The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved financing of $150 million (UShs570.1bn) to Kenya to support a major highway development project under the government’s First Mover Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme. The project will see the development of the A8 and A8 South highways. The existing 175km A8 road
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The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group on Friday approved $73.5 million (UShs279.3bn) to finance a program that will boost Tanzania’s food production by a million tonnes in three years. The Tanzania Agricultural Inputs Support Project, spanning September 2022-June 2025, was designed under the Bank Group’s
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Children fetching Water from a contaminated Source in Rakai district. The acute shortage is compelling children carry water from home. Many schools in Rakai district are forcing pupils to carry water from home due to the prevailing drought conditions. The most affected schools are in the hilly sub-counties
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The Inspector General of Government Beti Kamya The Inspectorate of Government (IG) has started investigations into the sprouting buildings in Wakiso District. This follows reports from whistle-blowers that some of the structures are owned by public servants engaged in illicit accumulation of wealth. Speaking on Tuesday at a
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has declined to sign The Mining and Minerals Bill into law a on grounds that the the proposal to create a Minerals Tribunal would undermine Government’s efforts of merging ‘mushrooming’ institutions. Speaker Anita Among communicated Museveni’s decision today afternoon and directed Parliament’s Environment and Natural Resources
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Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja Government has said some photos making rounds on social media of malnourished children in Karamoja are fake photos picked from other countries and aren’t an entire reflection of the situation in the famine hit sub-region. The revelation was made by Uganda’s Prime Minister, Robinah Nabbanja during
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Officers supervise youth slashing down rice in Otuke There is rage across Lango sub-region a week after the Environmental Protection Police Unit (EPPU) slashed down rice in Wetlands in Otuke District. The operations conducted in the areas of Orum sub-county and Otuke Town council throughout last week come
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Rev Fr. Ngobya's Grave at Kitovu remains a sphere of power. The Catholic church has begun looking into a potential miracle that if confirmed can lead to the beatification and eventual canonization of Monsignor Aloysius Ngobya. Rev. Fr. Henry Kasule, the promoter of Ngobya's case, says there
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Inadequate funding and fake groups in Luwero town council have marred the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) program. In June this year, Luwero district disbursed Shillings 7.9 million to each parish in Luwero town council to kickstart the implementation of PDM. The parishes are Kavule, Kiwogozi , Luwero
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Ecobank Group Special Executive Advisor to the Group CEO, Cecilia Akintomide (centre) receives the Euromoney awards on behalf of Ecobank Group during the Euromoney Awards for Excellence in London During the prestigious Euromoney Awards, Ecobank won the coveted titles of 'Africa's Best Bank,' 'Africa's Best Bank for SMEs,'
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