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U-turn as Public Service Ministry calls teachers for dialogue
KAMPALA– The ongoing industrial action called by Uganda National Teachers Union [UNATU] has forced the Ministry of Public Service to invite UNATU leaders for a meeting this Friday, after a series of threats from the government failed to cool down…
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International Day of Cooperatives: Ugandan cooperators hold series of activities
SHEEMA– On July 2, 22, Uganda will join the rest of the world to mark celebrate the 100th International Day of Cooperatives [#CoopsDay]. The celebrations are held on the first Saturday of July. A decade on from the UN International…
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UNBS holds training for food and beverage sector
KAMPALA– The Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] last week hosted the first-ever practical training on the implementation of standards. The training, which was conducted in a factory setting at Negonja Organics Ltd, was focused on the importance of standards…
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UBOS, ICT Ministry undertake PDM baseline data collection
KAMPALA– Uganda Bureau of Statistics [UBOS] in partnership with the Ministry of ICT & National Guidance has announced the ongoing process of baseline data collection to inform the government’s implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM]. The government in the…
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EAC Partner States urged to educate citizens on monkeypox
ARUSHA –East African Community [EAC] Partner States have been urged to provide necessary information for their citizens to protect themselves against monkeypox and prevent the virus from spreading. This follows reports by the World Health Organization [WHO] of 780 laboratory…
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Africa and the Caribbean to firm cooperation via regional development banks
KAMPALA– Economic ties between Africa and the Caribbean took a strong upward turn this week as the regions’ premier financial institutions—the African Development Bank [AfDB] and the Caribbean Development Bank—came together to advance their collaboration with one another. On Tuesday,…
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Tayebwa urges German MPs to woo home investors to Uganda
KAMPALA– The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa has asked legislators from Germany to encourage the European country’s investors to come and invest in Uganda, saying the latter has immense investment opportunities. Tayebwa told a delegation from the Bundestag [Germany’s…
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Natural disasters: URCS, Weatherman partner to reduce losses
KAMPALA – The Uganda Red Cross Society [ URCS ] and the Uganda National Meteorological Authority [UNMA] have entered into a partnership, through which the latter will share weather and climate information while the former will help avert gross loss…
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Minister Kasaija delivers on PDM money in new budget
KAMPALA– The Finance Minister Matia Kasaija yesterday underlined government seriousness in the implementation of the Parish Development Model [PDM], providing Shs 1.059 trillion in the new budget to the programme he said will deliver 3.5 million households out of subsistence…
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Museveni tags teachers as ‘greedy’, priotises free and compulsory primary education
KAMPALA– President Yoweri Museveni is not happy that teachers in government-aided schools continue to damand salary enahncements and has instead acused them of being “greedy”. Instead, Museveni wants the Members of Parliament in the next financial years to give more…
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