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Museveni names new UNOC board members

Uganda, March 20 -- Former dfcu Managing Director Mathias Katamba has been appointed the board chairperson of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), replacing businessman Emmanuel Katongole whose fou... Read More


Museveni woos Italians to coffee value addition

Uganda, March 15 -- President Museveni has rallied Italian investors to his cause of value-addition to coffee by urging them to open factories in the country. The President made the plea during a mee... Read More


Isimba dam to be shut over defects

Uganda, March 15 -- The 183-megawatt Isimba hydroelectric dam, located between Kayunga and Kamuli districts, is set to be shut down later in the year to enable the contractor fix technical and structu... Read More


IGG opens shock corruption probe of Parliament

Uganda, March 6 -- Parliament's function as the State organ which exercises oversight over all public agencies and offices has been turned on its head, with the Inspectorate of Government opening an i... Read More


Stop supporting M23, France tells Rwanda

Uganda, March 1 -- The French Ambassador to Uganda, Mr Xavier Sticker, has said his government has received names of key actors in the Rwanda-backed M23 and FDLR-rebel group opposed to Kigali, and for... Read More


Uganda's embassy in Canada sparks fury over house plans

Uganda, Feb. 22 -- Uganda's High Commission in Ottawa, Canada, has set tongues wagging after it demolished the official diplomatic residence, a stucco house, which had "heritage protection" under Cana... Read More


Cuba, South Korea forge diplomatic relations

Uganda, Feb. 18 -- South Korea and Cuba on Wednesday made a surprise announcement of beginning diplomatic relations, a move that will put latter's Cold War allies, North Korea, on tenterhooks. The de... Read More


Panic grips Finance, UIA after IGG raid

Uganda, Feb. 5 -- The three-line ministers of Finance and Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) top management on Friday visited the donor-funded Kampala Industrial and Business Park (KIBP) at Namanve to ... Read More


Sebutinde ruling on Gaza crisis leaves many dazed

Uganda, Jan. 28 -- Uganda's Julia Sebutinde is one of the two judges who voted mostly against the six emergency measures in response to South Africa's genocide case against Israel, leaving many observ... Read More


Key takeaways from G77+ China summit

Uganda, Jan. 24 -- Uganda on January 21 assumed the one-year rotational chairmanship of the G77+China alliance with a busy in-tray containing an imposing to-do list detailed in the 156-point Outcome D... Read More