Uganda news

A public debate scheduled for today, Tuesday 24th-2023 that had been organized to discuss the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has been blocked by the police. The debate at Emerald Hotel in Wandegeya is organized by the African initiative on food security and environment (AIFE-Uganda). This is a not-for-profit organization whose role is to organize communities and make ...

News sources coming in indicate that Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is reportedly under intense international pressure over his son, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s comments to catpure and kill Kenyans. This was revealed by Ugandan US-based journalist, Remmy Bahati. This has even forced Muhoozi to delete the tweets. “News Alert: A trusted source tells me that President @KagutaMuseveni is under immense ...

The Auditor General’s latest report has revealed that forty-one entities “connect and share” citizenry data from the National Security Information System (NSIS) despite not having a memorandum of understanding with the National Identification Registration Authority (Nira). The NSIS was first implemented by the Directorate of Citizenship and Immigration Control (DCIC) under the auspices of the Internal Affairs ministry. It cost ...

MPs on the Parliamentary Committee on Budget recently blocked UBC’s Shs87 billion request. The request was intended to bail out the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) from the glaring arrears the national broadcaster is currently grappling with. The grown out request came as part of the Shs176.761 billion proposed budget for the Ministry of Information Communication and Technology (ICT). The vice ...

This week’s media has been awash with many controversies concerning the National Social Security Fund(NSSF) and its operations. Now, the body has released a statement on these media reports. Allegations of corruption and mismanagement of NSSF flooded both mainstream and social media channels in the last few days. Another issue was the MD Richard Byarugaba who had reached the retirement ...