Tag: National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) party

Col. (RTD) Bugingo’s Journey into Successful Modern Farming, Mindset Change

A retired senior military officer, RO/00184 Colonel (RTD) Dick Bugingo, has continued to use both practical and theoretical farming skills to transform the livelihoods of many Ugandans through mindset change and model farming. At his AGDI diary...

Elderly Woman Attacked by Armed Thugs in Kyotera

Crime

70-year-old Scholastica Namuli, a widow to Karoli Lubowa, was attacked and brutally hacked in Busowe village, Kirumba sub-county, Kyotera district.

Politics

NEED Calls for Resignation of KCCA Directors, Technical Team

The increasing volume and complexity of waste associated with the modern economy is posing a serious risk to ecosystems and human health.

Politics

Need Calls for better Electoral Reforms ahead of 2026...

The Independent Electoral Commission released the 2025/26 election roadmap, with its first activity being the demarcation of electoral areas and organizing polling stations that started on July 30, 2024.

Business

NEED Accuses Gov’t of Smuggling over 1.7 Million Litres...

VTTI is a privately owned terminal that ties into the Kenya Pipeline Company network in Mombasa and gives access to the Ugandan market and other landlocked countries.

Crime

NEED Calls Asks Public to Gang Up against Corrupt...

Corruption is now sanctified in Uganda and corrupt officials are being defended by the government based on the remarks made by the Speaker of Parliament during a mobilization event that took place in Lwengo district on June 22, 2024.

National News

NEED Accuses NEMA of Selective Justice in Wetland Eviction...

“The poor are not allowed to build in wetlands and cut forests, but the rich who have money are given permission to build and destroy the environment. If we are to preserve the environment, the NEMA laws should be fair to all, whether rich or poor.”

Politics

Uplift the Private Sector to Improve the Economy—NEED to...

For the government to uplift the private sector, the middle-class economy has to be revived. Uganda’s economy has no middle class but rather the political class, which is the rich and the poor.

Politics