Day: October 2, 2023

Despite the current constitutional paradox in FDC where the authority to convene a national delegates conference squarely lies with the Party National Chairman, the Secretary-General still insists that the forthcoming National delegates conference scheduled for 6th October 2023 shall go on with or without the Party Chairman’s stewardship. Nandala says the Party shall be plunged into a leadership crisis if they don’t convene the October 6th Delegates conference since the mandate of the current leadership at Najjanankumbi shall expire on October 7th. “We can’t go beyond 7th October because the mandate of the leadership will have expired but since have renewed all the leadership of the party from the grassroots we have remained with only the top leadership which shall be elected on 6th Octobe...

The benefits of a connected life are immense. Connectivity is a necessity in today’s world. However, some parts of Uganda remain either unserved or underserved. To address this challenge, the Uganda Communications Universal Service and Access Fund (UCUSAF) formally known as the Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) was established back in 2003 with a core function of effecting communications interventions in areas that are underserved to ensure that they, too, get access to communications services that are comparable to those in the served areas. All licensed telecom operators in the country are required to pay a statutory 2% levy on their annual gross revenues to the Fund administered by Uganda Communications Commission. MTN Uganda recently boosted the Uganda Communication...