BANK OF UGANDA HEIST: Six finance officials freed on bail in UGX 60 billion scandal

Accountant General Lawrence Ssemakula speaks at an event, amidst ongoing Bank of Uganda heist controversy The High Court's Anti-Corruption Division has ...

Rtd Col Dr. Kiiza Besigye during his appearance (PHOTO/File)

JUSTINE EJIKU: Dr. Kizza Besigye; the man who defeated the NRM junta without ever ruling Uganda

by UG STANDARD EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL

25/02/2025

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Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye Uganda has had only one president for the last four decades or so the story goes. ...

Mark Pursey's British-based PR firm BTP advisers was hired by Rwabogo to build a corporate image for his PACEID initiative

How Museveni son inlaw hoodwinked President into appointing a quack trade envoy?

by MANFRED TUMUSIIME | UG STANDARD REPORTER

25/02/2025

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Mark Pursey's British-based PR firm BTP advisers was hired by Rwabogo to build a corporate image for his PACEID initiative ...

Projects such as the 250MW Bujagali hydropower project, currently the largest power plant in the country, is run under a take-or-pay model.

MPs question Auditor General’s report on Bujagali tax waivers

by MANFRED TUMUSIIME | UG STANDARD REPORTER

20/02/2025

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Projects such as the 250MW Bujagali hydropower project, currently the largest power plant in the country, is run under a ...

MPs raise concerns over Bujagali Hydropower project’s tax waiver

by Julian Ninsiima | Reporter

18/02/2025

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Projects such as the 250MW Bujagali hydropower project, currently the largest power plant in the country, is run under a ...

Mike Omuodo is a pan-African Public Relations and Communications expert based in Nairobi, Kenya.

MIKE OMUODO: Perennial War in DRC is a Scorn at Africa’s sovereignty

by UG STANDARD EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL

28/01/2025

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Mike Omuodo is a pan-African Public Relations and Communications expert based in Nairobi, Kenya. NAIROBI —A phone vibration drew my ...

Deputy Speaker, Tayebwa (R) receiving the report from AG, Akol

Uganda Government Entities Embroiled in Procurement Scandal

by LILIAN MUWONGE | UG STANDARD REPORTER

17/01/2025

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Deputy Speaker, Tayebwa (R) receiving the report from AG, Akol A damning report by Auditor General Edward Akol has uncovered ...

Gold exporters now have to pay billions of shillings in arrears to the taxman. Uganda's mining sector has seen a significant surge in revenue, with gold being one of the key minerals driving growth.

EXPOSED: How Kazakhstani nationals were defrauded in Ugandan gold scam

by LILIAN MUWONGE | UG STANDARD REPORTER

10/01/2025

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Uganda's mining sector has seen a significant surge in revenue, with gold being one of the key minerals driving growth. ...

Mudi Kangave applies the Dead Horse Theory to highlight the futility of denying reality and wasting resources on ineffective solutions

MUDI KANGAVE: The Thief on the Bus

by UG STANDARD EDITOR | UG STANDARD EDITORIAL

06/01/2025

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Mr. Kangave Mudi is the National Chairperson, Private Teachers Platform Uganda "It is just difficult and dangerous to try to ...

Mr. Roger Wadada Musaalo, a Lawyer, human rights activist, researcher, and politician (PHOTO/Courtesy).

Bulambuli Landslide resettlement: When Government steals from the poor to give the needy

by ROGERS WADADA | GUEST WRITER

11/12/2024

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Mr. Rogers Wadada Musaalo, a Lawyer, human rights activist, researcher, and politician (PHOTO/Courtesy). Floods in the elgon region continue causing ...

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