Over 1500 teachers in Mbarara Municipality have laid down their tools over pay. The teachers, under their umbrella Uganda National Teachers Union UNATU, have been protesting the delayed payment of their March salaries.
Parliaments Agriculture Committee wants the distribution of seedlings under Operation Wealth Creation OWC stopped. The legislators, who were recently on a fact-finding mission in several districts, say the government may not be receiving value for money in distribution of coffee, citrus, tea and other seedlings.
The focus of the cooperation will be feasibility studies for nuclear power projects, uranium exploration and evaluation, cancer management, development of food and agriculture, water resource management and strengthening the national nuclear and radiation safety infrastructure.
From humble beginnings inside her kitchen in 2010, Prudence Ukkonika Busingye tells URN what inspired her to venture into wine making. Bella Wine, the business that was started with as little as one hundred Uganda thousand shillings producing five litres of wine, now distributes over fifty thousand litres per year from a factory located in Namugongo, outside Kampala.
Government is proposing to increase tax on gun licenses from two million to five million shillings. State Minister for Planning, David Bahati, noted that the increment is not in any way in relation to the fight against crime but rather a revenue collection measure.
An analysis by Uganda Investment Authority UIA of the top ten sources for foreign direct investment licensed projects over the period of 2013/14 to 2015/16 puts Eritrea in the high investment club comprising China, India, Kenya, United Kingdom, Pakistan and United States.
The deceased was hacked to death on the March 29 2017 while in her shop in Andrews cell, Kakiika Division. The assailants disguised themselves as food vendors to gain access to the shop in broad day light.
Oola, who was charged with treason, concealment, murder and attempted murder in June, last year, was released this afternoon by the Civil Division of the High Court in Kampala, according to his lawyer Nicholas Opiyo.
The directive, seeks to synchronize information in the National Identity data bank, with mobile phone subscription. The validation can be done online by pressing 197. However, only persons with National Identification Numbers etched on their National Identity cards are able to have their simcards validated within the specified period.
The Agency added that unlike other agricultural products that are destined for consumption, there is a greater risk that any pests carried in seeds could establish themselves and spread after planting.
The complaints come at the backdrop of the procurement of 10 solar-powered street poles, which were erected in isolated places considered major dark spots in the municipality. But the criteria meant that major roads like Ibanda main street, Jubilee Bufunda and Mpira streets were left in total darkness.
As it stands, betting companies pay a 35 percent tax on the winnings. However with the new proposal, the companies will now pay 20 percent of the value of all winning bets and the winners will pay 15 percent of their prize.
