News

  • Finance Ministry requires Shs2 billion to establish Sugar Board

    Posted: 22 Nov 2023 Government has failed to set up the Sugar Board to regulate the sugar industry due to unavailability of the required funds, the Minister of State Finance (Privatization and Investment), Evelyn Anite...

  • Parliament hails Joyce Mpanga

    Posted: 21 Nov 2023 Parliament has paid tribute to Joyce Rovincer Mpanga, a former Member of Parliament and Minister, for her commendable contribution towards women's emancipation and the education sector. Mpanga, 90,...

  • ‘Increase staffing at agriculture mechanisation centres’

    Posted: 20 Nov 2023 Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has asked the government to increase funding for human resource development at regional agricultural mechanisation centres in the...

  • MPs court Ugandans in Southern Africa on investments

    Posted: 20 Nov 2023 PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA: Ugandans in the diaspora have been urged to invest more back home and also market the country’s vast investment opportunities and tourism potential. The call was made by the...

  • Govt promises strategies to revitalise tea growing industry

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 Government has developed a Cabinet Paper that will establish a policy to resuscitate the tea growing business in Uganda, the Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanjja has said. “We have held four meetings so...

  • Committee moots new law on GMOs

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 The Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation has called on government to present laws regulating genetically modified organisms (GMO), to provide for the ongoing research on gene drive in the...

  • Speaker urges MPs to prioritise prison facilities in 2023/2024 budget

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 To address the congestion in prisons, Speaker, Anita Among, has called on lawmakers to prioritise improvement of the facilities by appropriating sufficient funds in the 2023/2024 financial year...

  • Speaker assures Lango MPs on Akii Bua Stadium construction

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 Speaker, Anita Among, has assured MPs from Lango sub- region that government’s plan to construct Akii Bua stadium in Lira district still stands, relieving their fears over the stadium’s fate,...

  • New law prescribes Shs10 billion fine for illegal use of explosives

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 Parliament has passed the Explosives Bill, 2023 that will impose a fine of shs10 billion on any individual who possesses, deals in, uses or sells explosives without a license. The Bill will also...

  • MPS irked by delayed set up of sugar factories

    Posted: 16 Nov 2023 Members of Parliament on the Committee of Tourism, Trade and Industry have learnt that some sugar millers acquired licenses to establish factories but have not adhered to this, contrary to the Sugar...

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