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 The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has signed a USD 1.5million (approximately UGX 5.5billion) Partnership Support Agreement with Trade Mark Africa (TMA) to boost UNBS’ capacity in supporting standardisation of agro-industrial products by Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in different parts of the country to enable their products meet regional and international market requirements.    The development is in...

Dr. Faith Mirembe Katana, the Special Presidential Assistant on Skilling and Education and Head of Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy Child (PISGBC) project has advised the youth to utilise online platforms such as YouTube to boost their knowledge by learning from constructive content. “You are very wealthy, your skills are valuable,” she reminded the soon-to-graduate cohort of...

Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has announced that the Ministry of Health is drafting a Cabinet memorandum to seek executive guidance on securing funds to address the shortfall caused by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding withdrawal. During the Prime Minister's Time in the House on Thursday, 06 March 2025, Nabbanja stated that the government is engaging...

As Muslims observe the sacred month of Ramadan and Christians partake in the reflective period of Lent, the Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Sharifah Buzeki, has reiterated KCCA’s dedication to transforming Kampala into a cleaner, safer, and more inclusive urban center. In her special address to Kampala residents on March 6, 2025, Buzeki stressed the significance of...

The European Union Ambassador to Uganda, His Excellency Jan Sadek, met with General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF), this afternoon at the SFC Headquarters in Entebbe. Their discussion centered on regional security matters of shared interest. General Kainerugaba expressed appreciation for Ambassador Sadek's ongoing efforts to strengthen relations between Uganda...

Lawmakers have criticized security agencies for their interference and the excessive force exerted during the Kawempe North by-election campaigns, raising alarm over electoral violence and the government’s approach to democracy. The condemnation of security forces' actions followed a statement by the Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Hon. David Muhoozi, who addressed Parliament on Thursday, March 6, 2025, regarding the...

The quest to broaden the scope of interventions by the Fund for Export-Development in Africa (FEDA), African Export-Import Bank’s (Afreximbank) development impact investment arm, into all corners of the continent reached a major milestone today with the signing of the Fund’s Establishment Agreement by Uganda. With Uganda’s accession, FEDA expands its presence to 21 member states, reinforcing its role...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni highlighted today that the late Rt. Hon. Eriya Kategaya was a trailblazer in the realm of patriotic politics in Uganda. Kategaya, who served as Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs, passed away on 2nd March 2013. “Kategaya was the pioneer of the politics of patriotism. The politics of loving Uganda,”...

Standard Chartered has today announced a partnership with Village Capital to continue and expand its Futuremakers Women in Tech Accelerator across Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan. Part of Futuremakers by Standard Chartered (Futuremakers), the Bank’s global youth economic empowerment initiative for disadvantaged young people, and with funding from the Standard Chartered Foundation,  Futuremakers Women in Tech Accelerator will provide...

The Minister for Kampala Capital City and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda has said the level of crime has drastically reduced within the city and its suburbs because of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy Child (PISGBC). “I reside in Kisenyi, but many of the ghetto youth have reformed and even transitioned away from criminal behaviour,” Hajjat...