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Finance & Banking
World Bank halts new loans to Uganda over anti-LGBTQ law
KAMPALA – The World Bank has announced it will halt new loans to Uganda over the country’s controversial anti-LGBTQ law. The Bank said on Tuesday it would pause project financing pending a…
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Africa
Raw coffee exports irk Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni yesterday addressed delegates attending the 2nd G-25 Africa Coffee Summit at Speak Resort Munyonyo in Kampala where he discouraged the export of raw coffee and other products from Africa,…
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Central
Gov’t readies extra Shs 134bln for best SACCOs
KAMPALA – Government through the Finance ministry has approved Shs 134 billion to be given as additional seed capital to 6,721 best performing SACCOs across the country. The ministry in an update…
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Northern
Emyooga beneficiaries in Lira record success
LIRA – The Beneficiaries of the Presidential Initiative on Job and Wealth Creation [Emyooga Programme] in Lira City are reporting success since the programme was rolled out four years ago. The Emyooga…
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Eastern
FPU burns Shs 600mln illegal fishing gear on L. Kyoga
SERERE – The Uganda People’s Defence Force Fisheries Protection Unit [FPU] at Kagwara landing site in Serere district has burnt over 6,678 pieces of illegal fishing gear that were impounded during a three-month…
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Western
Kikuube leaders appeal to Museveni over misery of 2,000 evictees
KIKUUBE – Leaders in Kikuube district have asked President Museveni to intervene and resettle 2,000 people who were evicted from their land in Bukinda parish, Kyangwali Sub-county. The call by the leaders…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Excitement as Kole launches disbursement of PDM funds
KOLE -Beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] in Kole district are excited following the launch of the disbursement of the funds to their bank accounts. PDM, a poverty alleviation programme was…
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Cooperatives & Communities
OTUKE: MP Omara launches disbursement of PDM cash
OTUKE – Otuke district has launched the disbursement of Shs 4.2 billion to the beneficiaries of the Parish Development Model [PDM] to enable them to engage in income generating activities. The Otuke…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Attaining prosperity: Museveni urges Ugandans to embrace cooperatives
LIRA – President Yoweri Museveni has called upon Ugandans to embrace cooperatives if they want to create wealth and attain prosperity. Museveni made the call last Saturday in a speech read for…
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Finance & Banking
MPs pass bill to kick start Islamic Banking in Uganda
KAMPALA – The enactment of the Income Tax Amendment Bill No.2 of 2023 has cleared all legal roadblocks to the commencement of Islamic banking products in Uganda. Parliament on Tuesday, 27 June…
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