Over 8,000 Ugandans Benefit from Employment Opportunities in Tilenga Oil Project- Total Energies President
Total Energies, one of the world's leading integrated energy companies, has announced that over 8,000 Ugandans have been employed in the successful Tilenga Oil Project.
Nicolas Terraz, President of Exploration and Production at Total Energies, made this significant announcement during a meeting with President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at State House-Entebbe on Monday, April 23, 2024.
Terraz, who recently visited the oil exploration sites under the Tilenga project, updated President Museveni on the progress made so far and sought additional support to...
Police Launch Manhunt for Husband Who Hacked Wife to Death in Mayuge District
The Uganda Police Force in Busoga East is on a manhunt for a 55-year-old man who hacked his wife to death on April 19, 2024, in Namoni village in Namoni parish, Mayuge district.
The deceased, identified as Alizat Naikoba, aged 45, was hacked to death by her husband, Alimansi Kiggundu. They were both residents of Namoni village in Mayuge district.
While addressing the public at the police headquarters in Naguru on April 22, 2024, SCP Fred Enanga, the spokesperson for the...
Motorists Stranded as Rains Partially Destroy Kampala-Masaka Highway
A section of the Kampala-Masaka highway has sunk due to heavy rains, causing heavy traffic along the highway leaving motorists stranded in traffic jam for hours.
Uganda Police, in a statement made by SP Michael Kananura, the Community Liaison Officer and Public Relations Officer Directorate of Traffic and Road Safety, on April 21, 2024, appealed to motorists to exercise utmost discipline and patience while accessing the highway.
According to Kananura, the section of the road that sank was located between Kyengera...
Kyankwanzi Women to Start Up ‘Maama Bank’ to Help with Poverty Alleviation
Christine Bukenya Ssendawula, the Kyankwanzi Woman Member of Parliament (MP), has revealed that women in Kyankwanzi district are going to start up a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisation or Society (SACCO) that is going to provide credit to women so that they can help alleviate themselves out of poverty.
Bukenya revealed this on April 18, 2024, during the belated International Women’s Day celebrations in Ntwetwe Town Council, Kyankwanzi District.
According to Bukenya, the women are going to start up ’’Maama Bank’’...
BOU Directs Mobile Money Agents to Demand IDs for Transactions over UGX 1M
Mobile Money agents have been directed by the Bank of Uganda (BoU) to request a valid identity card (ID) from customers who perform transactions of more than one million shillings.
According to BoU, in a statement on April 19, 2024, the move is aimed at curbing the rise of fraudulent and scam transactions made by criminals.
“The Bank of Uganda observed a rise in the usage of mobile money platforms for online fraud and scams. Mobile money systems have occasionally been...
Judiciary to Save Ugx 6 Billion Annually in Rental Expenses – Justice Buteera
The Deputy Chief Justice of Uganda, Richard Buteera, has stated that by commissioning the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal buildings, they will be saving UGX 6 billion in annual rent, which the institution had been paying.
He made these remarks on April 18, 2024, while president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was commissioning the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal at the judiciary headquarters in Kampala.
Justice Buteera said that, on behalf of all justices and support staff, they were happy to...
