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Hoteliers, tourism students to get more skills
KAMPALA, July 10, 2024: The Hotel and Tourism Training Institute [HTTI] in Jinja district has developed a comprehensive plan to equip Ugandan hoteliers, tourism students, and specialists with more skills so that…
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Regional leaders push for use of Kiswahili as official language in EAC
ARUSHA, July 9, 2024 – Regional leaders and stakeholders have renewed the call to the East African Community [EAC] Council of Ministers to fast-track the process of amending the Treaty for the…
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Over 100 youth in Mbale join UPDF
MBALE CITY, July 9, 2024 – A total of 107 youth from Mbale district and Mbale City will join the Uganda People’s Defence Forces [ UPDF ] after undergoing a recruitment exercise…
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MPs quiz UPDF bosses over launch of private security services business
KAMPALA, July 8, 2024 – Members of Parliament are unsettled that Uganda People’s Defence Forces [UPDF] runs a company that offers private security services in the country, saying it is likely to…
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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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