Creatives displaying their products during Omwoleso MoTIV, a tribe of talented makers whose aim is to create a growing and thriving creative industry in East Africa has today launched Omwoleso.africa, an online platform which connects makers to a nationwide online market. Omwoleso, a word which depicts a festival or show,
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Richard Byarugaba, Managing Director of NSSF giving his remarks. By Peter Nyanzi Armed with a Bachelor’s degree in Development Studies, Jolly embarked on the arduous task of looking for a job, immediately after her graduation in 2016. Three years later, she had no job though she had sat for over
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Sheraton Kampala Hotel team led by Abdelmoneim Elbashary, the Hotel’s Director Finance and Administration (Center) hand over Ramadan donations to New Midland Islamic Orphanage led by the Director, Sheikh Haruna Hamis Kikulukunya recently. (Courtesy photo) Sheraton Kampala Hotel has donated food stuff worth shs3,000,000 to New Midland Islamic Orphanage in
Read MoreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed Uganda government approached it for another loan and discussions are progressing well. The IMF spokesperson Gerry Rice says that Uganda requested a three-year loan arrangement. The loan could be in the range of USD 900 million which is roughly 3.1 trillion Uganda Shilling,
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Andrew Ockenden (C), the Director Development at the British High Commission, UCDA boss Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira (2nd R) and Anne Babinaga (R), the Minister Counsellor at Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a group photo after the coffee stakeholders meeting Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) is working with the British High Commission
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State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Okello Oryem The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said the Ministry has long recognized that international trade can play a major role in the promotion of economic development and the alleviation of poverty. According to the State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Okello Oryem, Uganda’s exports
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The two tents hired by Parliament Parliament has spent over 1 billion shillings to hire two tents being used for plenary sessions due to covid-19 restrictions. In March last year, Parliament sittings were shifted from the main chambers to the parking lot to observe the COVID-19 Standard Operating procedures. The
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Museveni met US Ambassador and Uganda UN Ambassador Adonia Ayebare ahead of January 14th election. US slapped visa restrictions on unnamed Uganda government officials The Government of Uganda has hired an international public relations firm, Mercury International UK Limited, a subsidiary of Mercury Public Affairs, to improve its image on the
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Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni The Ministry of Education and Sports committed to deliver a number of pledges in the 2016-2021 manifesto. For instance, the ministry pledged salary enhancement for primary school teachers, build teachers houses, build schools per parish, provide vocational/technical education per constituency, strengthen monitoring
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Government plans to collect 22.63 trillion Shillings with over 20.83 trillion coming from tax revenue in the coming financial year 2021/2022. This is to help finance the 44.77 trillion Shillings budget passed by parliament today. The approved budget is a decrease by 714.9 billion (1.6 percent) compared to this financial
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