On Wednesday May 21st 2020, Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly passed the National Local Content Bill, 2019 with overwhelming support from both sides of the aisle. The bill is a…
Fearmongering or scaremongering is the deliberate act of spreading frightening and exaggerated information with an intention of arousing public fear or alarm about a particular issue. Those who engage in…
By Dr. Busingye Kabumba Introduction The Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) has fundamentally challenged many aspects of international and national life that we had long taken for granted. As at current count,…
Ecobank Uganda, this week released their 2019 results, reporting a 60 per cent increment in the bank’s assets from UGX420 billion in 2018 to UGX671.3 billion at the end of…
By Hon. Dr. Elly Karuhanga Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has recently held several meetings with Government and development partners in an attempt to devise mitigation measures to contain the…
By Onyango Owor It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 2 245 872 confirmed cases and 152…
Mantra Motorbike EA, the official distributors of Hero MotoCorp Ltd in Uganda have donated ten (10) motorbikes toward COVID-19 response efforts in Uganda. Mantra EA Ltd is part of the…
MAC East Africa & Isuzu East Africa has donated UGX. 80M (Eighty million Uganda shillings) towards the COVID-19 response efforts in Uganda. This donation, made to the Ministry of Health…
By Phillip Karugaba, Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo and Tracy Kakongi Ten years ago, Uganda’s National Disaster Preparedness and Management Policy predicted that “an influenza pandemic may occur when a new influenza…
Uganda has not been spared by the adverse effects of the Covid 19 virus. The restrictions on travel and work took effect in March through April 2020. However, some construction…
