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Uganda scores high in 2022 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index
KAMPALA– African countries have responded positively to the need to develop domestic financial markets to protect economies from external shocks, Officicial Monetary Financial Institutions Forum [OMFIF] said as it released 2022 Absa…
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EACOP: TotalEnergies boss snubs European Parliament invite
KAMPALA-Patrick Pouyanne, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of TotalEnergies has declined to appear before the European Parliament’s sub-committee on Human Rights, saying legislators there took a tough yet deeply biased decision…
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Mbarara market vendors fear Ebola outbreak
MBARARA – Following the outbreak of Ebola in Mubende district that has claimed the lives of some people including medical workers, vendors in Mbarara Central Market now fear the deadly disease could…
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Katakwi tomato farmers incur losses as Fusarium wilt attacks gardens
KATAKWI – Tomato farmers in Katakwi district are counting losses following the outbreak of Fusarium wilt disease that is ravaging their tomato gardens. The farmers have been used to good years but…
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NARO: Museveni’s directive on massive food production bearing fruit
SERERE – The National Agricultural Research Organisation [ NARO ] has started inspecting its projects to ascertain the progress of the recent government interventions on massive food and seed production aimed at…
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Over Shs 5.7bln availed to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children
KAMPALA-The Government of Japan has provided a US$ 1.5 million [ Shs 5,710,860,000] contribution to the United Nations Children’s Agency [UNICEF], to support Uganda to improve tracking of under-immunised and unimmunised children…
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BoU CBR spiked to 10 percent as inflation rises again
KAMPALA-The Bank of Uganda [ BoU ] has in the Monetary Policy Statement [MPS] for October 2022, raised the Central Bank Rate [CBR] to 10 percent from 9 percent previously. That followed…
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Teachers warned over multiple borrowing
NEBBI– Teachers in Nebbi district have been advised to desist from the bad habit of procuring multiple loans if they are to remain strong financially. According to the Inspector of Schools/ Special…
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Adjumani Girls’ Primary School in dire need of classrooms and sanitary facilities
ADJUMANI-The inadequate classrooms and lack of washrooms in Adjumani Girls’ Primary School are likely to affect the performance of the learned. This reporter has established that the school has an enrolment of…
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Hoima city street vendors demand for market and sanitary facilities
HOIMA– Street vendors operating on pavements of Buhaga road roundabout in Hoima West division, Hoima city have decried the lack of a market structure and sanitary facilities in the city. Over 200…
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