Author: Nickson Maberi

RIYADH: Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, attending the 2024 Islamic Development Bank Group Annual Meetings in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (April 27–30, 2024), finalized a significant financing agreement with the President of the Islamic Development Bank Group, Dr. Muhammad Al Jassar, amounting to USD 295 million. The agreement aims to facilitate the upgrading of Uganda’s national road infrastructure. In a statement posted on the Ministry of Finance’s Twitter handle, Kasaija outlined the allocation of the funds, emphasizing their utilization for the construction of key road projects. He noted, “This funding will go towards the construction of Masindi-Port Bridge where the ferry crosses…

The United States of America (USA) has issued an updated travel advisory, urging caution to Americans planning to travel to Uganda due to the recent enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality legislation.

The PEPFAR Uganda Small Grants Office has announced the availability of funding through its Community Grants to Combat HIV/AIDS Program.

Russia-Ukraine war affects all of us and it can get worse than it is now. It is threatening world peace.

NGOMA, 4th June 2023 –After 10 days of speeches and 30 lecture sessions, the over 400 attending members of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) caucus and allied friendly Independents in the 11th Parliament of Uganda at the National Leadership Institute in Kyankwanzi, rallied behind 24 resolutions to reaffirm their commitment to increase household incomes and wealth creation. The retreat convened at the invitation of the leader of NRM, President Yoweri K. Museveni, discussed the role of national and other leaders in increasing household incomes and wealth creation. The retreat began with a keynote address by President Museveni, who emphasized the…

NICKSON MABERI Summary: Uganda has officially launched the National Budget Month for the fiscal year 2023/24. The budget, which amounts to Shs 52.737 trillion, aims to accelerate inclusive and green socio-economic transformation. Key priorities include the implementation of the Parish Development Model, upgrading transport infrastructure, promoting small-scale solar-powered irrigation, and investing in industrial parks, oil and gas, research and development, tourism, and domestic revenue mobilization. The budget is projected to drive economic growth to 6 percent in the next financial year, with GDP expected to reach UGX 206.54 trillion. The government has encouraged public participation through various activities during National…

NICKSON MABERI KAMPALA –In an update on the implementation progress of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Manifesto for the period of 2021 to 2026, Lydia Wanyoto-Mutende, a board member of the National Planning Authority (NPA), highlighted the achievements and challenges faced by the government. Despite the adversities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Ugandan economy has demonstrated remarkable resilience, Wanyoto told Prime Minister Robina Nabbanja, minister of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development, Members of Parliament, and director Manifesto Implementation, in her speech during the closure of the manifesto week in Kampala recently. She said the first…

OUR REPORTER In a recent update on the progress made towards implementing the commitments outlined in the NRM Manifesto 2021-2026, Amos Lugoloobi, the minister of State for Finance, Planning, and Economic Development highlighted positive indicators of economic recovery. Let’s take a closer look at the encouraging economic trends: Having provided these key highlights of the economic recovery, the minister emphasized the government’s commitment to the NRM manifesto objectives. These objectives include; broadening the economic base by creating opportunities across all regions, establishing an integrated and self-sustaining economy through import substitution and export-oriented growth, formalizing the economy, achieving lower middle-income status,…

Another security guard from SGA security has shot himself dead at Mukwasi House, Lumumba Avenue. The yet to be identified man gunned himself on Thursday afternoon and his body was taken to city mortuary for postmortem. Police is still investigating the circumstances that might have pushed the private guard into committing suicide. The Thursday shooting has escalated the spate of deaths by shootings from security operatives. In May alone, police has so far registered over 5 incidents where security personnel have either shot themselves or others to death. These killings began with the shooting of state minister for lands Charles…

NAIROBI – The appeals and condemnations are very loud and are piling up each day, but the Uganda government has refused to bow to pressure. The latest appeal is from Human Rights Watch. On February 15, the world’s human rights watchdog urged the Ugandan government to immediately reverse its decision to end the mandate of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda. On February 6, 2023, Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Ministry informed the OHCHR Uganda country office that it would not renew its agreement to host the UN entity beyond its current three-year term ending…