Technology
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Mbarara hospital receives Shs 70mln ultrasound scan
MBARARA– Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital [MRRH] has received an ultrasound scan from Seed Global Health, a non-governmental organisation that operates worldwide. According to Dr Prisca Kizito, an emergency physician at MRRH and a…
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Oil refinery project affected persons get land titles
HOIMA – 73 Kabaale oil refinery project affected persons [PAPs] whose families were displaced as government acquired land for the construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale Sub-county in Hoima district are…
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Kole: Stakeholders urged to help in provision of clean water
KOLE– Kole district acting water officer, Patrick Ocen has called upon the development partners to assist the district in funding the provision of clean and safe water to the residents. “We still…
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£200mln invested to transform community businesses
LONDON – More than £200 million has been invested in UK community businesses in the last decade, using community shares – a unique form of finance. And a major fund has re-launched…
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Co-op Ukraine rallies support for people, offers bread and bed
KYIV– Since the Russian military invaded Ukraine, the all-Ukrainian union of consumer co-operatives (Ukrkoopspilka) has been working tirelessly to provide products and services to members and customers, offer shelter to people displaced…
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Shs 435bln project to create 12,000 jobs in Uganda
LIRA– A new government project to enhance technological skills in the young people is to begin soon and is expected to create 12,000 job opportunities in Uganda. The project, ‘National Science, Technology,…
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UDB and EU launch over Shs 60 bln second tourism facility
KAMPALA– Uganda Development Bank [UDB] in partnership with the European Union [EU] has announced a special call for eligible businesses in the tourism sector to apply for and receive up to Shs…
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Bujagali Hydropower project faces forensic audit as it seeks tax exemptions
KAMPALA– The Members of Parliament are immovable on approving tax exemptions for some companies in Uganda Uganda, pending a report on its effectiveness. The MPs instead have allowed a one-year tax exception to…
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Govt slashes tax on opaque beer
KAMPALA – Brewers producing the low cost opaque beer in Uganda will in the new Financial Year 2022/2023 enjoy a tax cut as government entices more local manufacturers into alcohol brewing. Effective July…
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EACOP gets four contractors
HOIMA – Four international companies that were contracted by government to implement the East African Crude Oil Pipeline [EACOP] have been unveiled to the local business community in the Albertine Graben The…
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