The theft of IT equipment and data, as well as digital and industrial espionage and sabotage, will cost Germany 206 billion euros ($223.55 billion) in 2023, Germany’s digital association Bitkom said.
The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Ms. Dorothy Kisaka, and Buganda Land Board (BLB) CEO, Owek. Simon Kaboggoza, along with other officials, met to discuss strategies for organized development as part of Kampala’s Smart City Agenda.
Veterinary practioners whose licences are revoked but continue to practice and in the process cause death to animals or humans face a seven-year jail sentence, or fine of Shs10 million, or bothduring plenary sitting on Wednesday, 30 August 2023 chaired by Speaker Anita Among.
The Director Presidential Projects and Industrial Hubs at State House, Eng. Raymond Kamugisha has appealed to the leaders of Rwenzori Sub-region to use the Presidential Zonal Industrial Hubs in the area as production and innovation centerswhile meeting leaders from the sub-region as he made a tour to the two Zonal Industrial Hubs located in Kasese and Ntoroko districts.
In a bid to modernize agriculture and meet the increasing demand for tractors in Uganda, the Agriculture Ministry is in the process of setting up a tractor assembly plant. This ambitious initiative aims not only to enhance the country’s agricultural productivity but also to make mechanized farming more accessible and affordable for local farmers.
South African airline Airlink announced its withdrawal from the Johannesburg-Entebbe route, effective August 28, 2023. In response to persistently subdued post-pandemic demand, TheCEO and Managing Director of Airlink, Rodger Foster, has attributed the move to the unyielding commercial unviability of the route due to thin traffic volumes.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also the Commander-In-Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), yesterday 31st August 2023 advised retiring senior army officers to invest their retirement package wisely during an event where 11 army Generals officially retired. He encouraged them to engage in stable, income-generating activities and to offer guidance to their local communities.
