Finance
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Health
Kumi VHTs irritated over delayed pay
KUMI– Members of the village health teams [VHTs] in Kumi district are irked following a delay in payment of their allowances which they were promised as they implemented different health programmes in…
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News
Museveni directs more funding for banana factory in Bushenyi
BUSHENYI-President Yoweri Museveni in a letter dated October 2022, has directed Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to provide Shs 23 billion for the capitalisation of the Banana Industrial Research & Development Centre [BIRDEC]…
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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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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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News
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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