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National Budget Month for FY 2025/26 Launched
KAMPALA, June 2, 2025 — Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has launched the national budget month activities for FY 2025/26 at the Uganda Media Centre. During the launch that took place in Kampala, Finance…
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Museveni signs sugarcane bill into law
ENTEBBE, June 2, 2025 –– President Yoweri Museveni has signed the Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023, into law, calling for cooperation between sugar millers and growers for a prosperous industry. “If you don’t…
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Uganda’s economy strengthens in April amid rising inflation and export growth
KAMPALA, May 23, 2025 –– Uganda’s economy showed continued signs of recovery in April 2025, supported by stronger business activity, robust export growth, and stable financial conditions, according to the Ministry of…
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Turkish Government Intervenes in Lemon Exports to Mitigate Supply Shortage
ANKARA, April 30, 2025 — The Turkish Ministry of Trade [MoT], in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry [MinAF], imposed a temporary ban on lemon exports on April 8, 2025…
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Somalia launches National Monitoring Committee to eliminate non-tariff barriers
MOGADISHU, April 22, 2025: Somalia has officially launched its National Monitoring Committee [NMC] on the Elimination of Non-Tariff Barriers [NTBs], marking a major milestone in its integration into the East African Community…
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Bunyoro leaders call for removal of non-tariff barriers to facilitate free trade in the EAC
HOIMA, 20 April 2025 – Leaders from the Bunyoro Subregion, home to Uganda’s burgeoning oil and gas sector, have urged Partner States of the East African Community [EAC] to eliminate non-tariff barriers…
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California sues Trump administration to block tariffs
LOS ANGELES, April 19, 2025 — California on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to block U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on foreign trading partners, accusing him of abusing his powers and…
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Parliament finally passes Sugarcane Bill
KAMPALA, April 16, 2025 –– Parliament has passed the Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023 providing for self-regulation of the sugarcane industry by a stakeholder council. The Sugarcane [Amendment] Bill, 2023 was passed during…
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MPs call for compensation of cooperatives for war loss
KAMPALA, April 8, 2025 –– Members of Parliament [MPs] recently expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of budgetary allocation and delay in compensation of cooperative societies and unions for the losses suffered during…
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Nature project launched to foster sustainable natural resources management in EAC
ARUSHA, March 23, 2023: The East African Community [EAC], in collaboration with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development [BMZ] and the European Union [EU], today launched the EAC4Nature Project,…
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