Uganda moves to increase Electricity Access to citizens

Follow us on Social Media , just type “HICGI News Agency” Uganda has launched an Energy Access Scale-up Project (EASP) with support from the World Bank. The government is to implement the Energy Access Scale-up Project (EASP) project to support over 1,360,000 households, industrial Parks, SMEs and refugees and host communities. On 13th December 2022,…

Senior Citizen John Mitala passes on

Deceased: The former Head of Public Service, John Mitala. PHOTO/ COURTESY The former Head of Public Service, John Mitala is dead, a close family member has said.He is said to have died last evening after spending months in hospital.After more than 48 years in public service, Dr Mitala in September last year handed over office…

Uganda charges US parents with child trafficking in torture case

Ugandan prosecutors on Tuesday charged a US couple with child trafficking and denied bail, a week after they were accused of torturing their foster son. The couple, both 32, were taken into custody last week for “constantly” torturing their 10-year-old son between 2020 and 2022. They pleaded not guilty after being charged last week with…

Museveni defends Muhoozi on political comments but Warns him.

President Museveni has said senior military officers including his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, will not be punished for publicly making political statements and instead be “guided” – a departure from the past where officers were court-martialed for such commentary.   He repeated his June 2022 caution to the First Son not to discuss political, security…

KCCA Parish Development Model Teams Resolve Emerging implementation issues.

By KCCA-PCA The National Development Model (PDM) coordination Team on Thursday held a fruitful consultative meeting with the KCCA PDM leaders to share the achievements, challenges and find solutions to emerging issues recently raised by the Resident City Commissioners. Among the issues raised were, the issues of poor information flow, lack of clarity on roles,…

Uganda heightens security in national parks after fatal incident

Uganda said on Thursday that it has heightened security in all its national parks following a fatal incident where a ranger was killed by armed poachers. The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), a state-run agency charged with wildlife conservation, said in a statement that it has deployed additional personnel at strategic locations in all protected areas…

Uganda’s First Batch of Ebola Vaccines Arrives for Trials

By Esther Rose Cape Town — Uganda has received a shipment of 1,200 Ebola vaccine doses from the World Health Organization today, writes Elias Biryambarema for Reuters. Three vaccine options – one from the University of Oxford and Serum Institute of India, another by the Sabin Vaccine Institute and a third by Merck & Co Inc. will be…