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Foreign Affairs Ministry seeks Shs 6bln for post-NAM and G77+China summit activities
KAMPALA, January 17, 2024 – Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs has recommended the provision of a budget line worth Shs 4 billion and Shs 2bln to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to…
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MPs endorse Shs 79bln needed for merger of public agencies
KAMPALA, January 17, 2024 – Parliament’s Committee on Public Service and Local Government chaired by the Bardege-Layibi Division Member of Parliament, Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, has recommended the provision of Shs79.3 billion in…
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Sugar millers want issuance of new licences halted
KAMPALA, January 16, 2024 – Sugar millers under the umbrella of Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association [USMA] want an amendment of the Sugar Act, 2020, halting all the sugar licences currently issued by…
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MPs raise concerns over Uganda’s debt burden
KAMPALA, January 13, 2024 – The increasing debt burden facing Uganda continues to bother Members of Parliament on the Budget Committee who have put the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development…
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Commonwealth Secretary-General to attend Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Uganda
KAMPALA, January 13, 2024 – The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland KC, will attend the Non-Aligned Movement Heads of State Summit from January 19-20, 2024 in Kampala, Uganda, as a Special Guest. Established…
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Shs 2.5bln needed to secure EACOP
KAMPALA, January 12, 2024 – Government is seeking Shs 2.5 billion to deploy the Uganda People’s Defence Force [UPDF] to secure the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [ EACOP ]. This was…
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Caveat put on UCA properties as SHACU launches investigations into illegal transactions
KAMPALA, January 12, 2024 – The Commissioner of Land Registration has issued a caveat on 17 properties belonging to Uganda Cooperative Alliance [ UCA] at the request of the State House Anti-Corruption…
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Parliament to curb public borrowing, says Speaker Among
The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has reiterated Parliament’s commitment to check public borrowing. Among said this on Tuesday while receiving the Annual Report of the Auditor General on the Public Accounts…
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Commonwealth Speakers commend CIPLA Quality Chemicals
KAMPALA, January 8, 2024 – Speakers and Presiding Officers from the Commonwealth days ago visited the CIPLA Quality Chemicals Industries Ltd [CIPLA QCIL] in Luzira, Kampala where they lauded the factory for…
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Speaker Among commends CSPOC on best legislative practices
KAMPALA, December 5, 2024 – The 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth [CSPOC] countries will accrue multiplier effects in harmonising legislation and Parliamentary practices, Speaker Anita Among has…
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