Discrimination Still Rampant at Top Level Leadership Ranks – Speaker
Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga calls for an end to the discrimination of Women in top leadership positions and at the lower levels. Kadaga says that despite a lot of progress on women’s participation in leadership positions which is at 32% in parliament, local government at over 40% and cabinet
Women Rights Activists unhappy with South Sudan unity government structure
A new report by Women rights defenders indicates that the recently endorsed South Sudan Peace deal lacked a fundamental gender perspective, hanging the safety of venerable groups in balance.
AZA Entry eases cross-border business to business payments in region
February 20, 2020 – AZA, Africa’s biggest non-bank currency broker, today rolls out its recently upgraded payment platform BFX to Uganda. BFX is a B2B payment platform that leverages AZA’s hybrid infrastructure and empowers companies to use African currencies with less risk, cost and friction than ever before. Thelaunch comes
World Bank to Help Uganda on Isimba Dam effects
WASHINGTON, DC, December 6, 2019 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has considered a Management Report and approved a Management Action Plan that respond to an independent Inspection Panel investigation of the Uganda Energy for Rural Transformation III and Water Management and Development Projects. The Inspection Panel’s investigation
Suppliers providers to state house paid a billion duplicate payments
Members of Parliament on the Public Accounts Committee are baffled after learning that a systems fault at the ministry of finance caused duplicate payments to suppliers of goods and services to State house.
