KAPEEKA, Uganda — Gen. Salim Saleh, National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC)  Managing Director Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha and other key stakeholders have discussed the need for better land ownership  management and coordination as the key to solving Kampala’s solid  waste crisis, arguing the capital’s garbage problem stems from a failure to organize land rather than a shortage of trucks. The two spoke last week Tuesday in Kapeeka, in Nakaseke district, at a meeting called by Gen. Saleh, senior presidential adviser and coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation, to review a joint sanitation drive in the capital. The discussion centered on Organic Dark Matter, a joint initiative of the city authority, Operation Wealth Creation and the water corporation launched earlier this year to address a sanitation emergency in a city that collects less than half the waste it produces. Kampala generates an estimated 2,500 to 3,000 metric tons of waste a day, much of it left uncollected...

Kampala, 11th August 2026 – Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDB), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has today announced sponsorship towards the upcoming Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon in line with the Bank’s support towards the tourism sector. The announcement was made Tuesday at an event held at UDB Head Office in Kampala. The event was attended by Dr. Patricia Ojangole, Managing Director, Uganda Development Bank who handed a cheque worth UGX 20 million to Amos Wekesa, Team Lead for Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon. The 2026 edition of the Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon will take place on August 22, 2026, in Kasese District. Speaking after the handover, Joshua Allan Mwesiga, Director Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Uganda Development Bank said on top of the financial contribution, the Bank will also be fielding a team of staff to participate in the marathon. “We are supporting the marathon because we believe tourism is a...

On the morning of  7 August 2026, Equity Bank Uganda’s Board Committee, led by Board Chair Henry Rugamba and accompanied by Managing Director Gift Shoko and senior executives, conducted a strategic engagement and guided facility tour at Microhaem Scientifics (MHS). The visit covered both the active production site in Ntinda, Kampala, and the 20-acre Phase II expansion under construction at Namanve Industrial Park. The engagement reaffirmed Equity Bank Uganda’s role as the primary financier of Microhaem’s growth. To date the bank has committed more than USD 50 million in facilities that have enabled the company to scale manufacturing capacity, strengthen quality systems, and move decisively toward reducing Uganda’s dependence on imported diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. Microhaem Scientifics was founded by Ugandan scientist Dr. Cedric Akwesigye with a clear conviction: Africa’s health security cannot rest on supply chains that stretch across oceans. For years the continent’s clinics and hospitals relied almost entirely...

By Evans Najuna  KAMPALA: The Accountability Sector Audit Committee (ASAC) has engaged the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) over audit oversight, accountability and institutional performance, calling for stronger internal controls and timely implementation of audit recommendations to strengthen the agency’s governance and efficiency. The committee, which operates under the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), on Tuesday, engaged UBOS management in a high-level meeting aimed at strengthening governance, audit oversight and institutional performance. The meeting was chaired by UBOS Executive Director, Dr. Chris N. Mukiza, and brought together the ASAC delegation and senior UBOS officials to review the Bureau’s accountability systems and areas requiring urgent attention. The discussions focused on the implementation of audit recommendations, statutory instruments governing UBOS and its committees, staff welfare, the effectiveness of the Internal Audit Directorate and areas where MoFPED could further support the statistical body. ASAC, led by its Chairperson, Justice Emeritus Ralph...

By Evans Najuna KAMPALA: President Yoweri Museveni has challenged Uganda’s youth to wake up, embrace hard work and exploit the country’s peace, infrastructure and government wealth-creation programmes to build businesses, create jobs and transform their livelihoods. Museveni delivered the message in his International Youth Day address, which was read on his behalf by Vice President Jessica Alupo during the celebrations Wednesday, August 13, 2026. The national Youth Day celebrations were commemorated virtually from the Office of the Vice President in Kampala, with Vice President Jessica Alupo representing President Yoweri Museveni. The event was attended by 1st Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga, Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs Dr Mercy Lakisa Faith, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Gen Henry Tumukunde, Minister of State for Finance Henry Musasizi, and executives of the National Youth Council representing youth groups from across the country. The President said this year’s theme, “Empowering Young...

Heads are set to roll at the Ministry of Finance, Bank of Uganda and Police after President Yoweri Museveni cleared Principal Accountant General Lawrence Ssemakula and eight other Finance Ministry officials who had been caught up in the Shs60 billion Bank of Uganda money scandal. The President has ordered fresh investigations to identify and arrest what he described as the real culprits behind the fraudulent transactions, saying the nine Finance officials should not be held responsible for the theft. The dramatic intervention has thrown the Shs60 billion scandal wide open, with questions now being raised over how senior government officials were arrested and interdicted before the real masterminds behind the transactions were identified. Museveni has also reinstated Ssemakula as Principal Accountant General and given him a fresh three-year contract with immediate effect. Ssemakula had been among the officials suspended as investigations intensified into the alleged theft involving money held in...