Commentary: These are our roads, Let’s protect them, Let’s own them
Edward Katumba Wamala, Gen. (Hon), Minister of Works and Transport There’s a silent crisis across Uganda. Guardrails disappear in the night. Solar streetlights are stripped of batteries. Road signage, meant to guide and protect road users, is defaced, uprooted, or simply stolen. The cost of this is far deeper than we may realise. It comes
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Media Review – 23rd, July 2025
NEW VISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI MEETS FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL PAGE 2 President Museveni has met and held discussions with the Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Qu Dongyu at State House, Entebbe. Welcoming the Director General on Monday, the President underscored FAOs critical role in supporting the transformation
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Media Review – 22nd, July 2025
NEW VISION SHACU INTENSIFIES ON DISTRICT STAFF SELLING JOBS PAGE 3 The State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SHACU) has intensified the probe into allegations that District Service Commission (DSC) members ask job seekers for money as a prerequisite for recruitment. IGG COMMENDS WHISTLBLOWERS FOR EXPOSING PDM THIEVES PAGE 3 The Inspector General of Government (IGG), Betty
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Media Review – 21st, July 2025
NEWVISION FIRST LADY JOINS MENGO SENIOR SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE 130 YEARS PAGE 2 The celebrations held at the school grounds, featured various dignitaries, with the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Mrs. Janet Museveni as the chief guest. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PROMISES TO INCREASE PDM MONEY FOR GHETTOS PAGE 4-5 “Now, here in the
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Media Review – 15th, July 2025
NEWVISION GOVERNMENT UPGRADES 1,700 HEALTH CENTRES, 168,000 NEW MEDICS TO BE RECRUITED Page: 3 Summary: For Ugandans who have been travelling long distances to towns in search of laboratory and maternity services, these essential health services have now been brought closer, to parish level. On the other hand, emergency surgeries and blood transfusions will now
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Media Review – 14th, July 2025
NEWVISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI FLAGS OFF KAYUNGA-GALIRAYA ROAD CONSTRUCTION Page: 2 Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has flagged off the construction of the Kayunga-Bbaale-Galiraya Road, which will reshape regional connectivity and unlock economic opportunities across Central, Northern and North-Eastern Uganda. GOVERNMENT RECEIVES LAND TITLES FOR BUNYORO UNIVERSITY Page: 4 Summary: The Ministry of Education and Sports has
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Media Review – 11th, July 2025
NEWVISION KCCA SECURES UGX 1 TRILLION FOR ROADS, BRIDGES PAGE: 2 SUMMARY: Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has signed a 250m Euros (Ugx 1.1 trillion) contract with COLAS Limited, a global construction firm, to upgrade 127.28 kilometres of roads and construct three modern pedestrian bridges across the City. PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PROMISES TO UP PDM CASH
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Media Review – 10th, July 2025
Newvision GOVERNMENT GIVES OVER 57000 RESIDENTS FREE LAND TITLES Page:2 Summary: The Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development has issued 57,325 freehold titles to residents in nine districts under the World Bank-supported Systematic Land Adjudication and Certification (SLAAC) programme. HON. THOMAS TAYEBWA ASKS CHINESE INVESTORS TO EXPLORE UGANDA’S TOURISM SECTOR Page: 2 Summary: The
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Media Review – 03rd, July 2025
NEWVISION CAOS, COMMISSIONERS’ PAY INCREASED TO 12M Page: 3 Summary: The Government has issued tight guidelines for the management of public servants’ payroll, pension and performance under a process that will also see accounting officers smile all the way to the bank following a pay rise. As part of the guidelines, the Government has allocated
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Media Review – 16th, June 2025
NEWVISION PRESIDENT MUSEVENI RALLIES UGANDANS IN DIASPORA TO INVEST BACK HOME PAGE: 2 SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans in the diaspora to invest back home and use their global exposure, networks and influence to attract more tourists to visit the country. UGANDA, GERMANY COMMIT TO STRENGTHEN TIES PAGE: 2 SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni
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