Legal
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Soroti Hospital officials call for infrastructure development
SOROTI CITY, July 7, 2024 – Soroti Regional Referral Hospital is in a state of disrepair significantly hampering its ability to provide adequate medical services. According to Prof. Mary Margaret Ajiko, a consultant…
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World celebrates UN International Day of Cooperatives
KAMPALA, July 7, 2024 – Cooperatives in the world celebrated the International Day of Cooperatives yesterday. An annual celebration of cooperatives, the day has been observed on the first Saturday in July since…
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Fishing on Lake Albert: Congolese fishermen get back confiscated fishing gear
BULIISA, July 5, 2024: Congolese fishermen whose fishing gears were impounded by the UPDF Fisheries Protection Unity [FPU] have a reason to smile after government returned their fishing gear. Major Frank Kanzira,…
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Cameroon: First US$ 20mln project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
YAONDE, July 4, 2024 – A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative [CAFI] will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union…
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Legal dilemma as URA ignores Attorney Generals’ advice on taxing SACCOs
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – The Uganda Revenue Authority [ URA ] still wants to charge withholding tax on dividends and interest earned from savings of SACCO members even after the Attorney…
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House reconsiders Appropriation Bill, Shs 750bln reallocated
KAMPALA, July 3, 2024 – Parliament has reallocated Shs 750 billion after revisiting the Appropriation Bill, 2024 which President Yoweri Museveni objected to assent to. In the 2024/2025 budget passed earlier, legislators…
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Money lenders, SACCOs warned against holding clients’ IDs as collateral
KAMPALA, June 28, 2024 – Money lenders and, Savings and Credit Cooperatives [SACCOs] in the country that have a habit of holding on to national identity cards [ IDs] of their clients…
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Uganda’s population stands at 45.9mln, says UBOS
KAMPALA, June 27, 2024 – Uganda’s population is now 45.9 million people, up from 34.6mln counted in 2014. This, according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics [ UBOS ], means that the human…
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New coffee labeling requirements to take effect next week
HONOLULU, June 27, 2024 – The Hawaiian Coffee Labeling Act 211, which requires all Hawaii-branded coffee products to include a disclosure of the coffee’s origin and percentage of locally grown and other…
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Hundreds lose jobs as Mayuge sugar factory is closed
NAMAYINGO, June 26, 2024 – Over 600 people in Namayingo district have lost their jobs following government’s rushed closure of CN Sugar factory that was still undergoing construction. The closure of the…
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