The Ministry of Education & Sports is seeking Shs2.1trn for the partial payment for Uganda to host AFCON in 2027 & start the construction of the two required stadiums.However, John Muyingo, State Minister for Higher Education, appearing before the Parliament’s Education Committee said no single penny has been availed for this expenditure in the 2024/25 […]
The Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association (USMA) Tuesday appeared before the Committee on Trade to present their proposals on the Sugar (Amendment) Bill, 2023.The Association members led by their Chairperson, Jim Mwine Kabeho, are proposing that all sugar licences that were issued by the Ministry of Trade following the passing of the Sugar Act, 2020 should […]
President Yoweri Museveni held a meeting with a delegation of Egyptian investors at State House, Entebbe.The delegation was led by Dato Arshad Mahmood, the Chairman of the International Investment Consortium Inc. The consortium is a global design and finance investment consortium that is driving economic growth across the planet.During the meeting, the President warmly welcomed […]
Greater customer numbers during December fed through to higher new orders and business activity as the headline monthly Stanbic Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 54.8 from 53.4 in November. This was the highest reading since June 2023 and above the 50.0 no-change mark for the fourteenth consecutive month.Christopher Legilisho, Economist at Stanbic Bank said, “Uganda […]
The Minister of State for Animal Industry, Bright Rwamirama, has launched the Dairy Sector Annual Performance Report for 2022 – 23 at Uganda Media Centre. The report highlights that the country registered a 37 percent increase in milk production from 2.81 billion liters to 3.85 billion liters.This increase in milk production also saw Uganda’s export […]
The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) is seeking for Shs2.5bn to provide security to the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), while the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) also asked for Shs31.5bn to develop an oil and gas monitoring system to be used to monitor all taxpayers within this sector.“You know the security of our oil […]
The Minister of Information, Communications Technology, and National Guidance, Chris Baryomunsi, launched the 2024 Data Privacy Campaign during a press conference at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Tuesday.The one-month-long campaign under the theme “Stop, Think, Own Your Privacy” is aimed at raising awareness and empowering citizens with the knowledge and tools needed to take […]
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Maj. Gen. (Rtd) David Kasura-Kyomukama, Monday morning chaired a meeting with the coordination unit of the Agriculture Cluster Development Project (ACDP) and representatives of the World Bank who will be undertaking an implementation mission on ACDP.The ACDP, a $ 248 million project, […]
The Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, at a press conference at Uganda Media Centre, on Friday said the use of yaka meter will come to an end this year in October. Without giving reasons for the change, Nankabirwa said the prepaid meters will be migrated onto the New Token Identification System so that […]
The government of Uganda, with support from the World Bank, acquired funding of $638 million to implement the Energy Access Scale-up Project (EASP), the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa, told a press conference at Uganda Media Centre in Kampala on Friday. Under EASP over 1,360,000 households, industrial Parks, SMEs, refugees, and host communities […]
