Kigezi Cooperative Union To be Restored
Kabale farmers have taken to growing pyrethrum lately. Former members of the defunct Kigezi Cooperative Union in Kabale district have...
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Apple reaches out-of-court settlement in e-book price-fixing case: Report
Apple has reached an out-of-court settlement with plaintiffs that accused it of price-fixing on e-books, the Wall Street Journal reported...
Minister Byandala Rejects Proposals to Include Luweero on SAGE programme
Abraham Byandala, the Works and Transport minister has criticized the Social Assistance and Grants for Empowerment-SAGE program saying it is...
British Oil Company Chased From Virunga National Park
SOCO International PLC, a British oil company exploring oil in Virunga National Park in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has...
MTN Uganda Expects Double-digit 2014 Revenue Growth
MTN Uganda, the local unit of South African telecoms giant MTN Group, expects its 2014 revenues to grow by 10...
Kitgum Locals Warn Umeme
A umeme official at work The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Kitgum district Lt. Okot Santos Lapolo has issued a...
2013/14 Review As Minister Kiwanuka Presents New Budget
Uganda’s economy grew lower than projected in the 2013/14 National Budget, as exports to the global market slowed. This was...
Uganda Coffee Crop Benefiting From Rain Before Harvesting
Coffee trees in Uganda, Africa’s largest producer of the robusta variety, are benefiting from more rainfall before the harvest starts...
Uganda Farmers Ask Parliament To Trash Tobacco Control Bill
Tobacco farmers under the umbrella body Uganda Tobacco Growers Association (UTGA) consisting of 60,000 farmers from 25 districts in West...
Kampala Inches Closer To Cable Cars
In the next 12 days, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) will announce the company that will undertake a feasibility study...
Budget Indiscipline Fuelling Wastage-CSO’s
The Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group is calling on government to reduce wastage and increase emphasis on improving service delivery....
Uganda To Host Global Trade Forum –Olive Kigongo
Chambers of Commerce from across East Africa and their business members are being offered an opportunity to develop trade and...
Court Battles Delay Old Taxi Park Redevelopment
Court battles have delayed the proposed redevelopment of the Old taxi park. Peter Kauju, the Supervisor of Communications and Media...
Uganda – UK Convention To Address Economic Issues
This year’s Ugandan Convention UK will unearth the untold opportunities in the sectors of Energy, Finance, Oil & Gas, Tourism,...
M7: Gov’t To Fund Ugandan Scientists
President Yoweri Museveni has noted that Government is to fund Ugandan scientists to enable them further their skills as well...
Owino Traders Raid New Shopping Space
Vendors in Nakivubo park yard have started pooling resources to book space in the newly built Ham Shopping grounds. The...
Uganda To Reduce On Domestic Borrowing
Falling revenues and a rising supplementary budget due to the UPDF activities in South Sudan, led the government to borrow...
Uganda’s Top 2013/14 Tax Defaulters Named
As the financial year comes to a close, the pressure on Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to bridge the revenue collection...
Two Bidders Pullout of Uganda’s Refinery Construction Race
The Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD) has today confirmed that four of the six shortlisted consortia have submitted detailed...
BOU Reduces Key Lending to 11 %
Riding on lower inflation and projected rebound in economic growth in the next financial year, Bank of Uganda (BOU) has...