Uganda-Rwanda border of Katuna Most Ugandan goods are yet to be allowed to be imported into Rwanda, a month after border-reopening, our reporter has learnt. The Rwandan authorities fully reopened the border this month, a month after partial re-opening. President Paul Kagame had closed the borders on February 27,
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Street children on Kampala streets/Courtesy photo A section of local leaders and residents from Karamoja region have warned Parliament against forcing their children off streets, saying such a move will sink the region further into poverty because the children sent to bed on streets in Kampala are uplifting their livelihoods back
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Gender Minister, Hon. Amongi Betty (center) with her South African counterpart, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane (second right) after the meeting in New York The Government of Uganda has made tremendous progress in advancing gender equality and women empowerment as a key driver of inclusive economic growth and social development. While presenting a
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Street vendors before KCCA chased them off the streets The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has defended the decision to deploy both the Army and Police to conduct the chasing away of street vendors off the streets saying the decision was intended to avoid incidences of torture and violence used
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By Bob Twinomugisha Over the last two years, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted businesses on national and global scale. Governments in many developing countries introduced severe containment measures, involving restrictions on economic activity and mobility, to curb the spread of COVID-19. In Uganda, public transport and non-essential businesses were closed during
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Frank Tumwebaze (pictured above), the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries, has revealed that Government bureaucracy is frustrating him. Taking to his official Twitter handle, Tumwebaze said: “Government bureaucracy, rigidity, failure to appreciate logic, lack of a results oriented culture, resistance to reforms & new ideas etc, can really be
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Kiteezi landfill is one of the areas under study. Researchers found that while they have leachate treatment plant, garbage is often not treated Scientists have asked authorities to ensure municipal garbage dumped at landfills is first treated having found heavy metal concentrations in milk from cows grazed along dumpsites.
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Plastic Recycling taking place More and more plastic waste is being diverted from landfills and into a circular economy that grows employment and entrepreneurship in African countries, as we celebrate Global Recycling Day today (March 18). Food and beverage packaging is an important part of modern life, helping to ensure
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Gold Refinery The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has sanctioned Alain Goetz, the African Gold Refinery in Uganda, and a network of companies involved in the illicit movement of gold from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The action was taken pursuant
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Uganda a clean bill of health regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the funds and the economy as a whole. For this, the Fund’s board has allowed for the immediate release of 127 million US Dollars (about 455 billion Shillings) for the country
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