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2022/2023 budget: MPs decline to approve UWRSA’s Shs 10.5b to revamp storage facilities
KAMPALA – MPs on parliament’s Committee on Tourism Trade and Industry, have declined to approve Shs 10.5 billion requested by Uganda Ware House Receipt System Authority [UWRSA] to refurbish storage facilities, saying…
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Parliament asks govt to fast-track merger of agencies
KAMPALA-Members of Parliament have urged government to fast-track the cabinet decision to merge, mainstream and rationalise public institutions and agencies to facilitate efficient public expenditures. This is contained in the report of…
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Shocking: Italian Enrica Pinetti signed Shs284b coffee deal as witness
KAMPALA – It has emerged that Italian Enrica Pinetti in February 2022 only signed as a witness as the Government of Uganda inked Shs 284 billion controversial coffee agreement with Uganda Vinci Coffee…
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Development
House urges gov’t to cancel illegal leases on Uganda Railways land
KAMPALA– Parliament’s Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprises (COSASE) has advised government to cancel illegal leases on Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) land with immediate effect since the right procedures were…
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Gov’t commits 300m to rehabilitate 10 roads in Agago
AGAGO – The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MFPED) has allocated Shs 300 million to Agago district local government for the rehabilitation of 10 community access roads in the next…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Oulanyah supported co-operatives – DP’s Norbert Mao
OMORO – The President General of the Democratic Party [DP], Norbert Mao, has said the late Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, Jacob Oulanyah, supported co-operatives as well as other enterprises in the…
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Gulu City Council seeks Shs3.4 billion supplementary budget
GULU – Gulu City Council is seeking the approval of a Shs3.4 billion supplementary budget from Parliament in order to smoothly operate. The City Council has already gone five months without any…
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Cooperatives & Communities
MP Nyakato launches campaign for reusable sanitary towels for school going girls
HOIMA – In a bid to promote retention of the girl child in school and completion of primary seven; Hoima City Woman Member of Parliament Asinasi Nyakato has launched a campaign to…
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Cooperatives & Communities
APG, Ker Kwaro Acholi calls for unconditional release of Apaa residents in custody
ADJUMANI – The Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) and Ker Kwaro Acholi have called for the unconditional release of 7 residents of Apaa who have been arrested and are being detained in Adjumani…
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