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By Julius Businge The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has started the process of revising some clauses in the mining laws to attract the highly mobile capital and finance needed to establish a modern and viable mining industry. The laws in question are; the Mineral Policy, which was put …

By Julius Businge Cabinet has approved the transformation of the National Drug Authority (NDA) into a national food and drug authority, according to a statement released by the Office of the Prime Minister on July 17. The change will broaden the Authority’s mandate to cover items that are currently not …

By Abushedde Angella Last year, the world lost one of its greatest leaders when anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela passed away. Today, we remember his legacy on his birthday; Mandela Day, July 18. In celebration of Mandela Day, United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is calling …

By Abushedde Angella As part of the Sharpened Plan on Maternal Health and Adolescent Health Policy, the Minister of State for Primary Health Care, Sarah Opendi has unveiled a 12-month national campaign to prevent teenage pregnancies from 24% to 15% by July 2015. “The Ministry of Health has identified teenage …

By Joan Akello The executive director for Ugandan Media Center, Ofwono Opondo says  members of parliament  outraged  by a list from State House  showing  the highest paid staff earns  Shs 96 million per month  had typo errors but they  also  ignored the correct one. “These errors were pointed out to …

By Patrick Kagenda After a five month court battle the Anti Corruption Court sitting at Kololo a Kampala upscale area on June 30, 2014, acquitted and discharged the Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDBL) Chief Executive Officer Patricia Ojangole who has been battling charges of conflict of interest. Acquitting Ojangole, the …

By Joan Akello The pioneer pay TV services company in Africa says the campaign will play a pivotal role in bringing about meaningful transformation to the benefit of all  therefore  a bold, energetic, rallying-call from MultiChoice Africa that encourages Africans to stand up and make a positive impact in their …

By Julius Businge MazenMroue, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN Uganda will soon be leaving Uganda to settle in his new position of Chief Operations Officer of MTN Irancell, MTN Group announced on June 25. He will be succeeded in Uganda by Brian Gouldie, the Chief Marketing Officer of MTN …

By Julius Businge The Government of Uganda through the National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) is committed to uplifting the standards of the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry to benefit the country in terms of job creation and economic growth. Speaking at the BPO standards dissemination workshop in Kampala on …

By Julius Businge Uganda, East Africa’s third largest economy has been urged to appropriately utilize its natural resources so as to better position itself among the poor but growing economies in Africa and the world in general. Speaking at the opening of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) meeting held …