The Tilenga Project in Buliisa and Nwoya District is soon to be provided financial support from Ecobank Uganda, according to the bank’s Managing Director, Ms Grace Muliisa. The Tilenga Project is planned to develop nine fields including Kasamene, Wairindi, Kigogole, Nsoga, Ngege, Ngara, Jobi-Rii, Ngiri and Gunya. Ms Muliisa told reporters that Ecobank Uganda, a […]
Eddy Kizito Kyambade, a journalist who worked with Radio Hoima has finally passed on after battling a brain injury he sustained when he was suspiciously attacked and hit by unknown assailants. Kyambade who was both a news anchor as well as an entertainment radio presenter met his fate after retiring from his late night show […]
Four people were on Tuesday arrested for encroaching on Bugoma Central Forest Reserve (CFR) at Nsozi Village in Kyangwali Sub-county, Kikuube District while more than 10 others escaped arrest, reveals the Kikuube Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Mr Amlan Tumusiime. The RDC identifies the suspects as Vereriano Byamukama, Justus Agaba, Robert Muhwezi and Hillary Byarugaba, all […]
The Minister for Local Government, Mr Raphael Magyezi has called for an urgent review of Uganda’s decentralisation policy which was implemented in 1992. Government introduced a decentralisation policy that empowered lower governments to manage public affairs on behalf of the central government in a bid to speed up development and service delivery. According to Mr […]
The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has tasked the sector ministry to focus its budget priorities on food security. The committee Chairperson, Ms Janet Okori-Moe, said there is need for a clear strategy to handle food insecurity adding that availing money for seeds for such interventions under the Agriculture Ministry will enable government […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Anita Among, has directed the Ministry of Education and Sports to present a statutory instrument to regulate school fees increments. Her communication during plenary sitting today Tuesday, January 17, 2023, comes amidst a tough economic situation with many school proprietors charging learners exorbitantly to the detriment of parents and students […]
Lawmakers on the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs have tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prioritise the budgetary needs of the Uganda Police Force. The Members of Parliament were receiving the 2023/2024 Financial Year Budget Frame Work paper of the ministry. The Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Gen David Muhoozi, appeared before […]
The police in Rumbek Central County in Lakes State of South Sudan are investigating the circumstances that led to a girl committing suicide over the weekend. It allegedly followed a quarrel with her elder sister who accused her of being pregnant. The deceased has been identified as Adeng Makur Mabor. Her elder sister Anyier Makur […]
Four people were on Monday, January 16, 2023, remanded to Hoima government prison in Kiryateete on charges of car theft. Julius Byamukama, 25, John Tindyebwa, 19, and Bernard Tumusiime were each charged with two counts of theft of a car and being in possession of car breaking equipment. Prosecution led by Julius Ochen told the […]
The Prime Minister (Omuhikirwa) of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom, the Rt. Hon. Andrew Kirungi Byakutaaga Ateenyi, has called upon clan leaders in Bunyoro to register their clans with the kingdom for acknowledgement and certification. By doing so, they will be contributing to the kingdom’s efforts to rebuild Bunyoro culture. While speaking at the Annual General Meeting […]