Parkview Safari Lodge owner Dickson Katehsumbwa displays before Parliament's Committee on Trade, Tourism and Industires pictures of the destroyed multi-billion-shilling investment. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is seeking an allocation of 130 billion Shillings to implement human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures. The Ministry says that the Wildlife Authority has
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A vast chunk of land in Got Apwoyo Sub county in Nwoya District. Nwoya District leaders have asked the government to construct an agricultural institute to improve the agricultural sector in the region. The call comes as the district has identified and allocated 200 acres piece of land located in
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Bad land tenure systems, a bad economic situation and corruption are abetting human rights violations in the areas where mining and oil and gas sector activities are happening, according to recent studies. These include environmental rights, child rights, access to property and information, and the right to peaceful living among
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Olympia Hostel Exterior/ Photo by Fahad Muganga A section of students at Makerere University spends twice as much as their tuition on accommodation in "high-end" hostels around the University. While the average tuition for programs at Makerere is one million Shillings, some hostels within the precincts of Makerere, charge up
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A team of Public Health Experts from School of Public Health at Makerere University have urged Parliament to ensure herbalists are regulated in order to protect the health of Ugandans. The call was made by Rhoda Wanyenze, Dean School of Public Health and Dr. David Serwadda, Professor Department of Disease
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Flavia Kabahenda (Kyegegwa District Woman MP) is chairperson Parliament's Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development The Uganda Women Parliamentary Association and Civil Society Organisations have vowed to reject the proposed alignment of the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) into the Parish Development Model (PDM), saying the move will further
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Russian President Putin The significant escalation of the Ukraine-Russia conflict rattled equity markets and led to an increase in global oil prices, which likely had some risk premium already embedded. West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude oil prices both increased and are trading near, or above, $100 per barrel. The
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Banks have been challenged to be innovative in addressing challenges facing farmers Amidst a push for increasing access to agriculture financing by both government and donors, experts say those designing lending products for farmers should also help them build resilience with changes in weather. Paul Kweheria, the
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EC and Tooro Kingdom officials in a group photo after the meeting The leadership of the Kingdom of Tooro has invited the Electoral Commission to consider using traditional grass root structures and kingdom events to carry out voter awareness programmes. The offer was extended to the Commission by the Prime
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URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has explained circumstances under which a group of undisciplined motorcyclists attacked the Authority’s offices in Koboko Municipality. This followed an earlier motor accident in Oraba, where one of the bodaboda cyclists, carrying 16 jerry cans of suspected smuggled fuel, had an
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