The newly appointed Minister for Local Government and Member of Parliament for Igara West, Raphael Magyezi (pictured above) has revealed plans on how he will revive the administration of Local Government. While meeting with district Chairpersons and Mayors of different districts in Uganda on Friday 7th February 2020 at Hotel
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A surveillance team (pictured above) from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) is traversing Uganda-Kenya border areas in Karamoja Sub-region to assess the situation and also sensitize local leaders on effective ways of managing locusts. Last week, Government of Uganda advised the public to stock up enough
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New rally ace, Rajiv Ruparelia, son to property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia has revealed that he is not into motorsport just for fun, but he is determined to win the National Rally Championship (NRC) and the Africa Rally Championship (ARC). In an interview with Sanyu FM on Saturday, Rajiv, who is
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Before the death of Jomo Kenyatta in 1978, then-Vice-President Daniel arap Moi (pictured) was nowhere in the league of propertied oligarchs – the powerful ultra-wealthy with expansive ranches, real estate and multimillion-shilling investments in bonds and shares. While Kenyatta-era civil servants and select politicos had used their positions to amass
Read MoreGeneral Electric (NYSE: GE) and the Africa Leadership University (ALU) have announced the kick-off of the 3rd cohort of the Africa Industrial Internet Programme (AIIP) which is aimed at equipping young Africans with skills that will enable them to take part in the fourth industrial revolution. The 2020 cohort has
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A team of African- Americans are set to invest US$300million (about Shs1.1 trillion) in Uganda with focus on health and real estate sectors. Mark Anthony Hernandez led the delegation that was received at Entebbe International Airport on Friday by Abbey Kigozi, NRM Chairman –Diaspora league. Speaking to journalists, Hernandez said
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Fuelled by rapid population growth Africa is experiencing the fastest urban growth anywhere in the world: the continent’s population is projected to double between now and 2050 and in the next 30 years, its cities will be home to an additional 950 million people. Policy makers should fully appreciate the
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva announced on Friday that David Lipton (pictured), First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD), would be leaving the Fund at the end of February in the context of changes she will be making to the leadership team. Mr. Lipton is the IMF’s longest-serving FDMD,
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Uganda’s import substitution strategy is increasingly paying off as more goods formerly imported are being manufactured locally. According to the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, Doris Akol, import substitution contributed to Shs697.38 billion revenue shortfall in the first half of 2019/20FY. Out of the projected figure of Shs9.739 trillion,
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The Institut Pasteur de Dakar, in Senegal, is one of the laboratories that has the reagents needed to test samples Africa is one of only two continents with no confirmed cases of coronavirus however experts have warned that it may not be long before the first case is confirmed, given
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