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Give more funds to public universities, says Minister Muyingo
KAMPALA, February 24, 2024 – The Ministry of Education and Sports has reechoed the need for increased funding for various activities in public universities including staffing, infrastructure development, and research, among others.…
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Africa
CAF launches online ticket sales process for TotalEnergies AFCON Cote d’Ivoire 2023
CAIRO, November 10, 2023 – In another first, the Confederation of African Football [CAF] will launch online ticket sales for the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations [AFCON] Cote d’Ivoire 2023 at…
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Africa
Africa Investment Forum champions sports as key African economic growth sector
MARRAKECH, November 8, 2023 – Sports will take center stage at the 2023 Africa Investment Forum Market Days from 8-10 November in Marrakech, Morocco. Since its inaugural event in 2018, Africa’s premier…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Corruption: MPs ask local sports federations to refund monies
KAMPALA, October 23, 2023 – Parliament has adopted a report of the Public Accounts Committee [Central Government] in which it recommended that the sports federations, the Uganda Netball Federation [UNF] and Uganda…
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Cooperatives & Communities
Gov’t to give Shs 9bln to Walimu SACCOs Union
KAMPALA, October 6, 2023 – President Yoweri Museveni yesterday announced government would provide a balance of Shs 9 billion to teachers’ SACCOs subscribing to Walimu SACCOs Union. Museveni made the announcement in…
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National
Gov’t signs historic charter with RUFORUM
KAMPALA, September 12, 2023 – In a momentous development for the agricultural sector in Uganda, the Government of Uganda recently signed the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture [ RUFORUM…
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Education
Minister urges headteachers to plant trees in schools
SOROTI, September 12, 2023 – The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysestom Muyingo, has asked school headteachers in the country to embrace the Greening Project which encourages the planting of…
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Sports
WSACCO donates to UPDF sports teams
MBARARA – Wazalendo Savings and Credit Cooperative Society [WSACCO] has donated sports uniforms and balls to 19 football teams and 12 netball teams that are participating in the 15th edition of the…
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National
What I make of The National Sports Act 2023
KAMPALA– The National Sports Act, as it is called today, first of all, one of the things is to re-appeal the 1964 Sports Act. So, from the assent of the President, the…
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East Africa
IUCEA begins Phase II construction of multi-million-dollar headquarters
KAMPALA – The Inter-University Council for East Africa [ IUCEA ] held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the second phase of its Headquarters in Kampala. The project worth over US$…
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