By Julius Businge Economic experts have supported the recent decision taken by the government of Uganda to join the COMESA FTA, saying it would increase the volume of Ugandan exports to the COMESA FTA and promote the country’s economic growth. The decision came at a time when Uganda was hosting …
Read More »Embrace the digital age, ICT Minister urges Ugandans
By Ronald Musoke Uganda’s minister for Information and Communication Technologies, Ruhakana Rugunda wants Ugandans to go digital by fully adopting paperless communication in their everyday lives. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting held at the Ministry of ICT in Kampala on Nov. 14 ahead of the Africa ICT Week, Rugunda noted …
Read More »Uganda Law Society protests Police raid on Member’s Law firm
By Ronald Musoke The Uganda Law Society has labeled the Police’s raid on the premises of M/S O.N Osinde and Co Advocates on Nov. 13 “discourteous and unwarranted.” The body which brings together all practicing lawyers in Uganda called the action “an attack on the decency of the legal profession …
Read More »Uganda Efforts to Capture Warlord ‘Destined to Fail’
By Julius Odeke An advocacy group says the Ugandan Army’s quest to apprehend Joseph Kony and other senior leaders of the Lord’s Resistance Army is destined to fail unless the number of troops deployed increases and they are provided with better logistical and intelligence information. According to Voice of America, …
Read More »World Bank to assess Aid to Uganda
By Julius Odeke With the continued amount of pressure from donors over the theft of over Shs20bn from the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) World Bank is considering slashing aid to the Kampala government. “The World Bank Group is concerned about recent allegations of misuse of public funds in …
Read More »Parliamentarians urge increased funding for Lake Victoria
By Julius Odeke Members of the Parliamentary Committee on East African Community Affairs in the Republic of Uganda have promised to recommend increased Partner States financial contributions for the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC). The Parliamentarians, who were on a two-today visit to LVBC Secretariat in Kisumu, Kenya, were responding …
Read More »Uganda hosts over 400 mountain gorillas
By Chris Agwokotho Odubi The population of the gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is at a minimum of 400 according to the current census by the Uganda Wild Life Authority, International Gorilla Conservation Program(IGCP), Institute for the Conservation of Nature (ICCN) in DRC and RDB in Rwanda. The results …
Read More »Uganda needs futuristic equitable Oil Laws
By Ronald Musoke Ugandans will only benefit from its oil and gas resources if the country’s Parliament comes up with a nationalistic oil and gas legal regime which is futuristic and inter-generational to ensure transparency and accountability. According to Arthur Benomugisha, the executive director of the Advocates Coalition on Development …
Read More »Sebutinde wins award as pioneer Ugandan at ICC
Kampala, Uganda | Joan Akello| Hon. Justice Julia Sebutinde at the dinner held in her honour won the Uganda Law Society Outstanding Award as the first Ugandan Judge at the International Court of Justice at the Hague on 19th Oct. Her speech was specifically delivered to female lawyers though even males …
Read More »Uganda eighth among African nations with high consumption potential
Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke| A recent report by Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a South African investment bank has ranked Uganda eighth among the best ten African nations with high consumption potential. The report entitled, “Where to Invest in Africa,” says when consumer-facing multinational companies such as super market chains and …
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