Kampala Capital City Authority has refuted reports of plans to introduce new taxes. This comes amid reports of a looming financial crisis at the authority requiring the introduction new taxes to fill the gap. KCCA spokesperson Peter Kawuju says much as they have to hit the 75 billion annual revenue target, introducing new taxes is […]
The ministry of water and environment is planning to begin demarcating all lakes and rivers across the country. The move is aimed at addressing the problem of pollution in both lakes and rivers. The water and environment minister Ephraim Kamuntu says most of the lakes can no longer produce fish like th ey used to […]
Jinja Municipal council has stopped a proposal by Nile breweries limited to invest Sh2.5billion in the redevelopment of Source of the Nile River tourism site. Nile breweries limited was set to start the redevelopment project in 2011 with a proposal to spend Sh500million per year for a period of five years. Nile Breweries had asked […]
Ugandans who were displaced by the landslides in Bududa, eastern Uganda are to be resettled in an eco-village. Sources in ministry of lands in Kampala says that the NRM government intends to permanently move the affected people from Bududa into highly developed settlement schemes where they would be provided with all the basic requirements in […]
WestonJesuitSchoolof Theology Defreitas Scholarship: Weston Jesuit strives to offer financial aid in the form of tuition scholarships to several international students every year. Weston Jesuit offers full- and partial-tuition scholarships. Applicants must be international students who plan on enrolling in either the M.Div., Th.M., S.T.L., or S.T.D. programs, and who plan to return to ministry […]
The New Vision news paper of 2nd August this year 2012 published an interesting news story that former state minister for health, Mike Mukula has a list of 500 pledges by president Museveni to Eastern Uganda which the president has not been fulfilled since 1996! The 500 unfulfilled pledges mean an average of about 75 […]
Weston Jesuit School of Theology Defreitas Scholarship: Weston Jesuit strives to offer financial aid in the form of tuition scholarships to several international students every year. Weston Jesuit offers full- and partial-tuition scholarships. Applicants must be international students who plan on enrolling in either the M.Div., Th.M., S.T.L., or S.T.D. programs, and who plan […]
Cartier Women’s Initiative Award: The Cartier Women’s Initiative Award is an international business plan competition created Cartier, the Women’s Forum, McKinsey & Company and INSEAD business school to identify, support and encourage projects by women entrepreneurs. Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards Mission: To identify and support initial-phase women entrepreneurs through funding and coaching To foster the […]
Intelligence briefing: Al Shabaab terrorists plan fatal attack on Uganda Uganda’s intelligent network has got information that the Al Shabaab fighters are planning to use masked men and women to gun political and religious gatherings in Uganda. A source in state intelligence told our reporters that the fighters want to launch simultaneous attacks even on […]
Uganda government is preparing to expand Entebbe International Airport due to increasing tourism revenue collection. Tourism is the second largest source of foreign exchange for Uganda after remittances from Ugandans working abroad. Uganda last expanded Entebbe airport 20 years ago. The Transport and Works Minister, Eng. Abraham Byandala says the plans to expand Entebbe […]