Uganda registers decline in export and import trade sector
Uganda’s export and import trade sector recorded declines in both volumes and value in the…
Economy
Reopening of economy: Gov’t worried over festive season
As the government is working towards the full reopening of the schools and the economy…
Govt starts national registration of artisanal miners
The biometric registration exercise is being conducted by the Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy (ACEMP) which was contracted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development in 2019.
MPs run to Govt over increasing fuel prices
Uganda’s fuel prices are the highest in East Africa at sh4,590 per liter followed by Burundi’s sh4,290. Tanzania has the lowest price of sh 3,780 per liter, Rwanda sh4,060, and Kenya, sh4, 180.
Uganda gets shs.31 billion for reliable energy
The Embassy of Sweden has donated 31 billion Shillings (US Dollars 8.8 million) towards the…
Fuel prices: Ugandans turn to smuggled fuel from South Sudan
Several fuel dealers and many youths have resorted to dealing in smuggled fuel from South…
Govt defends fuel companies over increase in fuel prices
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has defended petroleum distribution companies in Uganda against…
MPs task Gov’t to explain skyrocketing fuel prices
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among has asked the Minister of Energy and Mineral…
URA targets sh17 trillion tax collection in nine months
The Uganda Revenue Authority ( URA) is targeting tax collection of over sh 17 trillion…
What COVID-19 travel bans have done to conservation tourism in Africa
Alexander Richard Braczkowski, Griffith University and Duan Biggs, Griffith University It’s been over 20 months…