August 2, 2023

In a bid to expand the revenue base and provide economic opportunities for the local population, the Ministry of Tourism has embarked on an ambitious project to identify, assess, and develop potential tourist sites in the West Nile sub-region. Ministry officials have been hard at work documenting and coding various sites that boast rich historical,

The government is considering reopening closed landing sites where district authorities present proof that there is compliance with fishing standards. In 2017, the government closed some landing sites in various districts around lakes Kyoga, Victoria, Edward, and George on account of being ungazetted and harbouring criminals engaging in illegal fishing, which had depleted the lakes.

The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has announced a reduction in the cost of Internet bandwidth from $70 (about Shs254,000) to $35 (about Shs127,000) per megabyte, per second, per month. Addressing journalists at the Uganda Media Centre on Tuesday, 01 August 2023, NITA-U Executive Director Dr Hatwib Mugasa together with Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the