Author: Ali Ruralire

The Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary/ Secretary to Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi has outlined budget opportunities in the UGX 72Trillion Budget for the Financial Year 2024/25, urging private sector players to take advantage of them. This, he said while delivering a keynote speech during the 2024 Post Budget Dialogue organised by Absa Bank Uganda in collaboration with Deloitte among other partners on 14th June 2024 at Kampala Serena Hotel. “In the next financial year, we have allocated funds for wealth creation initiatives commercial agriculture, and value addition; the Parish Development Model brings more people into the money economy. We have capitalized UDB…

Sout Africa’s parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country’s president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties. The new government of national unity combines Mr Ramaphosa’s ANC, the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) and smaller parties. The agreement was hashed out on a day of high political drama. The National Assembly in Cape Town swore in a speaker from the ANC and the post of deputy speaker went to the DA. Friday’s deal came after weeks of speculation about who the ANC would partner with after losing its parliamentary majority for the…

World Football governing body, FIFA has extended worldwide sanctions on Ugandan players and referees who had earlier been suspended by FUFA in 2023 for engaging in match manipulation. The players include Saleh Maganda (formerly at Calvary FC), Franco Oringa (formerly at Northern Gateway), Godfrey Lwesibawa, Yahaya Mahad Kakooza and Andrew Waiswa (all formerly at Gadaffi FC). On the other hand, the referees that were earlier suspended by FUFA and have also earned extended world wide sanctions from FIFA include George Nkurunziza and Deogracious Opio. Each player was handed a five year ban while the referees on the other hand will…

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has revealed that for Uganda’s economy to accelerate growth, there’s need to be competitive in the products and services they produce. “Our products and services must be cheaper and of better quality than products from other countries. In order to achieve that, we need affordable electricity which is already being worked on because for you to be competitive, you need cheap electricity,” he said. The President who was in the company of the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni made the remarks during the reading of the Shs72.136 trillion National Budget…

The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board members led by Chairman, Board of Directors, Mr. Aloysius Mugasa Adyeri, recently embarked on a significant visit to Jinja, where the agenda included promoting responsible gaming, introducing the National Lottery, and fostering collaborative relationships with local leaders and stakeholders. The visit was marked by a series of key engagements and inspections aimed at ensuring compliance and economic benefits for the community. The Board members began their visit at 103.5 Apex FM, a renowned local radio station in Jinja. During their time at Apex FM, the Board engaged in a live broadcast, discussing the…

A section of NRM youth leaders from the central region have been flagged off to intensify mobilisation of the rural population into wealth creation activities. The youth were commissioned yesterday by the Secretary-General, Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong at NRM headquarters at Kyadondo Road, Kampala. Mr. Todwong said that the main challenge of the NRM today is limited employment opportunities among the youth and poverty due to subsistence production hence urging the youth leaders to take up the responsibility of sensitizing the population into joining wealth creation ventures like commercial agriculture and value addition. He discouraged the youth living in Kampala…

The Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa has asked MPs not to hide from attending the reading of the 2024/25 budget, due to fear of arrest, saying Parliament will stand by the three MPs arrested over corruption until they are pronounced guilty, and this decision shouldn’t be viewed as Parliament condoning corruption. He made the remarks while officiating the handover ceremony of the new leadership of the Uganda Parliamentary Forum on Youth Affairs (UPFYA) at Parliament, where he assured MPs that President Museveni is happy about the performance of the 11th Parliament, and that reports about rackets of corruption have been swirling…

Kampala — Uganda and UNDP have discussed a range of stronger interventions to address climate change and also promote development. The high level meeting between John Mulimba, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (Regional Affairs), with Ms. Nwanne Vwede-Obahor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative centered on initiatives that can help combat climate change and enhance agricultural sustainability. Both parties acknowledged Uganda’s crucial role as a food basket in the region and explored avenues for bolstering agriculture, particularly through projects supporting women groups and the cassava value chain production. Ms. Nwanne Vwede-Obahor, pledged UNDP’s commitment to providing equipment…

Six people have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained injuries in a road crash that occurred on June 12, at Kakiika along Ntungamo-Rukungiri Road in Ntungamo District. The crash involved motor vehicles UBN 337H, a Toyota Hiace, and UAP 385U, an Isuzu bus belonging to Kasaaba Bus Company. According to the initial report, motor vehicle UBN 337H, which was coming from Rukungiri to Ntungamo, got a tyre puncture and parked on the right-hand side of the road, leaving part of the vehicle on the tarmac while attempting to fix the tyre, with full lights on. Unfortunately, the bus, which…

The UPDF High Command has met at State House Entebbe.  According to a source familiar with the agenda of the meeting, the High Command, one of UPDF’s top decision-making bodies, reviewed ongoing operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Somalia. The meeting chaired by President Yoweri Museveni, who is also the Commander in Chief of the armed forces, also reviewed the general security situation in the country. The meeting was attended by top UPDF leadership including the Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba and his Deputy Lt Gen Sam Okiding. Others who attended include the Commander Land Forces Lt…