NEWS

By Joan Akello Uganda Media Centre (UMC) has today published a letter dated Mar. 2 in which the President forwarded names of nominees for the positions of Chief Justice and Deputy Chief Justice to Parliament for approval. “In Exercise of the powers conferred on the President by Article 142 (1) …

By the Independent Team In the new changes, Nothern Youth MP Ms Evelyn Anite has been named Minister of State for Youth and Children, Muruli Mukasa is now the Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Affairs, a position previously held by Okurut. In a detailed list of the new Cabinet …

Fatou Bensouda, the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) to come out of hiding and face justice. Speaking to journalists on Feb.27 in Kampala during her second-of-a-five-day visit to Uganda, Bensouda said if Kony were to surrender …

Twenty–one Ugandan civil society organisations have appealed to the UN over the government’s export of health workers to the Caribbean state of Trinidad and Tobago. Uganda and Trinidad and Tobago entered a bilateral agreement last year to export over 250 Ugandan health workers, including highly specialized personnel to “further accelerate …

A pilot computerized tool that aims to contribute to a reduction in unemployment in Uganda has been launched in Uganda, thanks to a collaboration involving the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). The initiative launched at the …

Uganda has finally announced the country’s first open competitive licensing round for petroleum exploration in six blocks covering almost 3000 sq km along the country’s western frontier. Speaking to journalists at the energy ministry’s headquarters in Kampala on Feb. 24, Eng. Irene Muloni, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development …

By Flavia Nassaka The ministry of health has today, Feb.19 announced the outbreak of typhoid in areas around Nakasero market and Kikuubo in down town Kampala with two people being confirmed to have succumbed to it yet other eleven deaths are still being investigated for the same. 142 individuals have …

By Julius Businge  The Dutch government through its foreign affairs ministry announced a US$1.2mn (approx. Ush3.4bn) support to 30 Business Process Outsourcing companies of Uganda under the Netherlands Trust Fund III.  While announcing the support in Kampala, the capital city ON Feb. 5, the Netherlands Ambassador to Uganda, Alphons Hennekens …

By Flavia Nassaka Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have criticized the move by government through the ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Health to export highly qualified health workers including psychiatrists, ophthalmologists and neurologists to a Caribbean country, Trinidad and Tobago. While speaking to journalists on Feb.05, Denis Odue, a …

By Julius Businge   Rwanda’s home carrier, RwandAir has launched its daily flights to Nairobi from Entebbe; a move that officials said is a fulfillment of their expansion strategy in the region and beyond. Speaking at Entebbe International Airport, on Jan. 29, John Mirenge, the CEO of RwandAir said the …