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MPs endorse loan to overhaul Kampala-Malaba railway line
KAMPALA – Members of Parliament have urged government to fast-track the rehabilitation of the Kampala-Malaba metre gauge railway line to enhance trade and transport and also place the country in tandem with…
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MSC trains Omoro Emyooga SACCOs in records and financial management
OMORO – Leaders and some members of six Emyooga SACCOs in Omoro district have received training in records and financial management so that they can effectively utilise the funds disbursed to them…
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49mln people threatened by hunger in Eastern Africa – Climate agency
KAMPALA The Climate Prediction and Application Centre [ICPAC], a weather agency in the Eastern Africa region has predicted rather extreme weather conditions in the region running June to September 2023. The body…
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What I make of The National Sports Act 2023
KAMPALA– The National Sports Act, as it is called today, first of all, one of the things is to re-appeal the 1964 Sports Act. So, from the assent of the President, the…
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Staffing woes at NAGRC& DB irk MPs
KAMPALA – Legislators on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises [COSASE] are perturbed by the staffing woes at the National Animal Genetic Resources Centre and Data Bank [ NAGRC&DB…
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Private sector credit declined 0.2 percent in June 2023
KAMPALA – The total value of private sector credit [PSC] approved in June 2023 for disbursement by local commercial banks declined by 0.2 percent to about Shs 1.2 trillion, from about Shs…
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NDA bans importation of L’ Power Coffee
MBARARA – The National drug authority [NDA] has imposed a total ban on the importation of L’ Power Coffee into the Ugandan market. This is after 75 boxes of the product were…
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Entice youth to embrace commercial agriculture, farmers’ organisations urged
HOIMA – Farmers’ organisations operating in the Bunyoro Sub-region have been urged to mobilise and encourage the youth in the area to embrace commercial agriculture. Innocent Aliguma, the community development officer for Kyabigambire…
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NSSF targets informal sector to boost membership and savings
MBARARA – The National Social Security Fund [ NSSF ] newly appointed managing director, Patrick Ayota, in an ongoing campaign, has encouraged employers in the informal sector to register their employees with…
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New thrust toward free movement in the COMESA region as officials meet in Lusaka
LUSAKA – Ministers responsible for immigration and labour matters in Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA] have renewed their countries commitment to the implementation of the regional protocols on free…
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