UGANDA NEWS

President Yoweri Museveni has today arrived in Davos, Switzerland where he will join other leaders at the World Economic Forum. Today, the President will hold a breakfast meeting on the theme "Shaping Africa's Agenda in Global Context" and later be part of a panel discussion titled "Peace building in Africa". According to this year’s report, Africa’s economic outlook is positive. According to the International Monetary Fund, almost half of the 40 fastest-growing emerging and developing countries are in Africa. Since...

The Minister of ICT and National governance, Honorable Frank Tumwebaze has said that he we misquoted by the daily monitor after he was reported to have said that government was Misguided by officials from the Ministry of Finance on the Over the Top Tax introduced this financial year. In a tweet on his official twitter account, the minister said, ""Hoodwinked" was the @DailyMonitor reporter's word not mine. I told the #ICTCommittee of @Parliament_Ug that much as taxation isn't the mandate...

The preparations for this year's NRA/NRM day are high gear as the party prepares to commemorate 33 years since the liberation of the country in January 1986. The Theme for this years celebaration is, “A moment of Glory that set a new Chapter for Unity, Peace and Prosperity in Uganda”. The liberation war should not be seen as an end in itself. Rather it was a moment of glory in which the people of Uganda opened a new chapter to rescue...

Last evening, the President presided over the official opening of the new the Uganda Revenue Authority Towers in Nakawa, Kampala. He congratulated URA for getting out of rent slavery. The 22-storeyed building is a truly Ugandan project. It was fully financed by the government, constructed by a Ugandan firm and is furnished by a Ugandan-owned furniture mart. The Government is also undertaking to build a campus to house central government offices although it is being delayed by some elements within the...

On Saturday afternoon, the President, Yoweri k Museveni handed over cheques to different groups set to benefit from the Youth Livelihood Programme and the Women Entrepreneurship Programme supervised by the gender ministry. A total of 915 youth groups from 26 districts received cheques amounting to Shs9 billion while 1,459 women groups from 43 districts also got Shs9 billion. The purpose of these schemes is to give a headstart to these groups so that they move into value-addition while creating jobs for...

Jinja. Two robbers were shot dead in Masese, Jinja municipality, Jinja district on Friday. The two, armed with an Ak 47 were allegedly planning to rob a businessman dealing in fish. A third robber was later put out of action and an AK 47 riffle recovered. Bodies of the dead were delivered to Jinja hospital mortuary. Only one of the suspected robbers, was identified as Lukwago, others are yet to be identified. The vehicle above was being used by the robbers.