A worker at Namataba Town Council disclosed that the money collected from the transporters is not receipted as the law requires, and does not get to the council’s coffers. Produce and general merchandise transporters from Naggojje, Ntunda and beyond who ferry their ware via Namataba Town Council has sounded a loud protest against what they […]
Women engaged in the fishing business in the districts of Mukono, Wakiso and Kalangala have predicted a total breakdown of homes, rooted in vices like starvation, failure to provide education to children, biting poverty and an upsurge in related gender based domestic violence. The women from the three districts noted that as their counterparts worldwide […]
As the national industrial drive so much hyped by President Museveni and the associated incentives for support to local investors, Lugazi Industrial Park complex with a multitude of production lines, has entered the construction phase. Proprietors of the park who are operating hand-in-hand with the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Uganda Development Bank (UDB), […]
The National Chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has summoned the NRM Parliamentary Caucus to State House Entebbe this Friday. Scheduled for 10:00am, the meeting will focus on budget priorities for the 2025/2026 financial year, according to a memo issued by Government Chief Whip, Denis Hamson Obua. “We have […]
Public Finance Management experts have urged African governments to take deliberate steps to improve tax-to-GDP ratios, manage public debt responsibly, and intensify the fight against corruption through effective Public Finance Management (PFM) reforms. Speaking at the second edition of the Public Finance Management Conference for Africa, which took place from February 18 to 20, 2025, […]
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has commended the people of Rubirizi district for utilizing the Parish Development Model (PDM) funds well. “I want to thank the people of this area for utilizing the PDM money well. We shall continue adding you more money every year. The money belongs to you through your Parish SACCO,” he said. […]
Ali Muwanga Kibirige, heir to late Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige (BMK) has lost a court of appeal case which he filed seeking reversal of a lower court decision which gave the bank authority to take over buildings with rental premises at Buziga, for failure to repay a sh1,506,200,000 loan. The panel of judges including Cheborion Barishaki, […]
Rtd. Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye has called off his hunger strike following his appearance in Nakawa Chief Magistrates Court today. Besigye, who has been on hunger strike in protest of his continued detention, was brought to court in a wheelchair but appeared determined during the brief session. Besigye, who has been outspoken against government policies, […]
Standard Chartered Bank has been fined sh60m for cancelling a loan facility it had already granted to a couple. In her ruling, Justice Patricia Mutesi of the High Court found that Standard Chartered Bank erred when it cancelled a mortgage facility it had already granted to a couple; Peter Victor Kwagala and Priscilla Mbabazi. According to […]
In a bid to enhance data collection and online monitoring of the Parish Development Model (PDM) activities in the district, the government has handed over tablets to 71 parish chiefs and PDM SACCO chairpersons in Kayunga district with the overall goal of improving the efficiency of the program. Through PDM in Kayunga district, government has […]