If you want to look far, stand on the shoulders of giants. For 3 days, Ugandans were treated to this insightful and exceptional experience at the Harvest Money Expo 2020 courtesy of the Netherlands Village. The Netherlands Village was an expo within an expo. For a moment, I got convinced
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Government has resolved to develop National Burial Policy aimed at addressing challenges associated with the management state and official funeral ceremonies. The State Minister for Public Service, David Karubanga told Members of Parliament on Friday that currently management of state and official burials is premised on the 1995 Constitution of
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A delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines, Kenyahas completed a two-day benchmarking and familiarisation visit to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).The Government of Kenya is in the process of setting up a
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World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) in Uganda has posed yet another challenge to a number of youths to come up with innovations to curb the increasing use and pollution of the environment with plastics. On spot are students from the three Universities of Makerere, Kyambogo and Kampala International University
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Former BoU Executive Director Supervision Justine Bagyenda and the then Director Financial Markets, Benedict Ssekabira (R) appearing before the COSASE probe in 2019. Singer Mathias Walukagga is known for songs that touch and impact the ordinary person. The Kadongo Kamu hit maker has always released songs criticizing social and political injustices,
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has spoken out for the first time on the impact of COVID-19 commonly known as China Coronavirus on the global economy. Today in Riyadh, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva (pictured), Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement at the G20 Finance Ministers
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Youth unemployment is one of key challenges threatening Uganda’s future and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in particular. According to available data, 83% of Ugandans aged 18- 30 remain unemployed, which has prompted them to engage in numerous illegal activities. Government can’t combat this threat due to unlimited
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has moved to tackle the growing cyber threat by launching the first-ever cybersecurity competition targeting university students. More than 500 university students aged 18-24 participated in an inaugural workshop on cybersecurity techniques at the Commission head office in Bugolobi on Friday, February 21, 2020. The workshop,
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Experts at the second edition of the Business Equilibrium Forum organized by Africa Centre for Economic Dialogue (ACED) Analysts have said Uganda has great potential in agricultural production but the value chain system especially the marketing part is so clumsy. This was revealed during the second edition of the Business
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has over the years taken a social stand to carry out Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a way of effecting social change in the communities in which it operates. This has helped build public confidence in the organization, created rapport and changed compliance behaviour within the
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