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Promoting agroecology in Uganda through poetry
FORT PORTAL CITY, April 22, 2025 – In a move to promote agroecology across Uganda, the Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers’ Forum Uganda [ESAFF Uganda], in partnership with Humundi, launched the…
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Somalia launches National Monitoring Committee to eliminate non-tariff barriers
MOGADISHU, April 22, 2025: Somalia has officially launched its National Monitoring Committee [NMC] on the Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers [NTBs], marking a major milestone in its integration into the East African Community…
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Bunyoro leaders call for removal of non-tariff barriers to facilitate free trade in the EAC
HOIMA, 20 April 2025 – Leaders from the Bunyoro Subregion, home to Uganda’s burgeoning oil and gas sector, have urged Partner States of the East African Community [EAC] to eliminate non-tariff barriers…
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Museveni urges journalists to promote regional integration, defend PDM initiative
MUBENDE, April 22, 2025 –– Ugandan journalists should take a lead role in promoting East African integration and defending government’s development programmes such as the Parish Development Model [PDM], according to President…
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ShafDB signs MOU with CPF Group to scale up development of affordable housing in Kenya
NAIROBI, April 22, 2024 — Shelter Afrique Development Bank [ShafDB], a leading Pan-African institution committed to financing and advancing housing, urban, and related infrastructure development, has signed a Memorandum of Understating [MOU]…
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Minister attributes bad roads to Shs 1.3trn UNRA debt
KAMPALA, April 22, 2025 –– The Minister of State for Works, Musa Ecweru has disclosed that the bad state of some roads in the country is attributed to a Shs 1.3 trillion…
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MPs urge gov’t to clean up payroll of police officers
KAMPALA, April 20, 2025 — Members of Parliament [MPs] have tasked the Ministry of Public Service to clean up the payroll of police officers in a bid to put an end to…
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Museveni announces plan to increase PDM funding
KYANKWANZI, April 20, 2025 –– President Yoweri Museveni recently visited Kyankwanzi district as part of his ongoing assessment of the Parish Development Model [PDM], Uganda’s flagship initiative aimed at eradicating household poverty…
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NGOs say Germany’s Agriculture and Food Strategy must prioritise Africa’s food sovereignty
KAMPALA, April 20, 2025 – Power Shift Africa [PSA], a Kenyan climate development policy think tank, and Germanwatch, a German environmental and human rights organisation, have urged the German Government to reconsider…
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UEDCL to spend over Shs 40 billion in nine months after UMEME exit
KAMPALA, April 18, 2025 — The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited [ UEDCL ] will utilise up to Shs 43.3 billion over the next nine months to fund its operations, marking a…
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