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MPs fault NFA over reduced forest cover, call for immediate audit
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament want the National Forestry Authority [ NFA ] to be immediately audited over the disappearing forest cover in the country. The legislators accused NFA of promoting activities, which have…
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Commercial officers urged to guide farmers form cooperatives
LIRA-District commercial and extension officers in Lango Sub-region have been advised to guide farmers to form cooperatives as the most realistic means of weeding out poverty in Ugandan households. The Lira Resident…
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Among rallies MPs on conserving environment
KAMPALA– Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has urged the Members of Parliament to play a leading role in conserving the environment in their constituencies, especially if the effects of climate change are…
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Higher education critical in Africa’s economic growth, says UNECA report
KAMPALA-The success of the African Continental Free Trade Area, [AfCFTA], will depend on the capacities of universities and other institutions of higher learning in Africa and science academies to produce adequate and…
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UNBS hosts major conference to discuss strategies for strengthening food safety
KAMPALA-Uganda through the Uganda National Bureau of Standards [UNBS] is hosting over 250 delegates from 49 African countries and other global partners for a weeklong hybrid international conference to discuss strategies for…
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Tayebwa makes case for diaspora bonds
CALIFORNIA-Ugandans living in the diaspora could soon begin trading in government treasury bonds. This is after Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa pledged to lead efforts to establish diaspora bonds. Tayebwa made the pledge…
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Soroti wetland encroachers given ultimatum to vacate
SOROTI-In a bid to restore the wetlands, the authorities in Soroti district have ordered encroachers who have been growing food crops in the same wetlands to vacate by the end of this…
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Mbarara City procures own grader for road works
MBARARA-Mbarara city has purchased a grader worth about One billion Shillings to work on the roads. According to city mayo, Robert Mugabe Kakyebezi, the money used to buy the new model caterpillar…
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MPs agree with Museveni, scrap tax on confectionaries
MPs have passed the Excise Duty [Amendment] Bill, 2022 scrapping taxes on sugar confectionaries, sweets, gums, and chocolates. The Bill was earlier passed in March 2022 but returned to Parliament for reconsideration…
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The Cooperative Movement in Uganda has lost its pillar, Prof Kamuntu eulogises late Kanyomozi
NATIONAL-Sunday’s death of former Minister of Cooperatives and Marketing, Yona Kanyomozi is a big blow to the Cooperative Movement in Uganda as the deceased was its strongest pillar, Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu has…
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