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Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has opened its 2nd Food Safety Laboratory in Mbale City to provide Conformity Assessment and Quality Assurance of products manufactured in Eastern Uganda. According to Mr. David Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), this is part of the Bureau’s Strategic Plan to […]
After an intense and knowledge-packed week, the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon, culminated in the Women in FinTech Summit on the 16th of September. The Women in FinTech Summit was characterized by colour and pomp as the top six teams were announced and rewarded. Even so, all the 20 Teams got their fair share of […]
Women Council elections may not take place in Uganda as expected earlier because the Electoral Commission insists that they don’t have money to facilitate the process. Appearing before the parliamentary committee on Constitutional Affairs, Electoral Commission Secretary, Leonard Mulekwa revealed that the funds for these elections were not put into the budget for the financial […]
With numerous backlog cases of Military Veterans and beneficiaries standing, the government has revealed a plan to pay their pensions and gratuities. Since the commencement of this payment exercise, 11,000 (16.2%) out of an expected number of 68,000 backlog cases have received their payment. Through the Ministry of Defence and Veteran affairs, the government is […]
Following the New Year’s address by President Yoweri .K. Museveni days ago, the Ministry of Education and Sports has heeded to his call on guiding the public on movement of learners back to school. Museveni tasked the Ministry to come up with a detailed plan to prevent and mitigate road traffic congestion in the Kampala […]
“Miss World 2021 temporarily postpones global broadcast finale in Puerto Rico due to health and safety interests of contestants, staff, crew and general public. The finale will be rescheduled at Puerto Rico Coliseum Jose Miguel Agrelot within the next 90 days,” read the introduction of a press release by the Miss World Ltd. According to […]
NBS Youth Voice Be my Santa partners with Star Boss events for Kasese charity Be my Santa is a Christmas give up organized by the youth voice crew, it’s presenters and producers. The team researchers on less privileged communities and finds support from the viewers and gives this support to the communities inform of foodstuffs, […]
In an attempt to ensure better service for the customers, the government in conjunction with the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) have announced changes to the Electricity Tariff structure. Officiating at a press conference on Thursday, the Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Dr. Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu noted that the changes are in line with the […]
The National Forestry Authority (NFA) has won the land dispute over the 106 hectares of Budunda and 117 hectares of Bugaali Central Forest Reserves (CFRs) in Namutumba district. This came after Justice Immaculate Busingye of the Land Division issued her judgment that the plaintiffs acquired their leasehold interest in the suit land illegally. “Following this […]
The Ministry of Works and Transport has shown some of the concerns it has noted in a month’s time after taking over the function of administration and management of motor vehicle registration. Addressing the press on Wednesday at the Media Centre, the State Minister for Works, Fred Byamukama noted that there is heavy reliance on […]