s standard gauge Railway was built from Mombasa to Nairobi and its second phase is to stop at Kisumu leaving […]
By Emma Laura N. Kisa on September 7, 2017
decision, elections, Kenya, Supreme Court
Africa, Regional
In an unprecedented move, the Kenyan supreme court overturned the August 8th election results and called for fresh elections within sixty (60) days of the announcement. This was declared citing irregularities and illegalities harming the integrity of the election. Suffice to say there are as many people happy as there are sad about this verdict […]
By Isaac Senabulya on August 22, 2017
12th Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) Trade facilitation expo 2017, at UMA exhibition hall, Bank of Uganda Governor, Bank of Uganda’s Deputy Director in Charge of Economic Research, Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU), David Sajjabi, East African Community, East African Community Customs Union Protocol, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, Executive Director Private Sector Foundation Uganda, Gideon Badagawa, Kenya, protectionist trade policies, Rwanda
Business news, Latest Uganda News
Bank of Uganda Governor, Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, has once again come out to reject government’s policy commonly referred to as Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU) saying the country risks jeopardizing its success in exporting to regional markets through such protectionist trade policies. Mutebile said this in a speech read on his behalf at the ongoing […]
By Isaac Senabulya on August 4, 2017
Jinja, Kenya, Peter Lokeris, state minister for minerals, Tanzania
Latest Uganda News
Government has assured Ugandans of a stable supply of fuel in the country as Kenyans prepare to go to polls on Tuesday August 08, 2017. The assurance was given by the state minister for minerals, Peter Lokeris, while presenting a statement on fluctuating fuel prices in the country and the state of preparedness in case […]
By Emma Laura N. Kisa on July 12, 2017
Early childhood development, education, general elections, Health, Jubilee Party, Kenya, NASA, National Super Alliance, presidential elections
Africa, Regional
With the Kenyan general elections less than a month away and campaigns in full gear, the eight presidential candidates have prepared manifestos outlining their agendas for the next five years. The candidates are hoping to convince the people to stand by them and assure them a victory in the August 8th elections. Two of these […]
By Isaac Senabulya on July 6, 2017
East African region, Hajati Rehma Watongola, Kamuli district Member of Parliament, Kenya, Michael Werikhe, Rebecca Kadaga, Rwanda, Speaker of Parliament, State minister for trade
Latest Uganda News
Members of Parliament have appealed to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, to intervene in the ongoing escalation of sugar prices in the country and save the common person the burden of paying a high price for a basic commodity like sugar. State minister for trade, Michael Werikhe, while briefing the MPs recently said government […]
By Samuel Wamuttu on February 14, 2017
according to the latest Food Price Monitoring and Analysis Bulletin (FPMA), and some 6.2 million people, crucial for local growing seasons, drought that is hammering the sub-region, East Africa, Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), is denting farm output, Kenya, livestock, livestock sciences, Local prices of maize, Mario Zappacosta, more than half of the country's total population, now face acute food insecurity, pastoralists in the region, Poor and erratic rainfall in recent months, Somalia, Somalia's maize and sorghum harvests are estimated to be 75 percent down from their usual level, sorghum and other cereals are near or at record levels in swathes of Ethiopia, South Sudan, stand in marked contrast to the stable trend of FAO's Food Price Index, town markets, uganda, Uganda and the United Republic of Tanzania, united republic of tanzania, where food stocks were already depleted by the strong El Niño weather, which measures the monthly change in international prices of a basket of traded food commodities, with the majority of those most affected living in rural areasArusha
General, Latest Uganda News
The Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has raised an alarm over the current ravaging d rought throughout East Africa that has sharply curbed harvests and pushed the prices of cereals and other staple foods to unusually high levels, posing a heavy burden to households and special risks for pastoralists in the […]
By Gerald Businge on January 6, 2017
Ajuri County Member of Parliament in Alebtong district, Benson Obua Hamson, Buliisa County MP, Children, East African region, Family planning, Kenya, Members of Parliament, national policy, Niger state in West Africa., Pastor Joseph Sserwada of Victory Christian Center-Uganda, population explosion, population of Uganda, sensitization in the communities, Stephen Birrahwa Mukitale, Tanzania, Uganda's population growth, vasectomy, youngest population in Africa
Latest Uganda News
Members of Parliament have expressed mixed reactions over a proposal by Pastor Joseph Sserwada of Victory Christian Center-Uganda to government suggesting that men be introduced to vasectomy as a national policy that will reduce a population explosion. The MPs however say the method should a matter of choice if one needs to adopt a family […]
By Gerald Businge on November 15, 2016
Committee Chair, cost of 70 shillings per kilometer and that the money would then be used used for maintenance, Ethopia, Head Design Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), Kenya, Parliament okaying Government to borrow 91 million dollars from the African Development Bank to finance a multinational road project, Parliamentary Committee on National Economy, Patrick Muleme, says after going through the merits and demerits of the loan, Syda Bumba, the committee members finally accepted to pass the loan so that the project can kick off, the importance of toll road saying the road will be maintained for over 20 years because it will be generating its own money from the road users., Uganda/Kigali Busega-Mpigi and Kagitumba-Kayonza-Rusumu roads being constructed to ease on the traffic flow in the city
Latest Uganda News
The Parliamentary Committee on National Economy has agreed to write a report to Parliament okaying Government to borrow 91 million dollars from the African Development Bank to finance a multinational road project. The loan will see an express high way from Uganda/Kigali Busega-Mpigi and Kagitumba-Kayonza-Rusumu roads being constructed to ease on the traffic flow in […]
By Paul Kisembo on October 12, 2016
2018 World Cup, Aston Villa, Avram Grant, Black stars, Bobby Williamson, Botswana, burkina faso, Comoros, Comoros Islands, Congo, Denis Onyango, Egypt, FIFA World Ranking, Gabon, Ghana, Jordan Ayew, Kenya, Khalid Aucho, Milutin Sredojevic, Razak Brimah, Russia, Togo, uganda, Uganda Cranes
Football, Sports
Uganda’s goalless draw with Ghana proves progress of the Uganda Cranes as the nation vies for the 2018 world cup in Russia. Uganda cranes drew 0-0 with the Black stars in the game which was played at Tamale Stadium on the 7th October 2016. This was the first game of group E but the visitors […]
