Tag: Ministry of Works and Transport

Court Sentences Two to Death, Seven to Life Over Susan Magara Murder

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The kidnappers held her captive for nearly three weeks, demanding up to $1 million before accepting about $200,000 (approximately UGX 700 million). During her captivity, they cut off two of her fingers and sent them alongside a video of her pleading for help to pressure her family into paying the ransom.

UPC Attributes Two Million Stunted Children to 1980s Livestock Losses

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Akena referred to historical statements by President Museveni acknowledging the destruction of food supplies and the destitution of about 2.7 million people during that period. He argued that the loss of cattle deprived communities of daily nutrition, household income, school fees, draft power, and soil fertility, leaving effects that continue to be felt today.
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Ministry Of Works And Transport Considers Reinstatement of Mandatory...

Enforcing speed governors in Uganda has faced significant hurdles since the mandate was initially introduced in 2004. The hurdles include drivers tampering with these machines, deliberately disconnecting devices to bypass speed limits, fake devices, and corruption with dealers smuggling in fake gadgets and corrupt networks issuing certificates of fitness without actual installations, and low compliance with heavy trucks and minibuses identified by the transport licensing board as the biggest defaulters.
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Traffic Police, Ministry of Works Intervene to Ease Mpigi...

Traffic bodies in Kampala Metropolitan Area have intensified inter-agency coordination to restore traffic flow on the Masaka-Kampala highway in...
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KAYOOLA BUS: Into Uganda’s Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition

Kiira Motors, under the Ministry of Works and Transport recently launched the Made in Uganda Grand Trans-Africa Electric Expedition,...
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AfDB Injects Shs874 Billion into East African Trade Corridor...

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved additional financing worth €217.37 million (about Shs874 billion) for the Multinational...
Court

MoWT Trio Remanded Over Defrauding UGX1.46Bn from SA Investor...

The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) in liaison with Criminal Investigations Directorate and the Office of the Director of...
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Gov’t Releases UGX18.4 Trillion for Second Quarter, Economy...

Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has disbursed Shs 18.43 trillion to various sectors for the second quarter...
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President Museveni Unveils Revolutionary All-Terrain Firefighting Vehicle Prototype

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has unveiled Uganda’s first-ever all-terrain firefighting vehicle prototype, the “Muliro/Moto Eater,” in a landmark presentation...
Business

SGR Symposium to Unlock Ugandan Potential in €2.7B Railway...

The Ministry of Works and Transport, through the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project, is set to host the inaugural...
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