Elizabeth Birabwa Aliro, a Senior Researcher at the Economic Policy Research Center (EPRC), says that government-run entities like the Uganda Bureau of Statistics-UBOS generate a lot of content that if paid attention to would help the country make development strides but policymakers don’t make sense of it to be able to use it.
Currently, lawmakers on the Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi are scrutinizing URA over irregularities in the Auditor General’s Report FY 2021/2022 report.
BPC (banking, payments, commerce) supports and provides payment platforms for financial institutions, eGovernment, eMobility among others, including building national switches
Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, the Makerere University Vice Chancellor, says they have consistently received about Shillings 30 billion without default and that they are satisfied with what they have been able to achieve so far.
Musenero says they still have to increase production of the electric buses as demand is rising, conduct clinic trials for vaccines, and many others, unfortunately, the budget has been cut b almost 90 percent.
Japheth C Kawanguzi of Innovation Village, says there are many young people who have tried innovations and some have living examples of their innovations, but that do not have jobs or significant incomes.
Aida Agwang, a content creator and social media influencer, who is mobilizing her scattered peers and prospective online entrepreneurs, says Ugandans are not ably taking advantage of the available resources.
Henry Musasizi, the Minister of Finance in charge of General Duties told URN that the proposed Bill seeks to increase the minimum capital requirement for Forex Bureaus from 20 million Shillings to 50 million Shillings while for money remittance business from 50 million Shillings to 200 million Shillings.
The Committee led by Rosemary Nyakikongoro, the Sheema District Woman Representative on Tuesday questioned the Government's motive to invest in a new ID machinery while the first one is still functioning.
The loan facility is to help the Government to extend access to high speed internet in selected areas that, improve efficiency in digital service delivery in selected public sector and strengthen digital inclusion of selected host communities and refugees.
The Minister says that the country is on the right path to achieving its long-term vision, at least in the areas of Science and Technology, a sector she heads. Her conclusion comes from the events at the National Science Week, which was preceded by the launch of Uganda’s frost satellite into space on Monday.
Monica Musenero, the Minister for Science, Technology, and Innovation, who just oversaw the launch of Uganda’s first satellite into space, vowed that they want any planned scientific development to be completed ahead of schedule henceforth.
The commonest of these services has been the growth on electronic finance that follows or is based on the mobile money mode, mainly focused on transfer or payment, but they have increasingly diversified into agriculture extension and trade, among others.
Currently, each student in Public Universities and Tertiary Institutions gets an annual allocation of 936,000 Shillings, translating into a daily allocation of 4500 Shillings for each of the students. But according to Prof. Nawangwe, the rate was established two decades ago and does not correspond with the current cost of living in the country.
In a notice to the general public Tuesday, Ruth Nankabirwa, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development revealed that Plant was shut down on Monday August 8th 2022 following operational challenges that led to the flow of water into the power house.
Now traditional hospitals such as Nsambya, Lubaga, Mulago and Kibuli are starting to use minimally invasive surgical techniques that are also referred to as pinhole surgeries.
Dr Abel Nkolo, the head of the Defeat TB programme in Uganda says a new vaccine is needed because the current vaccine cannot protect people from TB infections.
As of 2020, an estimated 15 million Ugandans were mentally ill, according to findings from a study carried out in Northwestern University's Medical journal, Globemed. The study showed that only about 35 percent of the 15 million were on treatment.
