A government proposal to tighten vehicle importation rules has collapsed after facing strong resistance in Parliament, bringing to an end months of debate over affordability, environmental protection, and economic policy....
The proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, is emerging as one of the most contested legislative efforts in recent years; praised by backers, especially government officials, as a necessary safeguard...
The Bank of Uganda has officially launched a three year pilot Domestic Gold Purchase Programme, in a move aimed at strengthening and diversifying Uganda’s foreign exchange reserves through the purchase...
The Court of Appeal has upheld a finding that Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) breached a financing agreement with agro-processing firm Afro-Kai Ltd, affirming the bank’s liability for withdrawing a...
As the clock ticks toward June, when the current term of Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) Chief Executive Officer Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega is expected to expire, a quiet but palpable tension...
“When you are faced by a prospect of famine, your first impulse should not be to go after the only planting seeds you have kept in your granary for the…
By Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia We are entering into recession period globally and the exception is likely to be India and China with approximately 2% GDP growth in 2020 which is…
Bank of Uganda (BoU) has today, April 6th, 2020, in the April 2020 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting reduced the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1 percentage point to 8…
April 1st, 2020, marked nineteen years since the power reforms that unbundled Uganda Electricity Board (UEB) was completed. Five agencies, namely Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL), Uganda Electricity Transmission…
Uganda’s business confidence index for March 2020 has fallen to a 3-year low as the knock-on effects of Covid-19 begin to sink in. According to Bank of Uganda’s Business Tendency…
Who is Marcus Kwikiriza? Marcus is a career radioman having started radio right after senior 6 in Vac. I took a break to seek an education in India for 4…
When that Coronavirus pandemic ends, we don’t know when, the world would have recorded many deaths of human beings and companies. Many companies would have simply closed, some would emerge…
The European Union Delegation in Uganda is providing consular support to nationals of its member countries to assist them to return home, should they wish to do so. CEO East…
Bank of Uganda has said that although it does not expect Unimoni Uganda’s operations to be interrupted by the collapse-in-progress of Finablr, Unimoni’s parent company, it is closely monitoring the…
The pre-Covid19 lockdown news that Hassan Basajjabalaba, the former chairman of ruling party NRM Entrepreneurs’ League and frontman for a string of briefcase companies, has been ordered by court to…
