Operations of South African Airways (SAA), the country's national carrier, have been suspended with immediate effect. "This means SAA will complete repatriation flights that have already been scheduled but will not schedule any further flights," Business Day news site reports. Administrators said they were putting the struggling state-owned carrier under
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The Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said ccoffee exports revenue still constitute the highest proportion of the goods exported by Uganda. Ssempijja made the revelation while addressing the media today at Uganda Media Centre on matters "Food Loss and Waste in Uganda and Uganda
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Hon. Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja (pictured Left) has today 29th 09, 2020 launched the National Organic Agriculture Policy 2019 at Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) headquarters in Entebbe. The Minister was accompanied by the State Minister for Fisheries, Hon. Hellen
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ICT & National Guidance Minister, Judith Nabakooba The broadcasters have asked both the Ministry of ICT and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to scrap the requirement by radio and television stations to offer free airtime to government officials. The broadcasters made the plea today while appearing before Parliament’s ICT Committee that
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The illegal outflow of money is related to the export of high-value goods such as gold Africa lost $836bn (£650bn) in illegal movement of money out of the continent in the 15 years to 2015, a new report by the UN agency for trade and development (UNCTAD) estimates. Compared with
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Uganda will begin human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine in November, the Daily Monitor newspaper reports quoting ministry of health officials. The vaccine, called Self Replicating RNA, has been developed through a partnership between Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and Imperial College in the UK. The head of a presidential
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Schools in Uganda are set to open for finalists on October12, 2020 In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, governments worldwide, Uganda included, declared extensive lockdowns in a bid to control the spread of the virus that saw many sectors of the economy including the education sector come to a
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Alcohol consumption weakens the immune system, health experts say Pubs in Kenya will reopen on Tuesday, six months after they were shut to curb the spread of coronavirus. Trading hours, however, have been restricted - they have to close at 22:00 local time. The announcement was made by President Uhuru
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija has a huge task of mobilizing resources to pay back the loans The growing appetite for Uganda to borrow externally and domestically will adversely affect Uganda’s development in the long run, a new State of the Economy for September 2020 released by the Bank of Uganda
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija (C) declaring interest rate for FY 2019/20. Looking on is NSSF Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba (R) and the Fund’s Board Chairperson Patrick Kaberenge By Peter Nyanzi As Finance Minister Matia Kasaija was making the most-awaited report for National Social Security Fund (NSSF) members this morning, the
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