Moses Mugerwa, Operations Manager Bolt Uganda The Public transport sector in Uganda is currently experiencing a hike in transport fares due to high fuel prices. We talked to Bolt’s Head of Operations about the advantages of using ride hailing apps to access transport means. Here are exceptions 1.Tell us about
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Members of the Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament have asked the government to allocate an additional 11.6 Billion Shillings in the next financial year to support the upgrade of slums in the Kampala Metropolitan area. The lawmakers have expressed concern that only half a billion in the proposed budget allocations
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The government will in the next financial year give an extra 20 million shillings to excelling Emyooga groups and Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations-Saccos across the country. These additional funds are meant to boost the seed capital for the beneficiaries. Meeting district leaders in Kasese District on Thursday, the State
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Fred Bwino Kyakulaga, the Minister of State for Agriculture speaking at the launch of the fertilizer distribution programme in Masaka Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has delivered organic fertilizers to coffee farmers in Greater Masaka to boost productivity of stumped old and unproductive trees. UCDA gave out 33,373 bags of
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African grey parrots, pictured in this file photo, fetch high prices/AFP The Ugandan authorities say they have detained a Congolese national found transporting 122 African grey parrots in the western district of Kisoro. The suspect was arrested with the birds crammed into two cages during a joint operation by the
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Coffee is a key foreign exchange earner for Uganda Uganda's monthly coffee export earnings have broken the US$80m mark, according to Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) monthly report for March 2022. Uganda’s coffee exports in March 2022 amounted to 478,023 60-kilo bags worth US$ 80.99 million (Shs285.9bn). This comprised 360,229 bags
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Former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga A section of legislators have proposed to Government to consider the proposal to purchase a helicopter for former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga to enable her traverse and deal with challenges that come with the increased size of the East African Community (EAC) following the admission of Democratic
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Francis Mutabazi, the owner of Seven Hills Apartments (in a black mask) with his lawyer before the Adhoc Committee of Parliament. Former tenants of Nakawa-Naguru have rejected the Shs40.562bn compensation offer by Government which would see each tenant get Shs17.797M. They are instead demanding that the money be increased to
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The Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija (pictured) has revealed that Government is currently reviewing the controversial coffee agreement with Italian ‘investor’, Enrica Pinetti. This follows public criticism of the controversial US$80 Million coffee deal. Kasaija’s revelation was in response to a question posed by Mbale Industrial Division MP, Karim Masaba, who tasked Kasaija to explain
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Henry Musasizi, the State Minister of Finance and Planning in charge of General Duties The Government has already spent up to 400 Billion Shillings on the stalled Lubowa International Specialized Hospital Uganda. This was revealed by Henry Musasizi, the State Minister of Finance and Planning in charge of General
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