Tag Archives: Uganda

By Ronald Musoke Bunagana border post has been re-opened following one month of closure. The border was temporarily closed in mid-November to stop the M23 rebels from getting revenue which they were collecting from trucks ferrying goods through the rebel-held territory in the eastern part of the expansive Democratic Republic …

By Andrew M. Mwenda African Development Bank President, Donald Kaberuka, spoke to The Independent’s Andrew Mwenda about the future of African economies and Uganda. Since the mid-1990s, we have seen sustained economic growth across most of Africa. What role has AFDB played in that transformation? Is AFDB relevant to growth …

By Sarah Namulondo The health ministry and the Palliative care association of Uganda with support from the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa (OSIEA) have launched a report documenting palliative The book which was officially launched by the permanent secretary of Ministry Of Health Dr. Asuman Lukwago carries the history …

Many states in this world have corrupt officials. In Uganda, the corrupt have a state Over the last year Uganda has latched from one major corruption scandal to another. The paradox of our nation’s corruption is that although it goes on with impunity, it does not go on with impunity. …

By Julius Businge Uganda will tomorrow-Dec. 7 host the 6th National Competitiveness Forum at the Kampala Serena Hotel starting at 8:00am, under the theme: Youth in Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Economic Transformation. The Keynote speaker for the Forum is Professor Ricardo Hausmann from the center of International development at Harvard …

By Julius Businge The ministry of trade, Industry and cooperatives has started registration of all foreign traders in the Greater Kampala (Kampala Capital City Authority, Mukono and Wakiso districts), the ministry announced in a local news paper on Dec. 5. “The ministry has received persistent complaints from the business community …

By Julius Businge Uganda, which is the third largest economy in East Africa expects to record over $700million as remittances earned by Ugandans living in foreign countries, a top Bank of Uganda official has said. Speaking to journalists at the Bank’s head office in Kampala on Dec. 4, Adam Mugume, …

By Julius Businge The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Executive Director, Cornelia Sabiiti is leading a team of 19 professionals to a regional procurement forum in Bujumbura, Burundi that runs from Dec. 5 to 7, the procurement body said in a press statement released on Dec. 5. …

By Sarah Namulondo Uganda has regained its 2009 position of the 130th most corrupt country in the world. According to Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index 2012, Uganda scored the same as Ivory Coast and Nicaragua in the corruption perceptions index. This is a great leap by 13 from last year’s …

By Ronald Musoke The Eritrean national soccer team comprising 18 players that has been in Kampala participating in the ongoing CECAFA Tusker Challenge Cup has reportedly disappeared. The team whose moniker is the Red Sea Boys was eliminated at the group stages on Friday, Nov. 31 after their final match …