A round table discussion of participants unpacking the barriers to wide-scale adoption and use of solar technologies in Agriculture Innovation experts have urged players in the agriculture sector to adopt and accelerate the use of solar technologies across the value chain to address the reduce the sector dependence on fossil fuels
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The Court of Appeal has ordered Kampala businessman Drake Lubega(pictured) to pay up to the tune of Shs 300million to tenants for illegally closing their shop. In a unanimous ruling, the court said Lubega had failed to prove that the High Court Judge Elizabeth Jane Alividza had erred in law
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MPs on Parliament’s Budget Committee are divided over the Shs5bn requested by the Judiciary and Police to procure armored cars for judges. The Judiciary is requesting Shs1.653bn to procure armored cars for judges over security threats they are facing. Uganda Police is also seeking Shs3.5bn for the purchase of security
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Shimon Core PTC will be hosting UNITE as government phase out 23 Primary teachers' colleges. The Ministry of Education and Sport has decided to restart the count down for all teachers to get degrees. The government in 2019 passed a national teacher policy which among other things phased out lower
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Albert Byaruhanga (L)- Absa Uganda's Business Banking Director & Rosemary Mutyabule (R) - Enterprise Uganda's Director of Business Advisory Absa Bank Uganda and Enterprise Uganda signed a Memorandum of Understanding today that will see the two organisations partner to offer Micro, Small and Medium-size Enterprises (MSMEs) business development services and upskilling in financial
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Planes at Entebbe International Airport/UCAA photo Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has reminded passengers arriving at Entebbe International Airport that it’s no longer a requirement to present a COVID-19 certificate. “Passengers through Entebbe International Airport are reminded that the requirement for COVID-19 certificates for arriving passengers was dropped (no longer
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Pilgrims at Namugongo line up for holy water/Courtesy photo Government plans to displace and compensate residents around the Namugongo Martyrs shrines to pave way for the construction of hotels to offer accommodation to tourists that visit Uganda martyrs shrines. The revelation was made by Ignatius Mudimi, Deputy Chairperson, Parliament’s Budget
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First Lady and Education Minister, Janet Museveni displays the containers which parents should use to pack for their children food. Photo Nicholas Bamulanzeki/ The Observer The recent government pronouncement prohibiting the cooking of meals in schools has not gone down well with parents and educationists. A special cabinet meeting on Friday
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Two of the four skip loaders received by Gulu City Council/ Photo by Jesse Johnson James The procurement department had finalized the process of disposing of the missing Jinja City road equipment without the knowledge of the senior engineer in charge of mechanical engineering, Lydia Nabirye court heard on Wednesday. While
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L-R: Uganda Law Society President Bernard Oundo, Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho, Hon. Norbert Mao, Minister of Justice & Constitutional Affairs & Prof. Stephen Nkundabanyanga display the Insolvency Journal after the training Insolvency practice has become global and dynamic in nature to the extent that, key players in the in insolvency
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