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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has created the new State House Revenue Intelligence and Strategic Operations Unit to do an oversight on Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) operations and fight corruption within the tax administration system. President Museveni has also appointed David Kalemera as a Senior Presidential Advisor and Head of the Unit. The creation of the […]
Namayingo District has remained the centre of a fierce conflict among rival sugar factories for over a week. This follows a controversial suspension of CN Sugar Factory, by the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives. The ministry’s decision left over 800 workers jobless and other residents, who were supplying construction material for the new multi-billion […]
The recent instruction from the Minister of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives halting the development of the CN sugar factory in Namayingo district leaves its future in balance. The maiden multi-billion factory in November 2022 received a certificate of no objection from the Trade Minister, Francis Mwebesa, allowing it to set up the manufacturing unit. However, […]
| KYAGGWE TV | Namayingo, Uganda| Tension has escalated in the Namayingo district as police fired live bullets and teargas to disperse irate workers and Indian investors who were protesting the suspension of the CN Sugar factory. The Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Cooperatives had earlier suspended the factory due to the investors’ failure to create […]
In a bid to increase the production and productivity of coffee and cocoa, the government in conjunction with the European Union has boosted the funding into research with a sh1.2bn grant to National Coffee Research Institute (NaCORI). Dr. Sandra Ndagire Kamenya, the acting National Project coordinator for Coffee and Cocoa Value Chain Development Project (CoCoDev) […]
Every morning, Sheeba Kwagala and her colleague head to a sanctuary in the Ugandan capital of Kampala to mash agricultural waste, mainly banana peels and crop residues, with molasses and clay to make briquettes. Briquettes, a type of renewable energy source and a form of solid biofuel, are said to be more energy-efficient than wood […]
The territorial Police in Rwizi Region and Mbarara CPS, have in custody, two suspects who allegedly buried alive a 16-year-old boy. Fred Enanga, the Police spokesperson identified the suspects as Kamuhanda Evans, aged 17 and Kamukama Apollo (43) of Kaliba cell Bubaare sub-county. Enanga said the duo is charged with alleged torture and attempted murder […]
There was a sense of relief among Makerere University staff in the past week as they prepared to welcome a new Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration after seven-year wait. The position has been vacant since 2017, when Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the previous holder, was appointed Vice-Chancellor. Since then, Uganda’s oldest institution of […]
The State House Anti-Corruption Unit in conjunction with the Crime Investigation Department and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecution on Friday arraigned Myers Muhimbura, the Quality Controller of Ntungamo Dairy Farmers Cooperative Union (NDAFUCO) for theft of sh474m. Also charged with Neglect of Duty is; Laban Mugizi Rukangayo, (Accountant), Abesigye Dan Kakiza […]
Some roads have been closed ahead of the June 3rd Martyrs’ Day. This was resolved on Wednesday in a meeting of security agencies held at the Anglican Shrines. According to the plan, the road from Kyaliwajjala, Namugongo Division, in Kira Municipality to Sonde, in Goma Division in Mukono Municipality, has been reserved for pedestrians only and […]
