Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has secured a five-year financing facility worth USD 50 million (about UGX 190 billion) from Absa Bank Uganda to fund urgent upgrades to the...
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has instructed the Board of the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the performance and conduct...
A subtle but consequential confrontation is unfolding between the Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) over the ongoing redevelopment of the Nakivubo Channel, one of...
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has firmly defended its acquisition of additional office space at Pearl Tower on Yusuf Lule Road, Kampala, framing the decision as a strategic necessity driven...
Uganda wants to double its tourism revenues, raise annual visitor arrivals to 1.9 million by 2026, and grow the sector’s contribution to GDP to 10% by 2040. But beneath these...
To do or not to do an oil refinery for Uganda, over and above the pipeline, has been a major question for the country, but more importantly for the Uganda…
Permanent Secretaries and other accounting officers appearing before parliament to answer queries audit queries by the Auditor General should be treated with respect and fairness, Pius Bigirimana, Secretary to Judiciary…
President Museveni, will on February 09th 2024 inaugurate the Judiciary’s twin-tower office block. Construction of the seven-storey twin appellate courts buildings with two basement floor parking for 226 vehicles, started…
Steven Alor, an economist at the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has said that if government continues allocating Shs217 billion to clear its domestic arrears annually, it would take…
The Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) is staring at UGX 5 trillion outstanding loan obligations from Karuma and Isimba Hydro Power Projects. The loan obligations arise from UGX 1.3…
Nyombi Thembo, a shrewd politician and an economist is no stranger to the corporate corridors at Uganda Communications Commission headquarters in Bugolobi, an affluent Kampala suburb. Before his appointment as…
George William Nyombi Thembo was born in 1964, just two years after Uganda’s independence to the late Erisa Somongu- a political activist and a Kabaka Yekka die-hard, Eseza Nanyonga Ziribasanga…
Josephine Okui Okwakol Ossiya CPA, FCCA, MBA, has been appointed as the next Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA). She replaces Keith Kalyegira who has been the…
U.S. – Uganda bilateral relations took a nosedive at the end of October when U.S. President Joe Biden issued a statement that seeks to terminate Uganda’s membership under the Africa…
Bank of Uganda recently released its annual report for 2022/2023. The report highlights the central bank’s performance in relation to its major obligation as the guardian of country’s economy. It…
