Member-countries of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, including Uganda started receiving their new Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation, under a program aimed at helping the countries out of a financial crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to different levels of strain on the resources of different countries, with some even
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Eleven-year-old Jerom Bwanika is a primary six pupil at Lohana primary school in Kampala. During normal weekdays, Bwanika would spend his days at school studying with his peers. He told URN that with the experience he has gained, he could easily get employment in a medium-sized ice cream parlour. 16-year-old
Read MoreMaj. Gen. Kasura-Kyomukama, the new Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Permanent Secretary (PS) has said his focus will be geared towards the transformation of the Agriculture sector in order to stimulate and drive the agenda of socioeconomic transformation in Uganda. One of the tools, he said, will
Read MoreAfrican Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Member States last week held a meeting at the Speke Resort Munyonyo as part of the sessions leading up to the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights to be held on 27th and
Read MoreCoca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, through its Plastic Recycling Industries initiative (PRI), yesterday expanded its World Without Waste partnerships in Uganda to increase plastic waste collection efforts countrywide.The Company signed two separate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Kampala-based recycling companies FengHuang Plastics Industries and Aquila Investments Limited, committing to work
Read MoreTravels at Entebbe International Airport dropped by 14,000 passengers between June and July mainly due to the nationwide lockdown and global travel restrictions. Although president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a total lockdown in June that ran for 42 days, he left Entebbe International Airport open. Despite this, Vianney Luggya, the
Read MoreKampala City traders under the Kampala Arcades Advocacy forum have partnered with Mild May testing laboratory to carry out massive Covid-19 screening at a subsidized cost. This is meant to control the spread of Covid-19 among the business community. Suleiman Mpagi, the forum’s organizing secretary says that as leaders, they
Read MoreUganda and Kenya have lost their balance of trade surpluses to Tanzania over the last one year, as the country opens up to regional integration. This comes as the East African Community (EAC) is planning to roll out the 24-hour operating system across all the borders of the region to
Read MoreThe Minister of Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Hillary Onek has revealed that the proposed 2000 asylum seekers from Afghanistan will be housed in hotels in Uganda and the bills footed by the United States Government. Minister Onek made the revelation while appearing before Parliament’s Presidential Affairs Committee during a meeting
Read MoreThe 97th General Assembly of the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has re-elected Moses Hassim Magogo to serve as President for another four years. He was unanimously voted by acclamation by the 83 delegates who attended the Assembly today at the Wash and Wills Hotel in Mbale. "Thank you
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