Vegetable Stall in Mbarara central Market Farmers in the Ankole region are demanding that the government be the one to determine and declare standard market prices to save them from being cheated by traders and middlemen.Market Prices for most food crops like beans, maize, banana and groundnuts have lately fallen
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By Pereruan Kenana World Blood Donor Day is a time when the world comes together to celebrate blood donors and create greater awareness on the need for safe sustainable blood and blood products for transfusion and on the critical contribution voluntary, unpaid blood donors make to national health systems. This
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Chana is believed to head the world's largest family A 76-year-old man believed to be the head of the world's largest family has died in India's Mizoram state. Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practised polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 89 children and 36
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Banks are closing branches and ATMs as digital channels take over Commercial banks closed 14 branches and 14 automated teller machines (ATMs) in 2020, the recently released Annual Supervision Report by Bank of Uganda (BoU) has revealed. “Bank branches and Automated Teller Machines The total number of bank branches decreased
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The Prime Minister, Robina Nabbanja thanks MPs after her acceptance speech. The Vice President, Jessica Alupo is seated to her right/Parliament Kakumiro Woman Member of Parliament, Robinah Nabbanja has been approved by legislators as Uganda’s first female Prime Minister. Nabbanja will replace Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, now a special envoy in
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Uganda Petroluem Authority Board Chairperson Dr. Jane N. Mulemwa Muleme (L) chats with Total E&P Uganda General Manager Pierre Jessua at the Tielnga Project EIA public hearing Uganda Genera Manager Pieere Jesua (C) Total E&P Uganda has signed five packages for drilling of oil wells in Nwoya and Bulisa districts
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By Ian Rumanyika, Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public & Corporate Affairs, Uganda Revenue Authority In line with the budget theme of ‘Sustainable Industrialization for Inclusive Growth, Employment and Wealth Creation’ the changes in tax legislation this financial year are geared towards Government’s commitment to industrialization/import substitution, boosting local production, creation of
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan Tanzania launched a new gold refinery as its central bank plans to start buying the metal to diversify its reserves. The Mwanza Precious Metal Refinery Ltd. is able to process 480 kilogrammes of gold per day, and plans to double the capacity in a few
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The AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine The Police Crime Intelligence has recovered over 600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from Kampala pharmacies and arrested 10 suspects. The suspects were picked up over the weekend in a two-day operation following a tip-off from a concerned citizen. A police officer, who was involved
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A UPDF soldier and a police officer at the crime scene (Photo Credit Samuel Amanya) Rubanda Police have finally arrested a businessman, who has been at large after burning his wife and three children to death. Vian Armstrong, 45, a resident of Habutorebe village in Butare parish, Muko sub-county torched
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