Tag: ROADS

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.

Agriculture

Security-Disarmament Exercise Delivers Karamoja into Big Thrives to Join...

Over the years, a combined security disarmament operation commanded directly by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni was conducted in the...

National News

Museveni Tells Karamojong People to Use PDM Money to...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Thursday, December 5th, 2024, told the people of Karamoja to use Parish Development Model...

Agriculture

Empowering Self-Sustaining Economy through Fundamental Change

As Ugandans adopt social-economic transformation, there is a need to be reminded of the critical role of infrastructure in economic growth, which President Museveni committed to investing in: industrial parks, roads and transportation networks, and energy supply systems.

Environment

Serere Residents Decry Use of Oxen as Means of...

In Uganda, 41% of the country's total area is experiencing degradation, and 12% is in a severe state of degradation, mostly soil erosion being a common form of degradation that is found on 85% of degraded roads that increases the government’s expenditure on road repairs.

Business

IMF Confirms Uganda to Be Fastest-Growing Economy in Africa

The increase of Uganda’s per capita income from $898 to 1146 in 2024 and the increase of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from $16 to $20 in 2023—all these, including many others—resulted in Uganda being recognized by the IMF as one of the fastest-growing economies.

Politics

Baryomunsi Speaks on Purported Collapse of UCDA as Coffee...

The government of Uganda is well conversant that coffee is a critical part of the economy, and its importance is growing with over 1.8 million households growing coffee, which contributes nearly a third of the country's export earnings, paying for critical infrastructure like roads, hospitals, and schools.

Politics

Kole District Boss Elected Uganda Local Government Association President

ULGA is an umbrella body of district chairpersons, city mayors and municipal mayors. It was established in 1994 with Kiwanuka Musisi being the body’s first president.

Tourism

How Uganda’s Tourism Sector has Evolved to Boost Economic...

With the budget strategy for Financial Year 2025/2026 looking at strengthening economic growth, tourism development is seen as one of the major sectors to be boasted in order to achieve accelerated growth.

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