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Mulago needs Shs 25bln for operationalisation of organ transplant unit
KAMPALA, November 15, 2023 – The Organ Transplant Unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital is complete and has the required equipment but requires Shs 25 billion for it to operate fully, the…
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Tayebwa urges Parliamentary SACCO to start own bank
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has advised the leaders of the Parliamentary SACCO to establish their own bank in order to serve the wider public. Tayebwa who was presiding over…
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Tayebwa hails NWSC Katosi water facility
MUKONO, November 9, 2023 – The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa hailed the National Water and Sewerage Corporation [ NWSC ] as a model in improved service delivery to Ugandans. He…
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Standard Chartered and Cordaid Uganda table Shs 170mln for entrepreneurs with disabilities
KAMPALA, November 8, 2023 – Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with their NGO partners Cordaid Uganda, and Youth Business International [YBI] launched the Business Resilient Matching Grant Programme as they celebrated Purple Tuesday. Purple…
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Fish maw traders petition parliament over taxes
KAMPALA, November 1, 2023 – Fish maw traders have petitioned Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries crying they are being charged excessive taxes. Particularly, the traders are protesting the eight…
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60 SACCOs benefit from Stanbic Bank’s value proposition
MASAKA, October 30, 2023 – At least 60 Saving and Credit Cooperative Organisations [SACCOs] from western and central regions have benefited from Stanbic Bank Uganda’s value proposition launched in June 2021 to…
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Karamoja leaders to be empowered as role models in communities
NAKASEKE, October 19, 2023 – Government has pledged to empower Karamoja leaders as role models to aid the economic transformation of the sub-region. According to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, plans to develop…
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UCDA re-opens primary coffee factories in Buganda and Busoga
KAMPALA, October 12, 2023 – The Uganda Coffee Development Authority [UCDA] has reopened all primary coffee factories in the Greater Mukono, Greater Luweero, and Busoga regions, effective October 11, 2023. According to UCDA,…
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Masaka City: Over Shs 1.8bln PDM cash lying idle on bank accounts
MASAKA, October 10, 2023 – Authorities in Masaka City have failed to disburse over Shs 1.8 billion PDM funds to the intended beneficiaries in 25 wards in the city due to a…
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UWRSA in drive to boost grain standards
MUBENDE, September 25, 2023 -Under the public-private partnership [PPP] arrangement, the Government of Uganda has extended support to private warehouse operators to offer grain storage and standardisation services to farmers and farmer…
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