NSSF wins big at Annual Communications Innovation Awards
Maurice Kirya Performs at a Previous ACIA event Uganda's social security fund was the big winner at last friday's annual...
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NARO: Uganda’s First GMO Bananas Due In 2016
Banana farmers and consumers in Uganda should expect to experience the first local genetically modified varieties of bananas in three...
Gov’t suspends Pre-inspection Verification,Traders call off strike
PSFU's Gideon Badagawa , Hon. Amelia Kyambadde and KACITA's Everest Kayondo at the press conference The Ugandan trade sector is...
Trader’s Strike Extended To Monday
Traders working in Kampala central have decided today in the meeting held at Uganda manufacturers Association conference Hall to extend...
Tullow Oil Uganda Appoints Conrad Nkutu New Corporate Affairs Manager
Oil giants Tullow Uganda have appointed Ugandan Media magnate Conrad Nkutu as the company's new Corporate Affairs Manager. He is slated...
Gov’t Remains Defiant as Traders strike Enters Day 3
Locked shops on Jesco Plaza The Minister for Trade Amelia Kyambadde has presented a statement on the Pre-import Verification Conformity...
Vendors Protest Enforcement of Ban on Traveling on Lorries
Luweero District Police Commander Godfrey Ninsima address the market vendors Luweero police have rejected a petition by 500 market vendors...
Trader’s Strike Enters Day Two
The city trader’s strike against the pre-import verification of conformity standards fee entered its second day today. Several shops in...
Amelia to Address Parliament on Pvoc and Traders Strike
Trade Minister Amelia Kyambade The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has directed the Minister of Trade Amelia Kyambadde to appear...
K’la Shops Closed As Kampala Traders Begin 3-Day Strike
Almost all shops in downtown Kampala remain closed as traders start their three-day strike. KACITA mouth piece Issa Sekitto The...
URA: Middlemen Cheating Ugandans On Water Tax
The 18 percent Value Added Tax on domestic water as announced by the Minister of Finance Maria Kiwanuka, in her...
Sugarcane farmers Want Road Maintenance Fund Scrapped
Farmers Transporting Sugarcane to the factory are charged a road Maintainance fee Sugarcane growers under Busoga Sugarcane Growers Association –...
NGO’s Accuse Maria Kiwanuka of Promoting Inequality
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) say the 2013/2014 budget if passed in its current form will lead to greater inequality. Finance...
UNESCO wants Virunga Oil Exploration Permits Cancelled
UNESCO has called for the cancellation of permits for Oil exploration activities in Virunga National Park. It follows reports that...
Gov’t Gets 760 Acres for Industrial Park
Alebtong district local government has allocated to government more than 760 acres of land for the establishment of an industrial...
Tax on Kerosene Will Raise Quality and Protect Consumers
Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka defending the 2014-2014 budget A few days after reading the National Budget for Financial Year 2013-2014,...
M7 Blasts Livestock Departments
Some of the best local breeds of Diary Cattle President Yoweri Museveni has asked livestock departments in the country to...
Govt to Borrow UGX 1 Trillion from Ugandans
BoU Governor Tumusiime Mutebile confers with Treasury Secretary Keith Muhakanzi Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has confirmed that...
Residents Complain Over Flawed NAADS Implementation
Julius Omoding, a resident of Katakwi district questioned the criterion used to select beneficiaries of the program. NAADS officials Educating...
OIL: Civil society Demands for more Environment Monitoring Cash
Civil society activities in Bunyoro have welcomed the decision by government to budget funds for environmental impact assessment saying it...