Category: Uganda
Kenya: Joint Cargo Tracking Deal
NAIROBI (HAN) January 27, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda have struck a deal to jointly clear cargo at the Kilindini port and monitor consignments on transit on a single electronic platform. Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) commissioner-general John Njiraini said the regional cargo tracking system would enable the three…
Uganda: Women Flown Home from Saudi Arabia Amid Maid Ban
KAMPALA (HAN) January 26, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. It comes amid a Ugandan ban on the recruitment of maids to work in Saudi Arabia after accusations that workers have been mistreated. The women were staying in a government-run shelter in Riyadh because they did not have money to pay for a…
Uganda: US Issues Security Alert Ahead of Presidential Elections
KAMPALA (HAN) January 25, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The US government has issued a security alert to its citizens residing in or intending to travel to Uganda ahead of the country’s presidential election slated for February 18 and local election scheduled between February 24 and March 10. In a statement published…
Uganda: The 2016 elections, same but different?
JUBA (HAN) January 6, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda is currently gearing up for presidential and parliamentary elections on 18 February in which President Yoweri Museveni will be contesting for a fifth term in office. Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) first came to power in 1986 after an armed…
Uganda: Cuts Economic Growth Projection, Citing Costly Credit
KAMPALA (HAN) January 5, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Uganda’s finance ministry has lowered the country’s 2015/2016 (July-June) economic growth forecast to 5 per cent from a previous projection of 5.8 per cent, citing the impact of higher lending rates. In a budget policy paper seen by Reuters on Tuesday, the ministry also…
Uganda: Activists Demand Action Against Corrupt Police Officers in Drugs Scandal
KAMPALA (HAN) January 4, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Some Ugandan police officers have been selling cocaine and other drugs confiscated from arrested drug dealers, a story run by government newspaper, New Vision claimed last Saturday said. The paper said the police officers, in charge of exhibit stores at Entebbe International…
Uganda: Whoever Wins the Elections in February will face a Huge Bill
JUBA (HAN) January 3, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Elections can be transformative, but they can also be costly. Costs include the vast amounts of money that candidates spend on their campaigns, as well as the promises made and expectations raised. Evidence suggests that Uganda’s presidential election in February could be particularly…
Uganda: AWQAF Training
KAMPALA (HAN) January 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. The first ever international Awqaf training workshop shall be held between 15th and 17th of January 2015 Hotel Africana in Kampala. The workshop is sponsored by the Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI), a member of the Islamic Development Bank Group- IDBG and…
Uganda: Violence Looms Large in Campaigns
KAMPALA (HAN) January 2, 2016 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. As Uganda’s presidential race enters the home stretch, efforts by the three leading contenders – President Yoweri Museveni, former prime minister Amama Mbabazi and Forum for Democratic Change flagbearer Dr Kizza Besigye – to make the most of the remaining 45 days of…
Uganda: Donor Funding of National Budget Rises
KAMPALA (HAN) December 30, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional Stability Initiatives News. Foreigners will contribute $1.238 billion (Shs4.189 trillion) to Uganda’s budget for the next fiscal year. This will be Shs479.567 billion more than they contributed to Uganda’s budget this year. Mr Amos Lugoolobi, the chairperson of the House Committee on Budget, which considers national budget…
