Technology

BARCELONA - Uganda government is fast-tracking digital to harness new emerging technologies to be able to digitize every aspect of key sectors including education, health, and agriculture among others, Dr Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister of ICT and National Guidance, has said.

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda's first son, has advised his father Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni to fire some State House employees for revealing more information than he would have wanted them to reveal. 

Officials at the Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (TRIDI) have dismissed claims by Dr Monica Musenero, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, that she suspended funding to the sericulture project over misuse of funds and corruption.

The Government of Ugandan risks losing billions of Shillings this year if Dr Monica Musenero, President Museveni’s decorated Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, continues to hold onto the Shs43bn allocated to the Tropical Institute of Development Innovations (TRIDI) for a silk project, officials have said.

Ugandan first son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has sworn that nobody, not even his much-feared father Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, will ban him from accessing his Twitter account and from tweeting as freely as he wishes – even when some his tweets have been labelled controversial, careless and known to whip up social media storms.

Sistema.bio, Africa's teading biodigester manufacturing company, has today launched its biggest biodigester carbon program in Uganda in partnership with Native Energy. The program, otherwise referred to as the Uganda Dairy Biogas Program, is set to benefit small and medium dairy farms across the country. Sistema.bio and Native Energy's partnership is expected to avoid over 1.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions over the project's life.

Uganda's President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has directed his son and senior advisor on special operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to behave well on social media, and stop sending out unnecessary posts that could put Uganda in diplomatic crises with her neighbors and other nations. 

The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has pledged Parliament's support to the Kiira Motors Corporation that is currently constructing a vehicle plant at Jinja Industrial Park.

All Ugandan Facebook users buying ads through their accounts and pages will have to pay Value Added Tax (VAT) every time they make ad orders, Meta has announced.