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Ten Ugandans will benefit from a Huawei Technologies programme that will boost the country’s telecom strategy and capacity to monitor ICT industry trends, newest technology and equipment. The Huawei Seeds for the Future training program will run from April 16th to 30th at the Huawei headquarters in Shenzhen China. The …

Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago will not be allowed to return to his office until the current term expires and he is duly sworn in. The Attorney General yesterday advised that it would be contempt of court orders to allow the Lord Mayor back today as he had wished. Through …

  Uganda Police chief Kale Kayihura has ordered the arrest of Moses Seruwu, the owner of Kyaseka Towers along Makerere Hill Road, that collapsed on Monday. Kayihura gave the directive after he held a meeting yesterday with lawyers of the owner of the building, relatives of those who died and …

President Yoweri Museveni has concluded his week-long security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region with a visit to the world famous Queen Elizabeth National Park in western Uganda. As part of the assessment tour, President Museveni took a boat cruise of the entire Kazinga channel where he viewed game park …

The Omusinga of Rwenzururu Charles Wesley Mumbere has met President Yoweri Museveni who is on a four-day security assessment tour of the Rwenzori region. “I met the King this afternoon and he assured me on all issues I was hearing and I am satisfied with his explanations,” Museveni said yesterday. …

Government will not tolerate anybody who attempts to politicize crime, President Yoweri Museveni has stressed. While meeting a delegation of Obudingiya bwa Bamba cultural institution led by the Omudingiya wa Bamba Amongi Martin Kamya yesterday in Kasese, Museveni said those who were involved in the recent criminal violence that claimed …

It is impossible to talk about the arts and cultural scene in Uganda and not talk about the Kampala contemporary art scene, writes Dominic Muwanguzi. Since 2001, growth of the Kampala contemporary art scene has been facilitated by emerging new art spaces, new artists eager to innovate with non- traditional …

Reforms spur social security services but still lag behind peers and standards in developed countries, writes Isaac Khisa. Things are changing for the better in the pension sector. Five years ago, the government enacted the Uganda Retirements Benefits Authority Act that created the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA). According …

The impact of the charcoal industry on Uganda’s environment should makes us despair, comments Boaz Opio. Tree fellers should use the timber for making their own coffins. Because as they cut that 100-year old Mvule, they are killing a poor tree that has been busy supplying them with good air …

We have not closed WBS, We have only used one collection method among many to collect arrears. WBS is still going strong. @wbstvug — UgandaRevenueAuthori (@URAuganda) April 11, 2016 Two city lawyers Joshua Ogwal and Kabiito Karamagi will manage Wavah Broadcasting Services (WBS) Television until Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) gets …