Uganda’s energy minister on Tuesday slammed the European Parliament for seeking to delay a massive and controversial East African oil project over human rights violations and environmental concerns. The project, which includes drilling in Murchison Falls, Uganda’s largest national park, has run into strong opposition from activists and environmental groups that say it threatens the…
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M7 drops military commander after controversial social media post
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday sacked Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Commander of Land Forces, after the latter posted tweets saying that his army “would only need two weeks to capture the Kenyan capital Nairobi.” The Ugandan military in a statement issued here said Museveni replaced Kainerugaba, who is also his son, with Kayanja Muhanga who has…
Many dead after crash of UPDF helicopter in DRC
A Ugandan army spokesman confirmed Wednesday the crash of one of the country’s military helicopters in eastern Congo. The spokesman, Felix Kulayigye, told The Associated Press “we are still waiting” for more details about the crash earlier this week. An unamed Congo army spokesman who spoke to Reuters agency on Wednesday said “at least 22…
NSSF Declares 9.65% interest affecting savers earnings.
A market analyst said the Fund’s interest rate for the year ending June 2022 “would do very well to match last year’s return” at the end of a particularly difficult market environment. “I will be pleasantly surprised if it clears the double-digit mark,” the analyst, who asked not to be identified in order to speak…
Money lenders ‘disarmed’ by Court ruling
The High Court has ruled that it is illegal for unlicensed money lenders to charge interest on a loan. Justice Esta Nambayo on September 20 observed that money lenders without licences under the Microfinance Institutions and Money Lenders Act, 2016, cannot sue borrowers for breach of agreement. “The defendant’s conduct of lending money to the…
Farmers excited as Uganda develops anti-tick vaccine
Animal farmers can now smile after scientists at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (Naro) said they will be releasing an anti-tick vaccine in a year’s time.Dr Swidik Mugerwa, the director of National Livestock Resources Research Institute (NaLIRRI) at Nakyesasa in Wakiso District, said the vaccine development process, which started in 2016 and followed the recommended…
Uganda declares Ebola virus disease outbreak
By Christine Maema Health authorities in Uganda on Tuesday declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. According to the Uganda Virus Research Institute, the case was confirmed after testing a sample taken from a 24-year-old male following…
Nyege Nyege: Sell-out crowd at ‘immoral’ Ugandan music festival
Thousands of revellers from across East Africa and the world have gathered for Uganda’s Nyege Nyege festival which was allowed to go ahead despite a threat to ban it because of “immorality”. Critics including several MPs and the speaker of parliament described it as a “breeding ground for sexual immorality” and “homosexuality”. But some say…
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