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...
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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...
Upcountry Museums Struggle to Attract Visitors
Items displayed at Kogere community museum in fort portal Community Museums in Ruwenzori region are struggling to attract visitors. The...
Coffee Authority to Spray Busoga Plantations
The Uganda Coffee Development Authority-UCDA has announced plans to start spray coffee plantations in Busoga region next month to get...
Govt Targets Chwezi Sites To Promote Tourism
The nearly forgotten sites, ‘‘Munsa za Kateboha’’ and the Semwemwa caves, are located some 3 kilometers north of Kakumiro trading...
M7 Lauds SA, Calls On Business Community To Invest In Uganda
President Museveni has hailed South Africa for marshaling both Finance and Engineering capacities and encouraged the Country's business community to...
Teachers welcome UGX 5 Billion Credit Society Allocation
Bosco Lubega, a director of studies at Kololo Secondary School and member of Uganda National Teacher’s Union-UNATU is one of...