However, the programme has met strong criticism over the persistent late delivery and supply of inputs to farmers. Farmers from various parts of the country have consistently raised a red flag on the quality of inputs, some of which could not germinate were not suitable for the soils, and could not tolerate weather conditions in particular areas.
Tobacco products in Uganda are said to be lowly priced in comparison to other basic household items. The EPRC study notes that overall, the tax changes in Uganda have been driven by the need to raise additional tax revenues rather than by health concerns.
Members of Parliament sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee have asked government to borrow up to 600 billion shillings to clear outstanding court awards.
The Kabaka of Buganda Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II has tasked government to urgently facilitate the Local Council LC elections to help solve the rampant kidnaps and killings in communities. Kabaka Mutebi was today speaking at his 63rd birthday celebrations at Villa Maria, Masaka. The event was attended by Vice President Edward Kiwanuka Ssekandi, officials from other cultural institutions as well as thousands of people.
A manager at one of the Petrol Stations in Kampala admitted that the global fuel prices are partly to blame for the current situation in the country. He also said the local taxation regime is still factored in.
Parliaments committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development has summoned security Minister Elly Tumwine over nonpayment of rent for the Nommo Gallery.
The suspects, all residents of Buranga parish in Kamuganguzi Sub County were arrested after invading the home of God Kabateraine, a resident of Rushebeya village in the same parish and destroying his house and properties.
Speaking at an engagement meeting with editors and journalists in Kampala around the theme Economic development and Industrial Policy in Uganda, Prof Julius Kiiza, who asked that the terms useful idiots and parrot be understood in context, said journalists lack of conceptual clarity on economic reporting and other pertinent issues weakens public discourse on sector-specific issues.
With just two months to the end of the financial year, Fort Portal Municipality has failed to collect the tendered revenue worth 140 Million Shillings from the three divisions, affecting service delivery. This includes 50 million Shillings to South Division, 50 million Shillings to West Division and 40 million Shillings to East Division.
The number of O-Level subjects has been reduced to 20 from 32. The approved subjects include; English language, Mathematics, Geography, History, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Religious Education, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Languages, Local Languages, Kiswahili, Information Communication and Technology, Nutrition and Food Technology, Technology and Design, Performing Arts Music, Dance and Drama, Fine Art, Physical Education, Agriculture and Literature in English.
Ramathan Ggoobi, an economics lecturer at Makerere University Business School, and lead author of the report, said development is fundamentally about structural transformation of the economy and this not through market forces but deliberate government intervention in strategic sectors and areas.
Over the course of a 12-month study period, 81 percent of 561 self-injection participants continued to use the product. Meanwhile, 65 percent of the 600 women who received the service from a health worker continued using the product.
This is the first time that a Ugandan Government official has openly acknowledged that Uganda is hosting African asylum seekers who are forcibly thrown out of Israel.
The two-storey red brick building on 231 Cobourg Street was constructed in the 1940s as an apartment building, and became Ugandas high commission in 1985. Owned by the Ugandan government, the building was used as Ugandas high commission to Canada until 2014 when it was declared unsafe.
This now brings to 12, the number of people who have been arrested in line with a resolution of the district council to interdict persons who caused financial loss to the district through illegal financial transactions.
Ugandas Juma Miiro has won a bronze medal after losing at the semi final stage in the light flyweight 46-49kg of the on-going on-going 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia.
Voters say that the amendments were deviously passed after members pocketed all the money advanced to them for consultations. Wakhayete Mafabi, the Chairperson of the Elders Forum in Mbale district faults legislators for using the money to service their private work instead of holding consultations.
Street-connected children in Kampala have reported mistreatment by city authorities and Uganda Police Force. More than 700 street children living in Katwe and Kisenyi slums on Thursday gathered in Kampala for the International Day of the Street Child. The day was characterised with processions in slums and dinning with NGO officials as well as receiving medical checkups from health workers.
