KAMPALA, August 7, 2026 — The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Henry Musasizi, together with the State Minister for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi, and the Minister of State for General Duties, Cissy Mulondo, has urged the Uganda Bureau of Statistics [UBOS] to strengthen the production of evidence-based statistics to support national planning, budgeting, policy …
BRUSSELS, August 6, 2026 — The International Cooperative Alliance [ICA], through its Financial Framework Partnership with the EU, will convene the hybrid Workshop, “Framing the Principles of International Cooperative Law,” on August 22-23, 2026 at Juraj Dobrila University in Pula, Croatia. Open to online participants, the one-and-a-half-day workshop will form part of a wider sequence …
BRUSSELS, August 6, 2026 — The 2026 ICA General Assembly on September 15, in Panama will include elections for the ICA President and At-Large Directors for the Global Board. This year, there are 25 candidates standing for 15 At-Large Director seats, who are nominated and elected by ICA members. There are 30 seats on the …
MBARARA CITY, August 6, 2026 — The Minister for Local Government, Balaam Barugahara, has ordered the immediate arrest and interdiction of 12 senior Mbarara City officials over allegations of corruption, abuse of office and gross financial mismanagement that reportedly resulted in the loss of more than Shs 3 billion in public funds. The directive was …
GULU CITY, August 6, 2026 — The Minister of State for Cooperatives, Tom Alero Aza, has called on leaders and communities in Gulu City and the rest of Acholi Subregion to embrace the cooperative movement as a practical pathway to wealth creation, poverty reduction and sustainable economic transformation. The minister made the call during a …
KAMPALA, August 6, 2026 — The Bank of Uganda [BoU] has unveiled plans to introduce a Diaspora Bond and a National Switch for payments as part of a broader strategy to transform billions of shillings sent home annually by Ugandans living abroad into long-term investment capital for national development. Speaking during Equity Bank Uganda’s 2026 …
