15 people have died and hundreds displaced following mudslides in Rukoki Sub County, Kasese District. The mudslides followed heavy rain that pounded the district on Tuesday night. Uganda Red Cross Society reports that 15 bodies were recovered in Kigoro parish in Rukooki Sub County on Wednesday. According to the Uganda
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The innovation industry in Uganda has presented a number of challenges that they say need to be tackled at policy level if the country is to become more competitive in ICT and innovation. This comes as the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology (ICT) and National Guidance and the parliament are
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Tooro dairy cooperative society has received an “Ultra High Temperature” machine worth UGX 1 billion under the Operation Wealth Creation-OWC program to improve the quality of its dairy products. The Machine comes at a time the cooperative is struggling to improve the quality and shelf life of its milk products.
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Bukoto South Member of Parliament, Twaha Kagabo has in a twist of events apologized to fellow legislators for "causing an impasse" in regard to the 40 million Shillings that he recently attempted to return to return to parliament. National Unity Party President Robert Kyagulanyi had said MPs had received 40million
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Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija The Finance Committee of parliament has thrown out a team of officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development because of their failure to present clear documents regarding budget cuts and tax waivers for the First Quarter of this financial year. The officials were
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Coffee nursery operators are stuck with over 100m seedlings/Business Focus photo Coffee Nursery operators from various parts of Uganda have protested Government failure to procure their seedlings on credit so that they don’t make huge losses. Led by their Group Chairperson, Matia Tumwebaze, Coffee Nursery operators, told at National Theatre Gardens in Kampala
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Parliament has Tuesday afternoon stopped the ‘Nyege Nyege’ festival, an annual social event scheduled to take place next week in Jinja. Speaker Anitah Among (pictured) said: “We are talking about morality of this country; we are talking about our children. You are trying to promote tourism at the expense of
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Florence Namayanja, the Masaka City Mayor Masaka City Council authorities are faced with an uphill task of enforcing a ban on the creation and sale of undersized plots due to the reluctance of land brokers to heed the directive. In July this year, the Masaka City Executive and the Roads
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One of the many strengths that our employees at Binance must possess is thick skin. After all, this industry is the subject of a lot of negative sentiment (much of it is unwarranted, but it’s the reality right now). In recent months, our thick skin has been tested by a
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will also export oil to international markets. Hydrocarbons remain a necessary part of the global energy mix. Unlocking Uganda’s fossil-fuel resources will help meet its development needs – and even reduce emissions. With the world now practically unanimous about the need for
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