The airline was received by the Ambassadors of Sudan and South Sudan and officials from UCAA Sudan’s BADR Airlines on March 31, 2023 made its maiden flight to Entebbe International Airport. The 180 seater aircraft was received with a water salute on touch down at 14.30 hours and was received by
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Parambot Distilleries’ products with fake digital stamps. Flouting Digital stamps guidelines is criminal The Ministry of Finance is proposing an amendment into the Tax Procedures Code Act, 2014 and provide a 10- year jail term or fine of Shs30M for individuals found liable of tampering with digital tax stamps. Government’s
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If untreated, diseases like chlamydia can cause female infertility Kenyan researchers have found two new strains from two common sexually transmitted diseases among a group of women in a town in western Kenya. More than 400 women above the age of 15 were diagnosed with gonorrhoea and chlamydia with new
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The Minister of State for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi The Minister of State for Planning, Amos Lugoloobi, the Minister of State for Defence, Jacob Oboth and Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija have revealed new secrets on the ‘diverted’ Karamoja iron sheets. Appearing before parliamentary committee on presidential affairs that is investigating how iron sheets that
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ETC officials in a group photo during the launch of the School Improvement Finance Loan Product EFC Uganda has launched a new loan product called the School Improvement Finance Loan Product in a campaign named “Upgrade Your School.” This campaign is aimed at enabling private school proprietors meet the goal
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Jennifer Muhuruzi, Acting Director Treasury Services and Asset Management at Ministry of Finance The Ministry of Finance has appealed to Parliament’s Finance Committee to approve Shs217.330bn for the recapitalization of Bank of Uganda in 2023/2024 national budget. However, no single penny has been availed for this item, with Jennifer Muhuruzi,
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The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA, has now excluded private vehicles from the requirement to have a dustbin installed in, though they remain subjected to littering laws. In the public notice “to Implement Express Penalty Scheme for environmental breaches,” on February 8, NEMA listed among the breaches and penalties, that
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Makerere University has secured Shillings 8 billion from the government to commence the renovation of Lumumba hall, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, has revealed. The hall has been vacant for over eight months after students were asked to vacate for the impending renovations. The government-sponsored students were relocated to other
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The United States Mission has underscored a need for it's partnership with Uganda to mature into one that is based on trade and shared policy priorities. This comes at a time when the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marks its 60 years of partnership with Uganda. The Agency that
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Three people narrowly escaped death at the hands of an angry mob who accused them of buying more than 100 Chapatis in Namalu trading centre, Nakapiripirit district. The trouble started when the three unidentified men suspected to be Pokot pastoralists went on Sunday evening to Namalu trading centre and bought
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