Uganda’s tourism and agro-processing potential, in addition to tough measures against poaching, make the country a goldmine for investors, President Yoweri Museveni has said. At the sidelines of The Giants Club Summit, Museveni assured potential investors that all the country’s national parks and game reserves are safe while the government …
Read More »Uganda’s inflation drops to 5.1 percent yr/yr in April
Uganda’s inflation rate has dropped from 6.2 percent in March to 5.1 percent in April. Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) revealed that slowing price rises of food and energy have played a key role in the positive change in the headline inflation rates. (SEE FULL REPORT AT BOTTOM) Decreased fuel …
Read More »Court halts Besigye’s defiance campaign
The Uganda Constitutional Court has Friday evening issued an interim order barring opposition leader Kizza Besigye, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) or any of his agents from organizing any procession or carrying on with their “defiance campaign” until a Constitutional case that was filed by Government is determined. Constitutional …
Read More »Burundi crisis talks delayed again
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Long-stalled peace talks that many hope will solve a year-long crisis in Burundi have been delayed again, the opposition said Friday. Hundreds have been killed and a quarter of a million people have fled Burundi since President Pierre Nkurunziza’s controversial decision last April to run …
Read More »VIDEO: I Will Not Miss Parliament – Kahinda Otafiire
Kahinda Otafiire has said he will not miss having to buy coffins and paying school fees now that he is no longer MP. “I was an undertaker at every burial, a best-man at every wedding in my constituency. I Will Not Miss Parliament,” former Justice minister Otafiire told NBS TV. …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Target under-developed populations in wildlife conservation fight
President Yoweri Museveni has told the ongoing inaugural Giants Club Summit in Nanyuki, Kenya that an under-developed population is the biggest threat to wildlife conservation. “There are four threats to elephants and to all conservation efforts; markets for ivory and animal horns, criminality and corruption internationally and in individual countries, …
Read More »In The Independent: Karuma, Isimba to cost extra sh1.8 trillion
Cover story: Powerful Chinese lobby leaves Museveni helpless on Karuma, Isimba Bickering between officials at the Energy Ministry and Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd is frustrating construction work at two of Uganda’s biggest power dams, which means that taxpayers could incur an extra Shs 1.8 trillion in construction cost, enough …
Read More »Collapsing buildings: Engineers vow tough action
When an eight storey building in Kampala city collapsed on April 11 leaving four dead and others injured, various theorists started casting blame. The police faulted owner of the building, Moses Kyaseka. He was accused of being negligent and failing to take action even when he saw cracks in the …
Read More »Busoga, Buganda MPs vow to support Kadaga
Busoga and Buganda MPs vow to back Kadaga in her quest to retain the Speakership of the Uganda Parliament. VIDEO CLIP BY NBS Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »‘Level of preparedness in Uganda oil sector inadequate’
Chairman Uganda Chamber of Mines & Petroleum Elly Karuhanga has warned that the level of preparedness in the local oil sector is below par. “The level of preparedness is still low since only 25 firms were found eligible to supply the industry. Local suppliers aren’t equal to the task to …
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