Ronald Muyanja, the Head of Trading at Stanbic Bank Business conditions improved in the Ugandan private sector in January, buoyed by the reopening of schools following an extended period of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the latest Stanbic Bank sponsored Purchase Managers Index (PMI). Despite an increase
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The Auditor General, John Muwanga The just released December 2021 Auditor General report has given a glimpse into wastage of public expenditure, highlighting that projects worth Shs39Trn are lying idle with hopes of their completion fading away. The Auditor General, John Muwanga recently handed over his report to Deputy Speaker
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The Auditor General John Muwanga has called for adequate capitalization of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) and its subsidiary companies to enable government's commercial participation in the strategic oil and gas sector. According to Muwanga’s new audit report for financial year 2020/2021, a total of 914.1 billion Shillings comprising
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PAPs, Small and Medium Enterprise owners attending a meeting in Masaka to enhlighten them about the available opportunities in the oil and gas sector The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) and Total Energies- Uganda, and East African Crude Oil Pipeline officials have embarked on training people affected by the project
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Construction Works for the Tilenga Project Industrial Area The confirmation of commercial oil and gas resources in Uganda in 2006 has since been a source of both pride and high expectation for many Ugandans. Even more so with the launch of the projects in April 2021 and the announcement of
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As many as 306,000 Ugandans every year develop cancerous cells but are never diagnosed or seek treatment because they do not know, according to the Uganda Cancer Institute. Data from the cancer registry shows that in 2020, a total of 34,008 people were diagnosed with cancer in the country. However,
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Traders in Busia town have decried over increasing number of trucks on the queue blocking clients from accessing their businesses. There's a long queue of empty trucks along Jinja road of about 5 kilometers from the main entrance at Busia one-stop border post and another queue of about 3.5 kilometers
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Farmers in Iganga District are counting losses following the invasion of destructive species of variegated grasshoppers in Namungalwe Sub County. The farmers say the destructive nature of the pests is likely to result in a decline in crop yield this season and make them food insecure. The grasshoppers have destroyed
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Persons who fail to comply with a requirement for vaccination will be fined up to four million Shillings or a prison sentence of up to six months under a new bill tabled before parliament. The Bill provides that in the event of the occurrence or outbreak of any disease that
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Vaccines made using mRNA technology such as Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech offer the best protection against the COVID-19 Omicron and delta variants. This was revealed by scientists attending a meeting organized by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to exchange the latest clinical and scientific data with a
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