Dr. Jane Goodall, a UN peace ambassador called upon the government of Uganda to support the awareness on great apes, to spread to the 23 range states of the apes. Goodall was speaking at the launch of an exhibition on the Great Apes at the Uganda Museum in Kampala which was organised by the Great [...]
Nasser Ntege Sebaggala Kampala mayor and his executives, on Monday started the Urban City bus project with a test drive. Sebaggala who rode in the bus made several stops. The air-conditioned coach with video, music, massaging seats and toilet facilities will mainly transport guests from Entebbe airport to the city centre.”These buses are not going [...]
The government in conjunction with the Civil Aviation Authority has assigned  over $35 million for upgrading Kasese Aerodrome. This was disclosed by the Deputy Managing Director of Civil Aviation Authority, Mr Rama Makuza, during the unveiling and awarding ceremony of certificates to Ugandan and Italian expeditors, who climbed Mountain Rwenzori, at the Uganda Museum [...]
The organisations opened the exhibition yesterday at the Uganda National Museum. The exhibition, targeting the public and conservation organisations will go on until September 26. The executive director of UWA, Mr Moses Mapesa Wafula said the aim of the exhibition is to raise the profile of Apes in Uganda through public awareness of their value, [...]
British Airways (BA) has transformed its baggage procedures in order to reduce queues at the airports to act in accordance with the British government’s department of transport recommendations. Effective July 5, passengers will carry one standard-size bag, briefcase, laptop computer bag or an equivalent on all BA flights. Weight restrictions will be removed but flyers [...]
Reynolds Construction Company Ltd of Nigeria and Sonatra Venture of Ghana representatives signed a contract to construct the Bugiri Road a 72.8 km road project that was abandoned last year by TP contactors after a year of rehabilitation work. Reynolds Construction Company sighned on behalf of the company and Dr. Ezra Suruma on behalf of [...]
Uganda’s petroleum deposits are far in excess of what the exploration companies had expected making oil exploration promising. Mr Reuben Kashambuzi, the Commissioner for Petroleum Exploration and Production Department at Entebbe said that the newly discovered flow rate was “exceedingly exciting” because it was eight times more that the expected rate. The well has three [...]
Don McKinnon,the Secretary General of the Commonwealth, met President Yoweri Museveni at State House yesterday. McKinnon was accompanied by the director for communications and public affairs, Joel Kibazo and the special adviser on political affairs, Prof. Ade Adefuye. The two discussed governance, northern Uganda and the progress on the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) [...]
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