Tala Central Forest Reserve located in the Kyankwanzi district could in the next decade be replanted with indigenous trees under an initiative to be supported by the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP). The forest under Uganda National Authority is one of those that has lost most of its natural
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Lawmakers passed The Explosives Bill 2023 into law, imposing a fine of Shs10Bn on a person found operating, manufacturing or trading in explosives like fireworks without being in possession of a license from Government. While tabling The Explosives Bill, 2023, David Muhoozi, State Minister of State for Internal Affairs informed
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Who will challenge the favorite duo? Reliable bookmaker 1xBet is talking about the third CAF Women's Champions League, which will occur from November 5 to 19 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Women's football development Women's football is growing in popularity and winning new fans in Africa and worldwide. In the summer
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Parliament has passed into law the Explosives Bill 2023, with one of the provisions giving the Government monopoly over the ownership of the manufacture of explosives, a move lawmakers say is intended to fight terrorism in Uganda. Government had proposed to monopolise ownership of explosives plants in Uganda by proposing
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Wobulenzi Public Primary School in Luweero district is at risk of sale because of failure to service a loan that was marred by irregularities, the LC V chairperson, Erastus Kibirango has revealed. Two weeks ago, Equity Bank announced the takeover of the Public Primary school over a debt. In 2019,
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Grasshoppers on sale in Kampala/Courtesy Photo The Uganda Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has cautioned dealers in Nsenene (edible grasshoppers) to abide by the set national standards on edible insects, to protect the health of their consumers. The Uganda Standard (US 28 EAS 39:2002) for Edible Insects compels handlers to produce, prepare, and
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Makerere VC Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (Left) & dfcu bank CEO, Charles Mudiwa Makerere University, in collaboration with dfcu Bank and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, hosted the second memorial lecture to honour the Late Owekitibwa Martin Luther Nsibiriwa, a celebrated patron and forefather of Makerere University. The annual event is held to
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Kaahwa has turned a rocky area into a fruitful coffee farm Coffee can easily grow on any soil type in Uganda if Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) are applied. That’s a quick conclusion you will make after visiting Geoffrey Kaahwa Byalelo’s coffee farm which is located approximately eight kilometers east of
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Mauritian based investment company, Africa Capitalworks SSA 3, has completed the acquisition of 51.18% stake in CIPLA Quality Chemical Industries Limited. Africa Capitalworks SSA 3 (ACW SSA 3) acquired 1,864,299,646 and 4,871,038 Ordinary Shares of Cipla Quality Chemical Industries Limited (QCIL) from Meditab Holdings Limited and Cipla (EU) Limited, respectively, collectively comprising
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Leo Chen, President of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa deliverd a keynot at the opening of AfricaCom 2023 In his opening keynote for AfricaCom 2023, Africa’s largest tech conference, currently underway in Cape Town， Leo Chen, President of Huawei Sub-Saharan Africa laid out how two transformative forces, digitalisation and decarbonisation, are driving humanity
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