Samuel Muchunguzi Rwakigoba is the Ntungamo district LC5 Chairperson. He declined to commission a three-classroom block of Kikunyu Primary School in Itojo Ruhaama County over shoddy work. The TREK LEGACY Construction Company Ltd did the ill-appreciated construction work at the school. The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Hanny Turyahebwa along with sub-county leaders accompanied Muchunguzi to the event. He declined to ...

Mr. Patrick Ogwang is a professor at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). He recently filed a trademark application at Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) for Covidex. This is according to a Gazette notice that The Uganda Gazette published. Trademarks are issues on a first come first serve basis. Jena Herbals Uganda Limited owned by Prof. Ogwang filed the ...

A new directive from the Ministry of Health has asked all migrant workers to test for Covid-19 again before they depart the country despite presenting negative results. This is because some of these workers have resorted to presenting falsified certificates. They risk travelling with the disease and intensifying its spread. ‘’With effect from Sunday, July 11, 2021, at midnight, the ...

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AFDB) has approved a €39 million loan to Gabon. This funding will be directed to the construction of Gabon’s first independent hydroelectric dam in Kinguele Aval. The package includes €20 million from the African Development Bank. In addition to that, €10 million from the Africa Growing Together Fund and €9 ...

Grape farmers in the Ankole region are seeking government support in their quest to construct a nursery bed. This nursery bed will facilitate their aim of having a variety of seedlings so as to have different types of grape produce. Grape farming is a new agricultural venture with over 600 farmers in the Ankole region taking it up. There are ...