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Can Uganda pay its huge debts? Experts raise concerns over …
4 days ago · Overview: In the 2023/24 financial year alone, debt servicing consumed Shs8.76 trillion, with this figure expected to rise to Shs12.72 trillion in the current financial year. While the government insists that Uganda’s debt remains sustainable in the medium and long term, the strain on public finances is evident Uganda’s public debt has been a growing […]
Besigye declines to take plea as state amends charge sheet
5 days ago · Opposition politician Rtd Col Dr Kizza Besigye has declined to take a plea on an amended charge sheet, which includes new charges of treason against him and two others. Besigye’s co-accused are Hajji Obeid Lutale Kamulegeya and Capt Denis Oola, a serving UPDF officer attached to the armoured brigade. Oola was added to the case […]
Uganda’s foreign investment growth surges as UIA nears 2025 …
2 days ago · When Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) rolled out the Strategic Plan 2020-2025, the strategy was to accelerate domestic and foreign direct investment for sustainable industrialization. Fast forward to today as the country nears the deadline, tentative results show there has been a 275 per cent increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contribution to Uganda’s Gross Domestic […]
Infrastructure projects to look out for in 2025 - The Observer
Jan 1, 2025 · Uganda is getting ready for a politically-volatile year, which could determine the fate of a number of key infrastructure projects. For more than a decade, Uganda has focussed on building its infrastructure network by allocating the lion’s share of the national budget to this subsectors. The components around the roads and energy sectors have accounted […]
Diplomats in secret meeting over Besigye - The Observer
Dec 4, 2024 · The Observer has reliably learnt that the diplomats, especially from the European Union, have been holding meetings to forge a way of getting Besigye and his co-accused Obeid Lutale out of jail. Besigye and Lutale were abducted in Nairobi and driven back to Kampala before they were arraigned at the General Court Martial four days later.
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Uganda confirms 4 new coronavirus cases - The Observer
May 20, 2020 · Dr Henry Mwebesa, the director-general of health services at the ministry of Health says that the drivers were under quarantine. The 36 foreign truck drivers who tested positive were sent back to their countries in line with the country’s new guidelines and guidance – where only those who test negative are allowed into the country.
Uganda to start COVID-19 vaccination next week - The Observer
Mar 2, 2021 · By the end of the year, Aceng said the country will have received 17 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the facility. Delivered in two doses of 0.5mls each in a space of eight to twelve weeks, the doses will initially be administered to health workers in both government and private hospitals whereby vaccination centers will be established at the government’s health centre IIIs ...