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Dear students, use the Internet wisely

Many of them have smartphones, data or know the areas in town where they can access free WiFi → Read More

Small changes will help to reduce your electricity bills

Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels combined account for 17.4 percent of households’ expenditure → Read More

Here’s why power tariffs vary

Transmission and distribution utilities are investing in the reduction of energy losses → Read More

Demystifying extra electricity tokens myth

Any additional units above the 15th unit will be charged that quarter’s prevailing tariff → Read More

Is the Minimum Wage Bill long overdue?

Last week, Parliament passed the Minimum Wages Bill, which Rwakajara had initiated in 2015 as a Private Member’s Bill → Read More

Minimum Wage Bill passed into law

The Bill was championed by Arinaitwe Rwakajara and other workers leaders → Read More

Katuntu to quit Cosase chair on February 22

The committee is investigating the circumstances under which the BoU closed seven commercial banks → Read More

Kasaija blames Crane Bank closure on Sudhir

According to Mr Kasaija, Mr Ruparelia, whose bank was facing a liquidity crunch in 2016, responded “Honourable Minister, I’m fed up; let the bank go” → Read More

Government will not build new power plants

In a business as usual (base case scenario), it will be growing by eight per cent (50MW) annually → Read More

No money for LDUs- minister

According to the Budget Framework Paper, the Defence ministry’s budget for Financial Year 2019/2020 will be Shs1.8t → Read More

Students owe nine government varsities Shs12b in fees

The Auditor General accuses the universities of not fully implementing measures to collect tuition fees from students → Read More

Canteen closure irks MPs as food saga deepens

Kampala- Two Members of Parliament have said the closure of Parliament’s cafeteria following a dispute over procurement is inconveniencing. → Read More

Ministries fail to pay Shs65 billion to pensioners

For the case of the Ministry of East African Community Affairs, the Auditor General’s report attributed the failure to non-existent pensioners. → Read More

Don’t block Bobi

Gen Odongo claimed police blocked Mr Kyagulanyi because the organisers had not slotted him on the list perform and that Mr Kyagulanyi led a procession, disrupting traffic → Read More

Negotiate extension of Umeme concession, Museveni directs

It is not clear when the negotiations on a post-2025 concession will commence → Read More

BoU probe: 4,500 loan accounts duplicated

In October, Mr Richard Ssekiziyivu Baliruno, an account holder in Greenland Bank – which has since been closed by BoU, wrote to President Museveni, saying BoU had ascribed an account to him that was → Read More

EC de-registers four political parties

The UPP secretary general, Mr Reagan Bwayo, confirmed that the EC had deregistered his party → Read More

Word-of-mouth most preferred method for finding jobs

Some organisations are headhunting while others are reluctant to advertise → Read More

Kato Lubwama appointed culture minister as LoP shakes up shadow cabinet- VIDEO

Some of those who were retained are Mr Wilfred Niwagaba, the Ndorwa East Member of Parliament, as the attorney general and Mr Medard Sseggona, the Busiro East legislator, as minister of justice and → Read More

Uganda pushing for chemical weapon academy

Mr Pius Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, made the pitch during the conference at The Hague, the Netherlands last week → Read More