Commentary

In a bid to eliminate corruption tendencies in all sectors of the country, the State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) has birthed plans to bring the citizenry on board to effectively curb corruption. Israel Ochwo, the deputy head of SHACU said the reason of for involving citizens is because so many corruption incidents go unnoticed. “We intend to effectively involve the citizens in the fight of corruption in all parts of the country because there are numerous corruption incidents which go unobserved,”...

On Friday December 2nd 2022, the Constitutional Court unanimously reduced the life sentence to only 20 years. In a breakthrough judgment, the court shifted from the previous decision by the Supreme Court in which life imprisonment was interpreted to mean spending the rest of your natural life in jail. The ruling of the court follows a 2019 Constitutional court petition filed by about 569 inmates currently serving long-term sentences ranging between 21 to 73 years at Luzira prison. The petitioners were...

The State Minister of Works and Transport (MoWT), Francis Musa Ecweru together with other stakeholders have launched the National Road Safety week aimed at raising awareness against road accidents at Kyambogo Uganda National Road Authority (UNRA) on Tuesday December 6, 2022. The Road safety Campaign week that started on Monday 5th December, is expected to end on 9th December 2022, with emphasis on boda boda safety under the theme “Together for Boda Boda Safety.” While speaking at the event, Ecweru noted...

Government has formed about 6,664 Emyooga SACCOs at constituency level, and states it will inject Ugx30 million as revolving fund for each new SACCO. According to Hon. Kasolo Haruna, the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Ugx72 billion has been mobilized as savings for 205,710 parish based associations and the 6,664 SACCOs. Hon. Kasolo said this at the ongoing Micro finance and Savings Group Conference 2022 at Hotel Africana. The conference which started yesterday 29th November 2022, will...

Kampala City Market leaders have handed over reports to Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director, Dorothy Kisaka following the presidential directives to disband the leadership committees. During the handover event that was held at City Hall on Tuesday 22nd November 2022, Kisaka said that this is a policy change where all Government markets will now be under the management of KCCA. “This directive further stipulates that all Administration including collection of rental and other market dues derived from the mark...

Rampant smuggling in Namayingo District has caused a lot of distress among the residents as the products being smuggled are sold at low prices while those that are legally imported have become less attractive. The complaints were raised by local traders to Police in Namayingo on 16th November 2022 during a meeting on how to curb illegal trade in the area. According to the law-abiding local traders, this has generated big losses in returns for their businesses as smugglers always sell...