The government is considering the suspension of its subscription to some international organizations due to a growing debt burden, which has reached 49 Billion Shillings. Vincent Bagiire, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, says that Uganda has defaulted on several financial obligations to international organizations, negatively impacting
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KCCA ED, Dorothy Kisaka The media is awash with stories of the unavoidable expiry of Miss Dorothy Kisaka’s contract of service and the seeming impasse between her and her supervisors, the Ministers of Kampala Capital City Authority and Metropolitan Affairs. Various high government officials and governance analysts have had no
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GRAPHICS | GENNEVIEVE AWINO | NMG For a country dangerously addicted to debt as it battles unrelenting inflation, daily weakening of the shilling, tax shortfalls and rising interest rates, the fresh wave of political unrest could push Kenya’s economy to the edge, economists and analysts have warned. While East Africa’s
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The Kisumu Oil Jetty in Kisumu on May 5, 2023. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NMG Kenya has shipped an estimated 27 million litres of fuel to Uganda through the Kisumu oil jetty, as the landlocked neighbour increasingly turns to the Lake Victoria waters to meet its fuel requirements. Kenya
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By Christopher Burke, Managing Director, WMC Africa Invented less than a century ago, plastic is today ubiquitous in all walks of life around the world. Plastic is inexpensive, durable and convenient. According to a 2018 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, East Africa consumed approximately 300,000 tons of plastic annually.
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Livingstone Ebiru, the Executive Director of UNBS The majority of tracks carrying grain from Uganda to South Sudan have passed aflatoxin tests, according to the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Out of the 23 tracks and 27 contested consignments tested so far, 18 tracks and 22 consignments have successfully
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Robert Muhiire, Principal Officer - Bancassurance - dfcu Bank According to the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA), the insurance sector has been steadily growing at annual average rate of about 15%. In 2022 the sector grew by 20%, a sign that there is an increase in insurance uptake. However, this growth
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Winners of the Mpa e-Receipt Yange Campaign in Gulu City The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has embarked on a campaign to create awareness of the use of electronic receipts dubbed the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) in the Acholi and Lango sub-regions. The EFRIS is an initiative under
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The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has issued fresh directives ordering all accounting officers in Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to implement the presidential directive of ring fencing advertisements for only state-owned media Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC) and Vision Group, and threatened to sanction anybody who refuses to abide by
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Wants Agriculture compulsory subject: PM Robinah Nabbanja The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja, has said agriculture and other science subjects should be made compulsory subjects in Ordinary Secondary School level in a bid to transform the mindsets of young people. While closing the 2023 national education show at the
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