A new report by the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) has revealed that pressure on men of 25 years and above who are expected to marry with a lot of cows is forcing many young Karimajong to engage in cattle rustling. The report also shows that the recent economic crisis, […]
Government through the Ministry of Trade has revealed that the country still faces high transport and trade costs, making it less competitive than its neighboring coastal countries. This comes at a time in assessing her competitiveness, Uganda’s position is often negatively affected by its trading across borders ranking. Overall, the […]
Bank of Uganda has called on participating financial institutions responsible for ensuring that the credit facilities under the Agriculture Credit Facility are adequately secured to protect interests of both government and respective participating financial institutions. The call was sounded by Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda, Michael Atingi-Ego during a one-day […]
Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has today dispatched a team of its staff to visit detained former presidential candidate, Joseph Kabuleta at Luzira prison. Police on November 28 arrested the leader of the National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party for failing to honor their summons issued to him over alleged […]
Cooperative unions and Saving and Credit Cooperatives (SACCO’s) across the country have urged government to formulate for them one law to ease regulation. Currently, the Ministry of Trade licenses them through the registrar, Bank of Uganda, and Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority. This call was sounded by Mr. Ferdinand Tumuhaise, a […]
