Electoral Commission Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama (L) receives a T-Shirt from Equal Opportunities Commission’s Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has this morning met with the Independent Electoral Commission to discuss inclusive participation of persons with visual impairment in the country’s electoral processes. This comes as the country
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Microfinance Support Centre Executive Director, John Peter Mujuni Three Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) top bosses and a Teacher have been charged before the Anticorruption court on charges of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud government of Shs10.8bn which was a loan fund President Yoweri Museveni gave Teachers in 2011 as a grant.It
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As Covid-19 cases continued to climb sharply, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday announced that the country will start manufacturing its own test kits with China’s help. The announcement came as the Horn of Africa nation passed the mark of one million tests, the third highest in the continent after
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A number of Ugandans have taken to their social media accounts to express their fury at the directive by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to register their accounts for license if they intend to upload videos for public consumption. UCC in its public notice issued yesterday defended their decision, citing sections
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Housing Finance Bank Managing Director, Michael. K. Mugabi displays the signed MoU with Water for People Housing Finance Bank has launched a partnership with Water for People to implement a citywide inclusive sanitation program, where 30,000 home owners will benefit from improved sanitation loans around 5 divisions in Kampala. During
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Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija The Government of Uganda through Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is looking for investors to redevelop Uganda Post Limited Properties and National Theater, with both projects requiring over Shs2Trn in capital injection. Set out as Public-Private Partnerships, the details are contained in the Report
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Prices of fruits and vegetables have halved due to low demand Farmers in Uganda have produced a bumper harvest, but disruption of transport and reduced demand for their crops has led to a collapse in food prices. Agriculture continued throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but now farmers are being forced to
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Some Ugandans who returned to Uganda over the weekend The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that 332 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who were stranded in India have been repatriated. In a statement issued today, the Ministry said: “This flight no ET8640 departed today morning from Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai,
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Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, the BoU Governor The Bank of Uganda (BoU) in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, has today undertaken reforms to the Government securities market as part of the process of increasing efficiency and enhancing liquidity in the financial market. Speaking at the event
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Seeds for the future opening ceremony Huawei, one of the leading global ICT solutions providers, has today kicked off the one week intense seeds for the future training through online and live broadcast sessions from 7th to 11th September 2020. Huawei is to train 37 top ICT students recommended from
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