Government has revealed that the construction of the controversial 600 megawatt Karuma hydro power dam is to begin early next year. This follows the conclusion of the procurement process for the construction of the dam. The minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Muloni says currently they are only left with awarding the contract to […]
Busiro East Member of Parliament Medard Lubega Segoona has expressed concern over the proposal in the oil bill empowering the president to appoint members of the national petroleum authority. Segoona says that if passed in its current form, it will be difficult for the minister to supervise the work of such an authority whose membership […]
A section of MPs is accusing the appointments committee of reportedly going against its rules of procedure. This followed the approval of Aida Nantaba’s appointment as state minister for lands The mps including Alice Alaso, Odonga Otoo, Betty Nambooze and Isaia Sasaga said this was in contravention of a number of provisions in the rules […]
Uganda Revenue Authority says it is satisfied with the petroleum bill in its current form but still has issues with the public finance bill. The Commissioner General Allen Kagina says they initially had issues with both bills but after meeting the ministers of finance and energy some issues were cleared with only a few others […]
The National Environment Management authority needs to be empowered to deal with the challenges associated with Oil and Gas industry. This concern was raised by the minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Irene Muloni while responding to the concerns of the members of parliament on the capacity of the authority to asses the environment impact […]
Members of parliament on the natural resources committee have again taken on the state energy minister over the Karuma project deal. This followed Minister Simon Dujang’s failure to disclose the particulars of an individual who reportedly dragged government to court over the Karuma Power project. The minister said he was not ready to give any […]
s In his capacity as the president of Uganda, president Museveni has reshuffled his cabinet ministers. The new list of ministers goes as follows: 1. PRESIDENT & COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF – YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI 2. VICE PRESIDENT – EDWARD SEKANDI 3. Rt. Hon. Prime Minister – AMAMA MBABAZI 4. 1st Deputy Prime Minister & Minister in-Charge of […]
The ministry of Lands and Environment organised a pre NEMA day in Luzira in one of the wetlands that had been reclaimed by the so called investors. This area measuring approximately 50 acres had been reclaimed by the investors destroying all the natural vegetation and the Lake Victoria breathing point and this was very visible […]
We have been told that president Museveni has summoned the minister of state for Finance (Planning), Matia Kasaija to answer why he walked out of a TV station after failing to defend the government position on population census. Kasaija walked out of NBS studio during a heated debate on why the Government cancelled plans […]
Soon Soroti Woman MP Beatrice Anywar could be named one of the cabinet ministers in the National Resistance Movement government. A senior source at Statehouse told us last evening that the Soroti Woman MP (Anywar) was already in the good books of president Museveni and that Ugandans should not get surprised when the president […]