All foreign contractors awarded procurement deals shall be required to partner with Ugandan subcontractors. The proposal is contained in the amendments to the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act. In the proposals, government seeks to favour local contractors and local products during procurement. The Public Procurement and Disposal
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Government has not dropped the idea of carrying out an inquest into the death of former Butaleja district woman representative, Cerinah Nebanda, despite the arrest and conviction of a key suspect in her death five years ago. The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana (in featured photo), told Parliament that the
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By AFP A Rwandan brewery apologised Tuesday for printing sexist jokes on its beer labels after its attempt at humour drew a stinging rebuke from some of the country's top female officials. Skol Brewery Limited also promised to immediately discontinue its "Live Laugh Lager" campaign, which saw the offending gags
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Parliament in Uganda has passed a law that abolishes the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes, amending four different laws that had earlier prescribed capital punishment, including the Anti-Terrorism Act, BBC reports. If approved by President Yoweri Museveni, the amendments will restrict the death penalty to just the most serious
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The mushrooming energy drinks on market might affect the health of Ugandans if they are not controlled, MPs have observed. Kasambya County MP, Gaffa Mbwatekamwa raised the complaint during yesterday’s plenary sitting, noting that no one knows the contentin the energy drinks and thus you cannot know whether they are
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East Africa Business Council (EABC) has received US$ 3.2 Million (Shs11.8bn) from TradeMark East Africa aimed at reducing trade barriers in the East African Community through supporting the implementation of a 3 year programme dubbed “Integrating Public-Private Sector Dialogue (PPD) for Trade and Investment in East Africa Community (EAC) Programme”. EABC officially
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Cattle fattening business is a very profitable business and many people are making money all over the world by doing cattle livestock farming business. Cattle beef fattening involves the feeding of beef cattle with a protein balanced, high-energy diet for a period of 90 days under confinement to increase live
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Uganda’s kickboxing champion Moses Golola excited female MPs after he (Golola) appeared in Parliament’s gallery during today’s sitting. Excited to see Golola, Franca Akello (Agago Woman) wondered if it was safe for female MPs to attend to Parliament business with Golola seated in the gallery yet he had earlier bragged
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has revealed that Parliament increasing/determining MPs emoluments without consulting the executive is constitutional. Kadaga made the remarks during today’s plenary sitting while responding to the recent Supreme Court ruling that barred Parliament from determining MPs’ emoluments without consulting with the Executive. She said
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A section of MPs from the West Nile region have backed State Minister for Investment and Privatisation, Evelyn Anite’s stance on Uganda Telecom saga, revealing that they will resign their positions in the 10th Parliament and secede from Uganda if the mafias kill their colleague. This follows Anite’s startling allegation
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