President Samia Suluhu of the United Republic of Tanzania and her host Yoweri Museveni Museveni at State House Entebbe The government of Uganda and its Tanzanian counterpart have today signed the East African Crude Oil Pipeline agreement that effectively signals the start of the construction of the pipeline that will
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Robert Lumanyika Wamala, the Supervisor Tax Education at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Friday met with leaders Tax Societies from 19 Universities in Uganda to further strengthen the spirit of nurturing a tax alert generation. Speaking at the webinar, Robert Lumanyika Wamala, the Supervisor Tax Education at URA , said that since inception of
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Catching fish using pancakes is a bad practice The Fisheries Protection Unit (FPU) has warned fishermen on Lake George against using pancakes to catch fish.This follows reports of fishermen who have adopted pancakes as a new method to make their catch. The fishermen reportedly throw the pans into areas where they
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Hon Atiku presented the bill for first reading Persons involved in human sacrifice will face the death penalty if a new law aimed at preventing the offence is passed by Parliament. The Prevention and Prohibition of Human sacrifice Bill, 2020 proposes that persons who mutilate or cause death of another
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David Bahati, the State Minister of Finance said that the car license is intended to streamline the transport sector Parliament’s finance committee has rejected a proposal by the government to introduce a licence of 200,000 Shillings license on motor vehicles and 50,000 Shillings for motorbikes. The Ministry of Finance has proposed the
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Tanzania's new president Samia Hassan Suluhu The long wait for Uganda's Final Investment Decision for oil and gas could come to an end this Sunday, following talks between government officials and industry leaders from Uganda and Tanzania.Tanzania's new president Samia Hassan Suluhu is due in the country for talks that
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Some of the dead fish at Kibiribiri's ponds Sam Kibiribiri, a farmer from Kinaburimano village in Kihiihi Sub-county, Kanungu district has lost over 15,000 fish to suspected poisoning. The fish was found floating on top of the ponds on Thursday. Kibiribiri says that the four-month-old tilapia fish had cost him
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Some of the cross border traders stuck with their goods in Mpondwe on Thursday Business in Mpondwe Town Council, Kasese District has been paralysed over the last two days as Democratic Republic of Congo nationals protested the presence of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in their country. The UN mission has more
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Coffee is Uganda's leading cash crop and a top foreign exchange earner/courtesy photo In a letter dated March 25th 2020, the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development announced Shs490bn budget cuts from agencies and ministries which will be channeled to local governments to implement the agriculture Parish Model. The model aims
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Tanzanian auditor-general has revealed how the country's national airline revived by former President John Magufuli and touted as a success made big losses over the last five years. Charles Kicheere announced this while releasing the audit report for the 2019/2020 financial year, saying the airline had made losses of 150
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