Opinion: Allan Tacca Missed a point on the Nile Perch Exportation issue by going personal
I read an article that The Sunday Monitor columnist Allan Tacca wrote. Â Mr.Tacca went on a rant about the proposal to ban Nile perch consumption in Uganda. He blamed the president and tried to paint a picture that the president is the one who was behind the proposal. Allan also called Ugandans idiots and also made some sectarian remarks.
Tacca should have been informed that the people who made the proposal were exporters under the Uganda Fish Processors and Exporters...
How I witnessed travellers miss their Flights due to delayed Covid-19 results at Entebbe Airport.
Travellers at Entebbe Airport cannot keep missing their flights due to delayed Covid-19 results. Even when news of Government intervention is in plans to stream line the testing exercise at the airport, I wished that it had intervened a night before the flight night. No one deserves to sit hours waiting or even miss a flight because they are endlessly waiting for Covid-19 results.
I recently escorted my elder sister to the airport on her way out to the United...
Kilembe Mines to employ over 4,000 people once revamped
The Government of Uganda intends to revamp the Iconic Kilembe Mines in Kasese Rwenzori sub region. According to a survey that was done in 2019 by Japan International, if the mines potential is utilized and up to 99 percent of its ore is smelted, over 4,000 and more people would be employed.
The state Minister for Investment Evelyne Anite said that over 21 investors have expressed interest in the business.
This development is partly attributed to several calls from Kasese District...
Emerging: Chronicle details On Lumbuye’s Capture and fate
Lumbuye shot himself in the foot when he said that Kabaka was dead
Lumbuye declared war on himself on the day that he passed viral lies that turned into wide propaganda that Kabaka was dead, a thing that raised eyebrows about his authenticity and raised questions on what his mission was.
He lost popularity and culminated more enemies when he lied that Soldiers were killing people in Mulago to account for Covid 19 deaths. This however was not true and was...
UGANDA’S ENERGY SECTOR STANDS AS EAST AFRICA’S FINEST
Amidst a multitude of problems that Uganda faced, inadequate infrastructure was particularly serious before the NRM came on to the scene.
The country faced huge infrastructural gaps ranging from rampant electricity outages (load shedding), roads with potholes as well as few, expensive and unreliable telephone services.
After securing the country and working on a minimum economic recovery program, NRM embarked on a development agenda, starting with closing the infrastructure gap in order to provide a foundation for development-oriented investment.
Productivity in every ...
ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK UNDER NRM ONE OF THE BEST IN AFRICA
When NRM took power in 1986, inadequate transport infrastructure was one of Uganda’s biggest problems. Over the years, we have improved it to increase prosperity among the people of Uganda.
Historical experience provides proof that if you construct a road or railway through a cultivable area, you automatically stimulate economic development.
PROGRESS ON NATIONAL ROADS
Uganda has a total road network of about 159,366km comprising of:
20,854km (13%) national roads;
38,603km (24%) district roads;
19,959km (13%) urban roads and
79,947km (50%) community access roads.
The national roads...