Parliament has been informed that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are expected to suffer budget cuts to a tune of Shs2.77Trn in the Financial Year 2024/25 due to reduction in donor support and the increased cost of servicing Uganda’s public debt. The revelation was made by Martin Mugarra, Minister of
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Rice varieties by comparison The Director General, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO), Dr. Yona Baguma has commended the organisation’s collaboration with the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA) for driving Uganda's agricultural sector towards transformational growth. Speaking at a high-level policy workshop celebrating the 15th anniversary of KOPIA in
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Planes at Entebbe International Airport Entebbe International Airport handled 80,719 arriving and 91,271 departing passengers, a total of 171,990 international passengers in March 2024, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has said. This is an average of 5,548 passengers per day. “This is an average of 2,009 more passengers than was handled
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Speaker Anita Among presiding over the session Parliament has halted the mainstreaming of the National Physical Planning Board and National Population Council to National Planning Authority (NPA) after MPs queried the authenticity of certificates of financial implication issued by the Ministry of Finance. Government had argued that the mainstreaming of
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John Baptist Kaweesi, Head of Mortgages and Consumer Banking, emphasised Housing Finance Bank's focus on its customers through actively listening to them and offering solutions to their financial needs. Housing Finance Bank recently convened a Customer Service Forum at Boma Hotel in Gulu for retail, mortgage and business customers across
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MPs have rejected plans by Gov’t to abolish Uganda National Roads Authority, a move that prompted the Minister of Works and Transport, Katumba Wamala to ask for more time to table fresh amendments to the Uganda National Roads Authority Amendment Bill 2024. Parliament’s Physical Infrastructure Committee warned MPs against abolishing
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Works Minister, Katumba Wamala The Minister of Works and Transport, Katumba Wamala has rejected argument that the abolishing of Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) would lead to massive unemployment in Uganda, saying that UNRA staff interested in offering their services to would be absorbed into the Ministry of Works and
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Parliament has approved the mainstreaming of the National Bureau for Non-Governmental organizations (NGO Bureau) as a department under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with MPs accusing the current staff of the Bureau of orchestrating bureaucracy thus hampering the monitoring of activities of NGOs in Uganda. Speaker Anita Among cautioned MPs to debate
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The new terminal building at Entebbe International Aiport under construction The ongoing works of the new terminal building at Entebbe International Airport are 90% complete, Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has said. The revelation was made by Fred K. Bamwesigye, the UCAA Director General during a press conference held on Friday, April
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MoTIV Africa officials at the launch of the Africa Creatives Challenge MoTIV Africa has announced the Africa Creatives Challenge, an exciting competition aimed at sparking transformative innovation within Africa's creative landscape. The challenge, according to Marie-Franz Fordjoe, Lead -MoTIV West Africa, is designed to empower creatives across disciplines including art,
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