CAPTION: President Museveni (R) preside overthe launch of Wagagai Gold Mining Project in Busia Friday 14th 2025. (PPU Photo). By Stephen Wandera OumaBUSIA – President Yoweri Museveni has launched the Wagagai Gold Mining Project in Busia, alongside Chinese investors, and proposed the creation of a mineral wealth fund to channel Uganda’s gold and oil revenues into […]
CAPTION: Prime Minister Robinah Nabanja 5th R) leads Uganda officials to meet with a delegation of foreign investors Friday 15th August 2025. (Courtsey Photo). By Our reporter KAMPALA – The Prime Minister of Uganda, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabanja and the Head of State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU), Col. Edith Nakalema on Friday 15th […]
CAPTION: TotalEnergies Managers with other stakeholders plant a tree at Kigezi Primary School playground, Kabale District to commemorate the World Environment Day 2025. By Our reporter MURCHISON – TotalEnergies has begun restoring parts of the Murchison Falls National Park where oil is being drilled under the Tilenga project. Part of the oil development activities […]
By Our reporter NAMAVE – The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has closed factories belonging to Modern Agro Investments Limited and Namanve Tarpaulin Weaving Limited for producing and selling undersized tarpaulins. The operation followed a viral video on social media in which two men were seen measuring sheets labeled 30×30 feet that turned […]
KCB Bank Uganda partners and Candle Light Property Services managers after making the partnership By Cecilia Nsimire KAMPALA – KCB Bank Uganda, a licensed commercial bank, has signed a strategic partnership with Candle Light Property Services Ltd aimed at making land and home ownership more accessible to Ugandans. The collaboration will enable customers to […]
An artisan carries mineral at a site in DR Congo By Agencies The United States has sanctioned an armed group accused of illicit mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as both the army and the Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group traded accusations of violating a recently reached US-mediated ceasefire deal by attacking […]
CAPTION: Timothy Wilkins Okanya, Head of Corporate Banking, KCB Bank Uganda during the conference, held from August 5th to 6th at the Kampala Serena Hotel. (Courtsey Photo). By Celia Abenawe NsimireKAMPALA – Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) Annual Conference, held from August 5th to 6th at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Convened under the theme “Enhancing Policy […]
An excavator at work during the ground breaking for contrction of cross-border market at Elegu Town Council. By Our reporter AMURU – The government has launched the construction of its first climate-resilient and gender responsive cross-border market at Elegu Town Council in Amuru district, a strategic border point between Uganda and South Sudan. The […]
CAPTION: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, Eng. Irene Batebe, (L) Col. Edith Nakalema (2nd L) and other senior government officials during a meeting in Kampala 13th August 2025. By Our reporter A team of senior government officials have come together to pave ways of stemming fraud in the minerals sector. […]
CAPTION: State House led by the Senior Presidential Advisor In-charge of the Elderly, Princess Pauline Nassolo (R) talks Lukaya Roadside Vendors on Tusday August 12th 2025. (Photo by PPU/Tony Rujuta.) By Stephen Wandera Ouma LUKAYA – President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has continued to financially empower roadside market vendors with an aim of helping […]