Uganda: Govt to Build 6,000 Classrooms - The government will acquire a $150million (about Shs300bn) loan from the World Bank for the enhancement of education programmes and facilitation of teachers' welfare, Daily Monitor has learnt. [AA Construction]

Uganda: New Construction Policy to Weed Out Quack Engineers - The government has put forward a Building Control Bill to regulate players in the construction industry and guarantee planned and secure building structures in the country. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Low Cost Estate Unveiled - AN ultra-modern community housing project that will provide low-cost homes has been unveiled. The project is a joint venture between Bageine Company Ltd., Pinnacle Projects Ltd. and the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Hospital Upgrade to Cost Government Sh1 Trillion - THE Government will spend $600m (about sh1.1 trillion) to renovate hospitals and health centres, the Minister of Health, Dr. Stephen Mallinga, has said. Mallinga said the money will be used to upgrade the health facilities to cater for the increased demand for services. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Surveyors Warned On Accidents - THE Institute of Surveyors of Uganda should discipline errant members who cause construction accidents, the Government has said. [AA Construction]

Uganda: 'Eviction Has Reduced Us to Beggars' - "We have been reduced to begging from relatives and to migrate to urban areas where life is not safe. We were living in the mountain for more than 200 years. Transferring us means burying us, completely. We want to stay in our area and develop." [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Imported Cement Chokes Local Sector Laws On Business - Low cost imported cement is choking the regional industry. The reduction in import tariff on cement has led to an influx of cheap cement from low cost producers such as India, China, and Pakistan sold at 50 - 60 per cent less than the domestic market price since producers in these countries enjoy a lower production cost. [AA Construction]

Uganda: Construction Workers Luring Bugiri Women, Says Official - Married women in Bugiri district are abandoning their husbands for road construction workers, who lure them into sex by offering them money, an official has said. The district gender officer, Edith Batengaya, said 35 men had approached her over the past three months saying they had lost their wives to workers of Reynold Construction Company. [AA Construction]

Uganda: 500 Entebbe Residents Face Eviction - About 500 families living on Lower Namiro in Entebbe Division B Sub county are facing eviction. The tenants accuse the village chairman, Mr Paul Zikuliza, of conniving with Division B leaders to sell their land to an unknown investor who has started surveying their plots. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Creating Wealth Through Housing Mortgage - Owning a house in Uganda is comparatively low largely due to the limited access to funding. Ugandans can however have their own house through getting a mortgage. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Mortgage Housing Deal Unveiled - Stanbic Bank and the National Housing Corporation have partnered to provide affordable mortgage loans for customers to acquire accommodation. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: CHOGM Entebbe Airport Repair Cost Sh57 Billion - Traffic control radar and a craft filer were installed to beef up security ahead of the CHOGM summit at Entebbe Airport [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Sort Out This Mess On Kampala Roads - For a capital city, the state of Kampala's roads is appallingly inapt and an embarrassment. With the current heavy rains, potholes are increasing by the day. At peak hours, commuter cars, private cars, heavy trailers, boda boda cyclists and pedestrians have to compete on the narrow roads, making driving in Kampala an agonising inconvenience. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Women Get Houses - SLUM Women's Initiative for Development, a non- government organisation in Jinja municipality, has embarked on a project to assist women acquire land at a low cost. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda: Govt to Build Palaces for Acholi Region - THE Office of the Prime Minister has commissioned the construction of palaces in the 52 chiefdoms in Acholi sub-region. "Today is a wonderful day for us Acholi and the rest of Uganda. [AA Construction]