A Kenyan passport The Kenyan passport has maintained its strength this year to remain ninth in Africa and 76th globally, with the number of countries a Kenyan with passport can travel to without a Visa, or be required to obtain one on arrival staying at 72. This is according
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Luwero LC 5 Chairman Erastus Kibirango (in suit) touring the affected pineapple farmers at Nabigoza village in Butuntumula sub county More than 50 pineapple farmers are facing eviction from a 500-acre piece of land at Kaaya ranch in Luwero district. Last year, the farmers rented pieces of land
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The African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved 24, fast-track programs to help Africa mitigate rising food prices and inflation caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic. The first round of approvals is part of the Bank’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food
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MPs have passed and approved the the Public Health Amendment Bill 2022 with a provision that bars unvaccinated students from being administered in schools while individuals found guilty of the same to be fined Shs4m or serve a jail term of six months. This followed a new clause introduced into
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Uganda Hotel Tourism and Training Institute was constructed by Roko Government through the Deputy Solicitor General, Pius Perry Biribonwoha has warned that if the proposal by Ministry of Finance to inject Shs202.13bn into Roko Construction Company by way purchasing 150,000 preferential shares in the company, is rejected by Parliament will leave Uganda’s banking
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development will extend the penalties given to accounting officers to cover all forms of underperformance. Earlier this month, the Permanent Secretary, Ramathan Ggoobi dismissed more than 100 accounting officers, most of the local government officials, after they failed to beat the deadline for
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Billions of people are facing the greatest cost of living crisis in a generation due to rising food and energy prices amid rapid inflation and increasing debt. As a result, the most vulnerable consumers are now in a dire situation, and many could slip into poverty, according to a report
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Kampala Central member of parliament, Muhammad Nsereko has tabled the Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, 2022 on the floor of Parliament for the first reading. In February 2022, Nsereko sought leave of Parliament to introduce a private member’s Computer Misuse (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to enhance the provisions on unauthorized access
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Issued directive: President Yoweri Museveni. President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija to implement strategic interventions to boost large scale food production. In a letter dated July 14, 2022, the President, in response to a July 13, 2022 letter authored by Frank
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Uganda’s Minister of Health, Jane Ruth Aceng (pictured) has revealed that between January and March 2022, Uganda lost 628 pregnant mothers and children after contracting malaria. The minister made the revelation while responding to Parliament’s resolution to strengthen efforts to prevent, control and eliminate by 2030 where she detailed updated lawmakers
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