Assistant Commissioner Gender and Women Affairs, Maggie Kyomukama (fourth right) and Hon. Chibo (fourth left) along with other MPs after the meeting at the Gender Ministry in Kampala on Tuesday. Programmes related to gender and social development should never be looked at as being consumptive in nature during the budgeting
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By Denis Jjuuko In the late 1990s, at every little gathering, people especially men converged in every little corner and made their nails dirty. They were scratching for cash and Hyundai cars. Like in all such lotteries, a few people would be winning hence more people buying the tickets
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The Ministry of Health has revealed that all contacts to ebola patients will not be allowed to quarantine at home as has been the case for Covid-19 because of the high infection and fatality rates of ebola. The revelation was made by Henry Mwebesa (pictured), Director General Health Services at
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Zipporah Ayebare (Right), a Marketing Specialist at Aramah Coffee, buying coffee from a youthful farmer Ugandans are increasingly joining coffee value addition so as to earn more and grow domestic coffee consumption. Aramah Coffee, a flagship product of Mara Agribusiness, is one of the young companies into coffee value addition
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Innovation is at the heart of what crypto and blockchain stand for. The internet (Web2) revolutionised the transfer of information. Blockchain (Web3) is the technology that is revolutionising the transfer of value. To celebrate the innovative power of blockchain, Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider, received an
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Central Banks in the East African Community countries will soon be connected to the Pan African Payments and Settlement System-PAPSS, a platform that aims at easing trade within the continent. The platform which was formally launched in January 2022, allows companies in Africa to pay for trade transactions in local
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The Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja giving her speech Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja has pledged government’s commitment to work closely with the private sector to address challenges facing the export market. "Uganda’s agricultural exports today face compliance challenges and this gives a bad reputation on the country," said Nabbanja. The Premier was
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A man in Soroti district spent Monday night in Police custody for allegedly failing to refund the bride price he received from his in-laws. Joseph Eyou, a resident of Agule Village, Aukot Sub County was put behind bars at Aoja Police Post when he failed to refund four cows, a goat,
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Local Councilors during the regional council meeting at Moroto sports ground Leaders in the Karamoja sub region have raised concerns over the low literacy levels afflicting the local councilors in their decision making. The leaders who spoke to our reporter alleged that 80 percent of the local councilors cannot neither
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Housing Finance Bank Uganda (HFB), the leading mortgage provider and one of the fastest-growing financial institutions in Uganda, has officially launched their account opening service available on their Mobile Banking App, in a campaign dubbed “Bwepwa”. The HFB Mobile Banking App is a self-service platform which enables customers to send
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