Bernard Mujuni, the Commissioner for Equity and Rights at the Ministry says the current policies and institutions like the judiciary, police, Equal Opportunities Commission, the Uganda Human Rights Commission, among others, have not adequately protected elderly and other vulnerable persons.
URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi emphasized that integrity is the minimum standard required from all involved in tax administration. He added that the authority has established an independent department to hold staff accountable for integrity and moral issues, and has made integrity one of its core values.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, EACOP addressed allegations that landowners in Kikuube District had not been compensated or were facing potential eviction without compensation. According to EACOP's compensation records, only one project-affected person remains unpaid.
Protazio Sande Director Strategy and Market Development, cited products like Munno mu Kabi, Safe Boda and the Kameeza Insurance. The latter was proposed by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, at the awards ceremony for the 2023 edition.
For many years, locals in the area temporarily patched the bridge with wood logs and pieces of timber to facilitate trucks transporting goods across the two districts.
Close to 100 solar street lights installed within the city under the World Bank-funded Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructural Development program have been non-functional for nearly five years.
During a meeting for the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project on December 9, 2024, at the district headquarters, Obwoya decried the situation, stating, "These delays are unacceptable and are impacting the livelihoods of people who depend on these funds for their survival."
The MoU builds on an already strong trade relationship between Dubai and Uganda. According to Dubai Customs, non-oil trade between the two reached a significant US$ 1.2 billion in 2023, highlighting the growing economic ties. Furthermore, as of September 2024, 148 Ugandan businesses were registered as active members of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce, with 60 of them joining within the first nine months of the year.
He replaces Anne Juuko who left Stanbic Uganda on March 31, following her appointment as Stanbic Bank Group Regional Head of Global Markets for Eastern Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya
According to the CSOs, local governments are being reduced to mere observers of resources, while the larger portion of funds remains at the ministry level, leaving local governments struggling with inadequate resources.
Bosco Emot, a resident of Aderlongo trading center, explained that power, which was connected to the area under the Rural Electrification Program, went out in October of the previous year, just a few weeks after the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) handed it over to Umeme.
Susan Akullo, the chairperson of Orit Community-based Monitors in Agweng sub-county, Lira District, explained that with the simple irrigation technique, their families are assured of vegetable production throughout the year.
According to the Copyright and Neighboring Rights Act, entertainment places, hotels, radio and television stations, schools, among other public and private entities, must pay royalties to creators of the content they use.
George Johnson Ojok Ocen, Kwania District Production Coordinator, says farmers can potentially earn about 13 million shillings per acre of cocoa annually. He said cocoa can thrive anywhere in Northern Uganda if farmers provide adequate trees for it.
The residents say that the weighbridges had created a sigh of hope, through extending employment opportunities to youths in the area, who are currently left jobless.
Amos Olal Odur, the former Academic Registrar of Makerere University who is now the chairperson Alebtong District Service Commission castigated parents for taking Universal Primary and Secondary Education to be free education. He said government cannot provide everything for every learner and so parents must take up the mantle of educating their children.
The South Sudan-registered company will initially operate three flights every week - on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It joins the fray, that has been for Uganda Airlines Limited, Eagle Air Limited and Premier Aviation.
On Wednesday, December 4th, the local leaders from the Karamoja who met with President Museveni at Naitakwae ground in Moroto district asked the government to consider compensating the people who lost their crops to wild animals.
During his campaigns, candidate, now President Donald Trump promised several policy changes that told of tightening financial conditions and trade, on top of fears of an anti-African attitude.
