URA Commissioner General John Musinguzi and Archbishop Paul Semogerere are joined by other stakeholders in a group photo. The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has officially joined forces with the Catholic Church to raise funds for the Nsambya Baby Home, emphasizing their commitment to support vulnerable children in Uganda. At the
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A woman has died at a pastor's home in Pallisa District, where she had gone for prayers to seek healing from an illness. The deceased, Stella Akurut, 29, a housewife from Owagalye village, Kaboloi parish, had been critically ill and was receiving treatment at a local clinic before her family
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Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda is the new Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education and Sports. She replaces Ketty Lamaro, whose contract was not renewed by President Museveni. The appointment, which had been speculated on earlier, was confirmed by Education Minister Janet Kataha Museveni in a post on
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Planes at Entebbe International Airport Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has revealed that Entebbe International Airport facilitated a total of 212,701 international passengers in August 2024. This is an average of 6,861 passengers per day, the highest figure recorded in the history of the airport in a single month. Of these, 108,055
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Uganda exported 837,915 60-kilo bags of coffee in August Uganda’s coffee exports in August 2024 amounted to 837,915 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 221.63 million (UShs820bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its monthly report for August 2024. This is the highest number of bags to be exported in
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MPs on Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have blamed the top Management at Makerere University for the delays to review the University courses after an audit review of the database of University courses revealed that 198 “expired courses” were being taught to students. The Auditor General noted that the University had 347
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Coffee stakeholders in Bugisu attending the meeting Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has embarked on sensitizing coffee farmers across the Bugisu region about the proposed registration of coffee farmers nationwide. The team from UCDA spent three days, from Wednesday to Saturday last week, moving to farmers and coffee buyers to
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Col (Rtd) Nuwe Amanya Mushega, Chairperson Education Policy Review Commission The Amanya Mushega-led Education Policy Review Commission is on track to submit its final report by December, concluding four years of work aimed at reshaping Uganda’s education and sports sectors. Col (Rtd) Nuwe Amanya Mushega confirmed the development noting that
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A section of computers that were donated to the school. I&M Bank Uganda has donated 16 full sets of computers to Masheruka Girls’ Secondary School, in a bid to boost students' access to technology and ease learning. The official handover took place on Friday, September 20th, at the school, located
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The chairperson of the Caucus, Muwanga Kivumbi, Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buganda Parliamentary Caucus have proposed the establishment of a public holiday for coffee farmers, coinciding with an upcoming House debate on the government’s proposal to merge the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) with the Ministry of Agriculture,
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