MIKE SSEGAWA: Kampala City Hugely Benefits from NAM, G77+China Summits 

And the winner is Kampala City. It is a splendid time to live in Uganda’s capital today. This particular month of January 2024 has been such a time for the political, economy and particularly the tourism sector. The NAM, G77+China summits visitors that have jetted into the revamped Entebbe International Airport are going back with […]

President Museveni Assures Protection to Local Manufacturers

“I’m glad that this forum is coming up. Let’s help ourselves with corruption because there are a lot of government people asking for bribes from investors. They are delaying investment,” Museveni said. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that the government will continue protecting local manufacturers from unfair competition with their foreign counterparts. “Protection of […]

RAILA ODINGA: Oil Middlemen are Kenyan Govt Officials

Following Uganda’s decision to bypass Kenyan oil middlemen and import fuel directly into the country, leading Kenyan politician Raila Odinga has come out with a statement that has several serious allegations, that is run in full below. ******* STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. RAILA ODINGA ON THE KENYA OIL DEAL, NOVEMBER 16, 2023: Dear Kenyans […]

US President Suspends Uganda from AGOA over Human Rights Violations

Uganda has been named among four African countries that are set to be removed from the list of the beneficiaries of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) over failure of their governments to observe human rights and failure to make progress in democratic rule. The US introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) […]

Uganda Ranks Second Most Corrupt-ridden Country in the World

A new report by the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Uganda as the second most corruption-ridden country among the world’s poorest countries; the so-called low income countries. Only the Democratic Republic of Congo is ranked worse than Uganda. Uganda’s ranking is mostly hurt by government officials in the executive branch who use public office […]

Ugandan MPS Protest Threats by Foreign Powers on Developing Countries

  BRUSSELS – Ugandan Members of Parliament taking part in the ongoing ACP-EU assembly in Brussels, Belgium have denounced what they have called outright meddling and hybrid threats orchestrated by the Western world to the developing countries. Kole North MP, Samuel Opio in his address to the assembly on Tuesday described the recent European Parliamentary […]