How State House, Office of the President, Ministry of Defense use the slush fund Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | It is hard to ascertain for sure how much Uganda spends on its defence every year as the government routinely asks for supplementary budgets from parliament on top of the …
Read More »New Fund for Agroecology enterprises launched
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On June 15 SHONA and Biovision Foundation launched The Neycha Accelerator and Fund (Neycha) to identify and partner with growth-oriented Agroecological Enterprises (AEEs) in Uganda and Kenya, providing them with the capacity, capital, and connections they need to grow their impact and businesses. By supporting …
Read More »Prof Yunus Mgaya installed as new chancellor of KIU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prof. Yunus Mgaya was on June 14th inaugurated as the fourth chancellor of Kampala International University. Mgaya, a Tanzanian, was sworn in on Wednesday at a function held at KIU and presided over by the university’s chairman Board of Trustees, Al Hajj Dr. Hassan Basajjabalaba. …
Read More »UMI honours former Alumni President Mivule Ronald
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Management Institute (UMI) honoured one of its most prominent alumni, Mr. Ronald Mivule for the great service rendered to the institution. Mivule, a management consultant was awarded on Thursday during the installation of Eng. Dr. Steven Paul Kagoda as the new governing council …
Read More »ODPP celebrates candlelight day
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) through its HIV Prevention and Care Committee on June 12th at the office of the RSA Gulu, joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Candlelight Memorial Day in commemoration of all lives lost …
Read More »IGP Ochola eulogises Kato Lubwama
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Inspector General of Police, John Martins Okoth Ochola hailed the deceased former Lubaga South Member of Parliament, Paul Kato Lubwama as a great comedian that the country will greatly miss. “The IGP and the Police management would like to pay tribute to the …
Read More »State drops charges against Omusinga Mumbere
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The state dropped treason, terrorism and murder charges against Omusinga Charles Wesley and 217 of his royal guards. Omusinga was arrested together with his royal guards in November 2016 when the police and the army raided his Buhikira palace in Kasese. On Tuesday when the …
Read More »Mpuuga defies Nabbanja’s warning
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The leader of Opposition in Parliament (LOP), Hon. Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba vowed to continue with his fact-finding survey on service delivery in health centers and schools, ignoring warnings from Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja on such a move. Hon. Mpuuga has been traversing different parts …
Read More »Uganda’s ‘Optimistic’ Budget
Priority on human development, security, energy, transport COVER STORY | ISAAC KHISA | Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, on June 15 hit several optimistic notes for next Financial Year when announcing a Shs52.7 trillion budget. That is a 10% jump from the Shs48 trillion last financial year and the biggest rise in …
Read More »Uganda’s budget rat hole
Why government’s biggest problem is not the size of its debt but its cost of borrowing THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Uganda’s 2023/24 budget, like all previous ones in the last few years, has generated a lot of controversy about the role of public debt in our national life. Growths …
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