The Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja has asked the members of the Local Government Internal Auditors Association to interest themselves in the fight against corruption. Nabbanja says the government is losing huge sums of money annually swindled by different heads of departments in districts and lower local governments through putting up half-baked projects. “The good thing, […]
Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Thursday announced sudden parliamentary elections for March 10, 2024, following Tuesday’s resignation of Prime Minister Antonio Costa who is under corruption investigation. In a televised national address after a meeting with the Council of State, Rebelo de Sousa said the call for early elections comes from the need […]
Land is one of forms of wealth, one can be referred to as a rich man just by being in possession of enough chunks of land. It is therefore so wise to work targeting accumulation of land. You can decide to either buy land in town which in most cases is titled or well documented […]
Prof Nawangwe said that the Makerere University’s biometric access system is an administrative arrangement but NOT a welfare issue. Tension is mounting at Makerere University as staff associations challenge the implementation of the Biometric Access System on campus, defying directives from the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe. Staff, through their associations – Makerere University Academic Association-MUASA, […]
Eng. Tweheyo said that though the plant is currently at 52% production rate, they are spending sh800m monthly only for electricity which is quite a very huge amount. National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has decried the high electricity bills paid to UMEME for running Katosi Water Treatment Plant on a monthly basis. Eng. Joseph […]
Bukedea District on Wednesday registered twenty pregnant pupils who turned up to sit for their Primary Leaving Examinations that started on Wednesday, November 8. The Bukedea district education officer, Stephen Okurut, made the revelation, adding that more two pupils who had recently given birth, also turned up for examinations. Okurut said the district has also […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Nalongo Anita Annet Among has shared a lavish love message to her hubby, Ssaalongo Moses Magogo for who she celebrated his birthday on Wednesday. The speaker refers to the FUFA President who also doubles as the Budiope East Constituency in the Parliament of Uganda as “a Special Soulmate, love of my […]
Robert Balinda Akankwasa of M/S Intrepid Recovery Associates Ltd announced that they had reached an agreement with NFA to auction the charcoal through public auctioning, with each bag being priced at sh25,000. The National Forestry Authority (NFA) in the Aswa range has initiated the auctioning of more than 5,326 bags of charcoal that were seized […]
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has tasked authorities at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to explain the delays in the completion of Mpigi-Busega Expressway. Tayebwa who Tuesday led a team of legislators from Physical Infrastructure and National Economy committees on a fact-finding mission, inspected on-going construction works at Katonga Bridge and Mpigi – […]
The United States of America and United Kingdom diplomatic missions in Kampala, Uganda has issued security alert to their citizens in and those intending to visit the country. They have been warned against attending “Large scale music festival in Jinja”. “Due to increased terrorist activity, U.S. Embassy Kampala recommends that individuals exercise an elevated degree […]
