Charity Ainembabazi at the quarry (Photo Credit Samuel Amanya) A 22-year-old female student of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) has turned the nationwide lockdown to start and grow a stone quarrying business. Charity Ainembabazi, a student of Business Administration, says the business enables her to earn sufficient income and
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Moses Mwase appearing before COSASE The Privatization Unit under the Ministry of Finance has said that it has demanded in vain for the payment of Uganda Shs69 billion proceeds from the sale of Uganda Railways property in Nsambya and Kibuli. Although Uganda Railways was meant to get 69.5 billion shillings
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L-R: Ministers Bright Rwamirama, Fred K. Bwino, Frank Tumwebaze and MAAIF PS Kasura listening to the concerns of private sector players in the coffee sub-sector Private sector palyers in the coffee sub-sector say they are not against the recently assented to National Coffee Act, 2021. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on the National
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Parliament of Uganda Parliament has passed the National Social Security Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 allowing 20 percent midterm access to the contributors who have saved for over 10 years and are 45 years old. The bill also streamlined the supervision of the 15 trillion shilling fund between the Ministries of
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Amb. Dr. Hassan Wasswa Galiwango has presented his letters of credence to Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic Seychelles at State House in Victoria. This was on November 23, 2021. Amb. Galiwango is Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Seychelles with residence in Nairobi. He was accompanied to Victoria by
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By Farah Nyembo Amidst Covid-19, inequalities, especially among people living with HIV (PLHIV), have been more evident than ever before. Access to HIV/Aids medications and other services has been a problem during the national lockdowns, as stigma and discrimination, the commonest drivers of inequalities, have increased. Dr Steven Watiti, an
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Gender Minister, Hon Betty Amongi (C) consults the Attorney General, Hon Kiryowa Kiwanuka as debate on the bill goes. On her left is the Committee Chairperson, Hon Kabahenda Parliament has reached a consensus on which ministry will supervise the operations and activities of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). There
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Faith Kipyegon, Joshua Cheptegei and Eliud Kipchoge are in the running for World Athlete of the Year Kenyan duo Faith Kipyegon and Eliud Kipchoge along with Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei have all been named on the final shortlists for the World Athlete of the Year awards. World Athletics has cut down
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The government has finally released the modalities for the disbursement of the Covid- 19 relief package worth 200 Billion Shillings to small enterprises. The fund was announced back in June as the government closed more sectors as part of the measures to contain the second wave of the Covid 19
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Tororo Girls School students with laptops donated by URA and Huawei The cabinet is proposing free and compulsory Primary and Secondary Education when schools reopen early next year. The cabinet that met on Monday agreed that all forms of charges that have been collected from learners in Universal Primary
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