High Court of Uganda upholds Central Bank’s ban on cryptocurrency transactions, stating that crypto assets are illegal and unrecognized under the National Payment Systems Act. On the 29th of April 2022, the Bank of Uganda issued a circular stating that it had not licensed any institution to sell the crypto currencies or to facilitate the […]
211 Ugandans have been successfully evacuated from Sudan following clashes that began on April 15th 2023 between the regular army and a paramilitary force called the Rapid Support Forces. The evacuees, composed of diplomats, students, and business expatriates, arrived at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda from Bahir Dar Airport in Northern Ethiopia. The special evacuation […]
The Heads of State African union Transition Mission in Somalia Summit will be a follow-up event after the meeting between Somalia President, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, and his Ugandan counterpart, H.E Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, during the United States Africa Leaders’ Summit held in Washington DC, from December 13-15, 2022. Uganda will host Presidents of countries whose troops are […]
National Unity Platform party imposes two-term limit on party leaders and elected officials, prompting concerns among some members On April 15, during the NUP delegates’ conference at the party’s new premises in Makerere, Kavule, members imposed a two-term limit on all party leaders, and leaders elected on the party flag. The Leader of Opposition in […]
President Yoweri Museveni has tasked External Security Organization (ESO) Director Ambassador Joseph Ochwet to use Uganda Airlines Airbus to evacuate 208 Ugandans who were rescued from war-torn Sudan. After the fighting broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum a few days ago, most Ugandans, who comprise of students, Muslims who were traveling to Mecca, and traders […]
The newly commissioned UPDF Junior officers on Friday 21st April, 2023 completed a one-month intensive Post Cadet Ideological Orientation training course at the Oliver Reginald Tambo School of Leadership, Kaweweta in Nakaseke District. Officiating at the pass-out ceremony, the Commandant Military Police Maj. Gen. Don Nabaasa who represented the Commander Land Force Lt. Gen. Kayanja […]
President Museveni announces five directives to boost Uganda’s export earnings and tourism industry, including the establishment of Uganda Trade Hubs and training of hospitality staff. President Yoweri Museveni has expressed the need to support the private drive to increase Uganda’s export earnings. In his maiden Quarterly address to the country that focused on supporting the […]
Today President Museveni is set to meet with the NRM Parliamentary Caucus to discuss the recently passed Anti-Homosexuality bill of 2023 and other issues. The meeting, scheduled for Thursday 20th April 2023 at Kololo ceremonial grounds, will address the bill which, if signed into law, would criminalize homosexual activities. Today Thursday 20th April 2023, President […]
President Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance to “urgently” release 6 billion to help work on potholes and the nature of roads in Kampala City. “I now direct the Ministry of Finance to urgently release the quarterly contribution to KCCA of shs 6 billion for pothole filling, repairs and maintenance of roads,” President Museveni […]
Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) is an initiative that was launched by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda in 2013 as an intervention to efficiently facilitate national socio-economic transformation, with a focus on raising household incomes and wealth creation by transforming subsistence farmers into commercial farmers. The main objectives are to; Improve commercial agriculture: Through the OWC […]
