By Isaac Tugume Uganda is grappling with a deadly enemy—counterfeit products—and Speaker of Parliament Rt. Hon. Anita Among is calling for immediate action. Counterfeit goods are flooding the market, posing grave threats to both the economy and the lives of…
PHOTO: Fred Muwema, Chairman of the Anti Counterfeit Network Africa Kampala Uganda; March 14, 2024; The Parliament of Uganda through the Mover of the Private Member’s Anti Counterfeit Goods Bill (ACGB) 2023, Hon. Asuman Basalirwa (MP Bugiri) and Hon. Ebwalu…
The parliamentary trade committee has stopped the payment of a stimulus package of Shs 3 billion to Kampala Serena hotel by Uganda Development Corporation (UDC). Serena hotel is owned by a consortium that includes Tourism Promotion Services (TPS), a division of…
The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has urged Government to provide additional funding to a tune of Shs3.3bn to promote Uganda’s tourism at the ongoing Dubai Expo despite questions raised on the partial expenditure of Shs360M the Board received in the first…
The committee on trade, tourism, and industry has tasked the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) to account for the 360 million shillings spent during the Dubai 2020 Expo. UTB led by its Executive Director Lilly Ajarova today appeared before the committee…
NSSF in a media statement on 15th October 2020 stated that the fund has money for Mid-term payments but it was shocking to hear Managing Director Richard Byarugaba on Thursday while meeting Members of Parliament on the Gender, Labour, and…
The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has aimed a dig at the executive arm, castigating Ministers over absenteeism and leading to slow progress of the institution's work.
The Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala, has said that his Ministry has no money to fund its ongoing road works.
Parliament last year introduced the National Coffee Bill, 2018, which aimed at streamlining coffee growing in Uganda, help farmers in value addition, and easily getting available markets for their produce.