Members of Parliament are reportedly putting more efforts in producing more babies than executing their mandate to make laws for the country. The shocking revelation was made by Odonga Otto, Aruu Country MP on Wednesday while reacting to a statement by State Minister for Youths, Florence Nakiwala on this year’s
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on African countries to abolish the issuance of visas to enable free movement of people across the continent. The free movement of persons, according to Kadaga, will facilitate Africans to ply their trade across the continent which is a prospective market. Reacting
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The Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC), the exclusive distributor for Ford in Uganda, has launched the new Ford EcoSport compact Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV). The car was unveiled at CMC head offices in Kampala on Wednesday. CMC says the Ford EcoSport offers customers more style, compatibility and choice-blending rugged SUV functionality
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The cash-strapped Zimbabwean government said on Tuesday that it will amend its laws to allow industrial production and export of cannabis (marijuana) in a desperate effort to boost its foreign currency earnings, Business Day reports. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the country is looking to make cannabis exports a top
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Drug resistance to the first line HIV treatment is on the rise in Uganda, according to a report published by the World Health Organization-WHO. Findings from a survey carried out between 2014-2018 show increasing resistance to Efavirenz and Nevirapine, the fine line HIV treatment. The survey shows that in the
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Members of Parliament on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have trashed government proposal to compel candidates to declare their source of funding during the election period, describing it (the proposal) as redundant. The lawmakers argue that the proposal won’t cure the commercialisation of Uganda’s politics. The Attorney General, William
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As Central and Eastern Europe become increasingly popular for South Africa’s property sector due to subdued growth potential and earnings locally, should these funds not be investing closer to home? This is the view of Kfir Rusin, the host of the most significant annual gathering of capital investors in African
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Mineral water Company, NEC-Uzima is the latest company to join the Corporate Games. Uzima is understood to have signed a one-year 2019/2020 deal with the Corporate Games Management. Uzima Natural Mineral water was represented by their Human Resource Manager, Cpt. Titus Muhoozi, who noted that the main reason they are
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Finasi/Roko Construction SPV Limited, the company government of Uganda through Ministry of Health contracted to undertake construction of the international specialized hospital in Lubowa has explained why Ministry of Health officials and MPs were barred from accessing the site yesterday. The Construction company feigned ignorance about the visit, arguing that
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The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has called upon the Government to ring fence legal services in the oil and gas sector, for the benefit of Ugandans. This was during a meeting between ULS and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). Section 125 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Act2013
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