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The first Ugandan shilling (UGS) replaced the East African shilling in 1966 at par. Following high inflation, a new shilling (UGX) was introduced in 1987 worth 100 old shillings. The shilling is usually a stable currency and predominates in most financial transactions in Uganda, which has a very efficient foreign exchange market with
Canary Mugume is a Ugandan investigative journalist with NBS Television and a Léo Africa Young Emerging Leaders Program Fellow. His investigative reporting is specialized in current affairs, dysfunctions of the economy, and social matters and led him to be elevated to the prime news bulletin Live @ 9 together with Isabella Tugume on Monday 2 August 2021.
As of 2017, Uganda had about 130,000 kilometres (80,778 mi) of roads, with approximately 5,300 kilometres (3,293 mi) (4 percent) paved. [31] Most paved roads radiate from Kampala, the country's capital and largest city. [32] As of 2017, Uganda's metre gauge railway network measures about 1,250 kilometres (777 mi) in length.
There are a number of newspapers in Uganda today. New Vision is Uganda's leading English daily newspaper. It is a state-owned newspaper and has the largest nationwide circulation. The Daily Monitor is an independent English-language newspaper and second in circulation to the New Vision. The two papers dominate the print section of media in Uganda.
In 2017, the company changed the domain from ugblizz.com to blizz.co.ug and in that year received Accreditation from Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) the regulator of digital communications licensed as an online news publisher. [2] In 2021, Blizz Uganda launched a Business news website with a directory [3] and job portal The Pearl Post. [4]
On 1 November 2013, it was announced that the Airtel Telecommunications company had signed a four-year contract providing a total of 400 million shillings (about 160,000 US dollars) towards funding different activities under both the FUFA Big League and the Ugandan Cup until 2016. [9]
2025 LIST OF FULLY LICENSED TELEVISION STATIONS in Uganda: . UBC TV / Official National Television; UBC STAR TV. UBC MAGIC 1. UBC U24 TV. APEX TV | Kampala
Capital FM (sometimes called Capital Radio or 91.3 Capital FM &( BLOCK FM) is sometimes called 103.2 block FM.Block FM is a Luganda radio channel that broadcasts on 103.2MHz and Nup Radio is an Fm Radio station broadcasting on 91.4MHz while Capital is an English radio channel broadcasting from Kampala, Uganda at 91.3 MHz and covers the whole of Uganda with some parts of Northern Tanzania ...