Preparations to develop the Information and Communication Technology sector ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting has started. The Minister for Communication and Information Technology Dr. Ham-Mukasa Mulira asked major Operators and Information Service Providers to start planning for the potential requirements of the Commonwealth Summit. Dr. Ham Mulira while meeting Major Operators and [...]
3,500 personnel will soon be trained by the National Hotel and Tourism Training Institute ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting The training will cost about Shs1.6 billion and the main corridor area will be Jinja, Kampala and Entebbe with an aikm tof improve services ahead of chogm. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting [...]
 A new national airline is to start flying out of Entebbe International Airport on October 1, investment state minister Prof. Seakales Kiwanuka has said.  Victoria International Airways (VIA), in which the government holds 25% shareholding, will start with regional flights and eventually go continental to destinations like South Africa. The other major shareholder [...]
A 750kg male crocodile believed to in its mid- thirties, and is said to have eaten nine people, a cow and a pig without leaving any evidence died recently. The crocodile, was shot dead by a vermin control officer on Wednesday morning at Kigaya landing site in Busagazi parish, Mukono district. The officer in charge [...]
A thermal plant worht 50MW will be constructed and installed in Jinja at Kiira Power Station, which will be built, operated and owned by Aggreko International Limited for a period of three years. The project will supplement the dwindling 135MW caused by diminishing water levels. By Kisibo Jackie Uganda travel news
Kampala city council (KCC) government is in preparations to host the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). A number of duties and tasks have been allocated to KCC. These include road works which will cover overlays, reconstruction, maintenance and re-gravelling of Salaama Road, Kampala Road, Jinja Road up to Jinja Road roundabout and Wampewo [...]
Kampala city council (KCC) government is in preparations to host the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). A number of duties and tasks have been allocated to KCC. These include road works which will cover overlays, reconstruction, maintenance and re-gravelling of Salaama Road, Kampala Road, Jinja Road up to Jinja Road roundabout and Wampewo [...]
US$100 (about sh180,000) is being charged by the Tanzanian Revenue Authority (TRA), as visa fees for non-Tanzanians crossing the border. Under the East African Community, citizens of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania have been crossing the respective borders without visa requirements. Ugandan businesspeople and residents met the East African Legislative Assembly committee on communications, trade and [...]
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