BRUSSELS, May 26, 2026 — Registration has officially opened for the International Cooperative Alliance [ ICA ] Global Conference and General Assemblies, with organisers launching a dedicated online hub to support delegates planning their participation in Panama later this year. The events, hosted at the Conference Centre in Panama City from September 13-18, 2026, will …
BUSHENYI, May 26, 2026 — The High Court in Bushenyi has dismissed a petition filed against the Board of Directors of Igara Growers Tea Factory Limited [IGTF], with costs awarded against the applicants. Delivering the ruling days ago, Justice Amos Kwizera held that the petitioners, mostly, smallholder tea farmers/shareholders, had failed to exhaust the available …
KAMPALA, May 26, 2026 – Members of the Uganda Bankers’ Association [ UBA ] recently held their Annual General Meeting [AGM] at the Serena Hotel Kampala, where they elected Micheal Mugabi as the new Association Chair. Mugabi, the Chief Executive Officer of Housing Finance Bank Uganda, takes over from Julius Kakeeto, who has successfully concluded …
KAMPALA, May 26, 2026 — Uganda’s economy remained stable throughout the 2026 general elections and the immediate post-election period, with the government projecting stronger growth, declining inflation, improving trade performance and a lower-than-expected fiscal deficit despite continued uncertainty in the global economy. The assessment is contained in the Post Election Economic and Fiscal Update published …
KAMPALA, May 26, 2026 — Every year on 25 May, the continent asks one pointed question: are we moving closer to the Africa we envisioned: self-determined, sovereign in its own story? With the African Union’s Agenda 2063 approaching its midpoint, that question lands with particular weight for those of us in communications. Because Africa’s story …
KAMPALA, May 25, 2026 — West Budama Central Member of Parliament [MP] Jacob Marksons Oboth-Oboth has been elected Speaker of the 12th Parliament, securing a landslide victory. Chief Justice Dr. Flavian Zeija, who presided over the election process, officially confirmed the outcome and declared Oboth-Oboth the Speaker-Elect. The newly elected Speaker dominated the vote, polling …
