Month: August 2022

By Prossy Kisakye The State Minister for Gender and Culture, Peace Mutuuzo, has rejected proposals by the ministry of tourism to license private small museums in the proposed Museums and Monuments Bill, 2022. Appearing before the tourism, trade and industry committee chaired by Kabweri County David Mugole, she said that private museums should […]

  By Benjamin Jumbe Government is now set to operationalize its wildlife compensation scheme. This follows the gazetting of the long awaited wildlife compensation scheme regulations and the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) revenue sharing regulations 2022. This was revealed by the minister of Tourism Wildlife and antiquities Col Tom Butiime while presenting […]

  By Ritah Kemigisa Former security Minister and number two of the six original members of the then NRA, Gen Elly Tumwine has died. Details regarding his death remain scanty However the 68 year old four star general was this month airlifted to Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya where […]

  By Juliet Nalwooga The Kampala metropolitan police commander, Rogers Nsereko has revealed that they have so far impounded over 840 vehicles as a traffic enforcement operation against Express Penalties Scheme (EPS) enters day three this morning. He says over 1020 tickets were issued and the force has collected over […]

Benjamin Jumbe Parliament has granted Kimaanya Kabonera county MP Dr Abed Bwanika leave of the house to introduce a private members bill titled “The contract farming bill” Presenting his motion before parliament, Dr BWanika said the bill seeks to come up with a legal framework to help address current challenges […]