In June 2024, Bank of Uganda begun buying gold from local miners in a bid to boost its foreign reserves. But an expert warns it risks being entangled in the illicit gold trade in the Great Lakes region.
Among the key recommendations is the creation of a fully-fledged department for Culture and Creative Industries within the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. The department would coordinate CCI-related policy implementation, support sector growth, and facilitate research and marketing of Uganda’s cultural exports, aligned with UNESCO’s six creative categories, from visual arts to literature.
Dr Paul Nduhuura, Head of Research & Capacity Building at the National Renewable Energy Platform, reveals that the issues around traditional cooking fuels have a greater impact on the people.
Joseph Okello, the school’s director of studies explained that their efforts to advocate for, and mobilize parents to bring in their children to the school is not yielding fruits. Adding that parents of the school’s students are not paying school fees despite its small amount.
Eng. Protaze Tibyakinura, the UEDCL Chief Engineering & Technical Services Officer, informed that though Umeme had operated the larger part, UEDCL has served the most difficult areas, so it is not new to the task and is ready to take on the challenge. “We have been distributing to up to 240,000 customers, and all of them are running on a prepaid metering system,” he noted. “The lessons learnt from there are good enough.”
Joseph Lobot, the LC5 chairperson of the Amudat district said that the Grow project was well thought out but miscalculated when the proponents thought that all women were equal in terms of entrepreneurship skills, capability, and legalization of enterprises.
