Players in the Directorate of Animal Industry and Fisheries are demanding an independent ministry, saying this will enable the sector to perform more efficiently. The officials, mainly in the veterinary department, say the sector is so wide in terms of the people involved including pastoralists and the entire livestock value
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Ugandans online have cheered British actor Daniel Kaluuya (pictured), who is of Ugandan origin, after he won an Oscar. Mr Kaluuya won Best Supporting Actor for his role in Judas and the Black Messiah. In his speech he thanked all his fans from London and Kampala. His Ugandan mother, who was
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Finance Ministry Officials led by Minister Matia Kasaija appearing before Parliament’s Budget Committee Ministry of Finance says Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) revenues are projected to increase to Ushs20.84 trillion for FY 2021/22, up from Ushs 20.22 trillion for FY 2020/21. Finance Minister Matia Kasaija made the remarks this morning while presenting harmonised position
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Returning for its third year, the ground-breaking US$100,000 (UShs360m) GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Competition continues to inspire agrifood entrepreneurs from Cape Town to Cairo to use their energy, courage and creativity to solve the biggest problems facing Africa’s food systems. Launched on 19 April 2021, this year’s competition aims to expand
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L-R Grace Nakabugo, URSB Board Chair Ambassador Francis Butagira, Registrar General Mercy Kainobwisho & John Walugembe during the IP Day celebrations in Kampala Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) which is Uganda’s National Intellectual Property (IP) office joins the rest of the world to celebrate the World Intellectual Property Day. This
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Aloysious Ssendegeya wants to empower youth through coffee Ugandans are increasingly venturing into coffee value addition as the country’s volumes continue to increase. This is a result of Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) efforts to increase coffee production to 20 60kg million bags by 2025. Aloysious Ssendegeya, 25, is one of
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URA head offices in Nakawa, Kampala 663 job opportunities are up for grabs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), the tax body has announced. The new advertisement with more job offers is an amendment of the jobs advert URA ran on 12th April, 2021. URA has encouraged fresh graduates to participate, saying the
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Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija Uganda’s public debt is projected to grow to over Shs70 trillion in the Financial Year 2021/2022 thanks to increasing borrowing to fight COVID-19 and fund infrastructural projects. In 2021/22 FY, a total of Shs10.3 trillion is projected as external financing, of which Shs6.7 trillion is in form
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is set to line up more job vacancies with an official announcement expected to come through on Monday 26th April, 2021. The tax body on 12th April 2021 issued an advert calling for applications jobs with deadline for submissions as 1st May 2021. However, in a latest statement, URA
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High Court in Kampala has upheld a decision by Uganda Communications Commission -UCC for telecom company MTN to pay 51 billion Shillings (14.14 million USD) as license fees.In July 2020, UCC wrote to MTN requiring them to pay a license fee for the transitional period of 21st October 2018 to
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