The forthcoming meeting is expected to put Ssegawa and Dr. Lugero’s competing documents under scrutiny as the Lands Ministry seeks to establish the lawful status of the disputed property and determine what, if any, compensation may be due.
This year’s event is being held under the theme “Empowering the IK Community of Karamoja through Coffee Farming to End Poverty.” The theme reflects the organizers’ broader ambition to use coffee farming as a tool for economic empowerment while drawing attention to communities facing poverty and limited livelihood opportunities.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”
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.