Uganda has secured €85 million (approximately UGX 340 billion) in development aid from France to significantly improve both water infrastructure and broader urban development in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA), Finance Minister Matia Kasaija announced Wednesday. The loans, signed…
Uganda’s coffee industry is experiencing a significant surge, with exports reaching unprecedented heights. According to a recent report from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, coffee exports in February 2025 totaled 555,756 60-kilo bags, worth a staggering US$167.68…
Uganda’s government is seeking a massive loan to finance the buyout of Umeme Limited, the country’s main electricity distributor, as its 20-year concession comes to an end on March 31, 2025. The government is negotiating with Stanbic Bank to secure…
PHOTO: John Rujoki Musinguzi, Commissioner General, URA John R. Musinguzi, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, has been reappointed for a second 4-year term. He was first appointed in March 2022 to take over Uganda’s tax authority from Doris…
Will the government survive fire for favouring foreign investors all the time against local businessmen? Moreover, when this is supposed to be a government by the people and for the people? Currently the government of Uganda is under heavy fire…
Uganda has scrapped taxes on airlines using the Entebbe International Airport, a move that will make it cheaper for transiting passengers to travel through the facility. The move, which may not augur well for Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), which…