The City Hall Magistrates Court has summoned the head of Petroleum in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development Spero Byokunda to appear and answer charges related to defrauding a Serbian investor. Byokunda is wanted together with businessman Emmanuel Byamukama to appear in Court on November 10, 2023 to answer charges of forgery and conspiracy […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Tuesday commissioned Four Points By Sheraton Kampala, a new International Brand Hotel operated by Marriott International Inc. The Sheraton franchise is owned by Portman Square limited, an international company with two operational hotels in Kenya; Four Points by Sheraton Nairobi Airport & Four Points by Sheraton Hurlingham. Commissioning the hotel […]
The Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development Betty Amongi has castigated working women in the country for locking up themselves in cultural norms that affect their own development. Amongi specifically criticized the practice of women consulting their spouses about investing their money or executing developmental projects out of their resources. She was speaking at […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that he is going to fund youth-led innovations in Uganda. “I will have a meeting with your leaders so that we can discuss the funding for your innovations. Of course, there’s already money in Uganda Development Bank (UDB), we are putting that money there but why can’t the youth […]
Aya Investment Limited, which owns Pearl of Africa Hotel Kampala has again lost a bid to stay the execution of an order to auction the hotel for non-payment of loans amounting to over US$ 300 million. Three Court of Appeal judges; Fredrick Egonda-Ntende, Monica Mugenyi, and Oscar Kihika ruled that a reference filed by Aya […]
Ekikangabwa kyabuutikidde abatuuze abawangaalira mu bizinga by’e Buvuma abavubi babiri bwe baakubiddwa kibuyaga nga bagenze e buziba mu nnyanja okuvuba. Kibuyaga ono ow’amaanyi abalunyanja gwe bayita ensoke yakubye ebizinga eby’enjawulo mu disitulikiti y’e Buvuma abaayo n’abaleka nga bafumbya miyagi. Kigambibwa nti aliko abavubi babiri be yasse nga bano yabasanze buziba mu nnyanja nga bali mu […]
Over 1000 people from four islands in Buvuma district have been left homeless following strong winds which ravaged them on Saturday evening. Fred Opondo, the Lubya Town Council chairperson says the affected islands include; Kirewe, Namiti, Makaraga and Labolo. Opondo reports that this incident happened on Saturday evening at around 8:00pm. Andrew Balyemeka, the Health […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is worried by the increasing numbers of Ugandans committing suicide as a result of troublesome money lenders. Also due to the biting money lenders, many Ugandans are on a daily basis losing their property to the money lenders. Therefore, the President has directed the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development […]
Don’t Frustrate Investors, just support them-Museveni appeals to politicians and public servants. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has appealed to Ugandans especially the politicians and public servants not to frustrate investors since they are very crucial in Uganda’s progressive Industrialisation agenda. “My appeal to Ugandans especially politicians and the public servants is to understand the role […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa is worried by the increasing rate of extortion by the civil servants from the people who want to be considered for Parish Development Model (PDM). Tayebwa says he got to know about this following his on-going barazas at different parishes in his constituency of Ruhinda North in Mitooma […]