Finance
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Development
Gov’t urged to pay contractors
KAMPALA-Government has been urged to prioritise funds meant for the payment of contractors hired by Uganda National Roads Authority [UNRA] if financial hemorrhage is to be avoided. As of 27 September 2022,…
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News
Ugandans mourn Ambassador Galiwango
MBALE-At about 7am on Monday, residents in the home village of Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Seychelles, Dr Hassan Galiwango, residents were in a somber mood following the news of his…
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Africa
New AfDB, WWF study calls for increased investment in Africa’s biodiversity
MONTREAL-The African Development Bank [AfDB] and the Worldwide Fund for Nature [ WWF ], have launched a regional report on the performance of African countries under the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020.…
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Road construction: Contractors’ debt rises to over Shs 580bln
KAMPALA-Road works across the country are being constrained by a Shs 585 billion debt to contractors, according to the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala. Gen. Katumba was responding…
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Lira City seeks Shs 300mln for streetlights
LIRA-Lira City Council is seeking Shs 300 million to fix faulty streetlights installed two years ago under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructures Development [USMID] programme funded by the World Bank. Most of…
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International
Investments of 1.4 percent of GDP could cut GHG emissions by 70 percent
WASHINGTON-Investing an average of 1.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product [GDP] annually could reduce greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in developing countries by as much as 70 percent by 2050 and boost resilience,…
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Africa
Scaling up agriculture: Continental lenders pledge to mobilise credit for women
ABIDJAN-Development lenders in Africa can seize the current global crises as an impetus to help the continent significantly increase food production, especially by supporting women. This was a common conclusion of panelists…
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Lira City extends Shs 35bln road contract
LIRA-The authorities in Lira City have given the contractor more seven months to tarmac five major roads under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructures Development [USMID] Programme financed by the World Bank. The…
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Kasaija urges local gov’t officials to enforce laws on environmental protection
MASAKA-The Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija has called upon local government officials to enforce laws on conservation of the environment to mitigate the effects of climate change in the country. The minister…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Misuse of PDM cash: Nwoya RDC orders arrest of officials
NWOYA-Nwoya district officials are in panic after they failed to account for some of the Parish Development Model [PDM] funds disbursed to the district by government and now face arrest. Christopher Omara,…
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