The State Minister for Animal husbandry, Joy Kabatsi, says they are still grappling with encroachment of government ranches. Speaking to URN on Tuesday, Kabatsi said a lot of government land has been taken over by people who arrogantly use malicious means to acquire titles. Over 504 acres of the Njeru stock farm
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The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has heaped praises on Uganda’s flowers, describing them as the best in the world. “Our flowers are the best (in the world),” Kasaija said, adding that he was surprised at a recent flower expo in China that it’s Ugandan flowers
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has said he is uncomfortable with the high lending rates in the country. He made the remarks while speaking at the third edition of the Annual Bankers Conference held at Serena Hotel today on the theme - “De-risking Financing & Investment
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Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have called for speedy verification of Cooperatives across the country. This is after lawmakers raised concerns on Shs5bn payment to unverified Cooperative Unions across the country. The call was made during a Monday meeting held between the Committee and officials
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Uganda’s health sector is facing many challenges including inadequate patients’ care leading to slow recovery, rapid disease spread and stress among families among other consequences. To help solve the above challenge, Asphire Life International, a healthcare firm has introduced bedside nursing care services aimed at reaching out to over 5,000
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The United Nations says the number of people going hungry has increased for the third year running. A report from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the UN Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization, said reaching the target of
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dfcu bank has broken silence on the alleged hacking of its system that has reportedly caused financial loss to the bank and customers. However, in an official statement dated Monday 15th July 2019, dfcu has described the reports as “malicious falsehoods”. Headed by Mathias Katamba (in featured photo)as Managing Director,
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South Africa's former President Jacob Zuma has told a judge-led inquiry that allegations of corruption against him were a "conspiracy" aimed at removing him from the political scene, BBC reports. He was appearing for the first time at the inquiry, which is investigating allegations that he oversaw a web of
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The Police Flying Squad Unit-FSU and Crime Intelligence-CI have recovered 30 guns in eighteen operations conducted across the country. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga (in featured photo), said the guns were recovered in the past five months through intelligence led crackdowns. He says majority of the guns have since established to
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Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Monday tasked the Ministry of Trade officials to explain circumstances under which the Ministry paid Shs39.36m to political assistants and security guards of Ministers without the institution’s structures providing for the posts. The Trade Ministry officials led by Permanent
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