Journalists giving views on how to popularise insurance to more Ugandans The insurance industry wants insurance to be used as a tool to fight poverty amongst Ugandans, and not a luxury. Despite various efforts by the industry leaders, the attitude amongst the wider public remains that insurance is for the
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President Yoweri Museveni addressing congregants at the Kityerera state lodge in Mayuge district. File photo. President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government will purchase the Mayuge sugar factory for local cane farmers across the Busoga sub-region. During a meeting with sugarcane farmers, millers, and sugar manufacturers at State Lodge
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Community members and partners gather to officially commission one of the 13 newly constructed rainwater harvesting tanks in the Kakigani micro-catchment, Rwampara District, by Nile Breweries Limited. This brings the total to 22 tanks installed across six villages in the district, each with a 10,000-litre capacity, providing clean water access
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Passengers going through Entebbe Airport. UCAA manages Entebbe Airport Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has fired or transferred 82 employees with questionable educational qualifications, following a Presidential directive, Authority Director General Fred Bamwesigye has told MPs. Bamwesigye, who led UCAA officials to the House Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and
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Matooke farming is lucrative/Business Focus photo Health and food rights advocates are urging the public to ignore recent information that wrongly links common local foods like matooke (green bananas) and kalo (millet) to the rise in diabetes cases. The group says the article, published by New Vision, is misleading and
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A team from Equity Bank Uganda (in the white branded t-shirts) led by Damali Balungi- International Banking Manager, and Allen Ritah Nanteza- Diaspora & International Money Transfer (IMT) Officer, together with the Diaspora team. Ugandans living and working in South Africa now have greater opportunities to invest back home following
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By Ibrahim Senyonga It is now evident that Uganda’s path to socio-economic transformation will not be driven by connectivity alone but by how that connectivity is translated into real value through platforms, digital tools, and strong public-private collaboration. At the Second Annual ICT National Summit held at the National ICT
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Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, Chairperson, Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission has adjusted dates on the Roadmap for the 2025-2026 General Elections. Adjustment of the Period for Nomination of Candidates for Local Government Councils Elections, 2025/2026 According to Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, Chairperson, Electoral Commission, the EC has adjusted the dates
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NARO Deputy Director General, Agricultural Technology Promotion, Dr. Sadik Kassim, joins journalists in a group photo after a media training at Masindi hotel on Thursday Journalists have been called upon to become defenders of science and frontline partners in the fight against misinformation threatening agricultural progress in Uganda and beyond.
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Some of the Beneficiaries loading his coffee seedlings after receiving from Kitgum District Headquarter The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry, and Fisheries (MAAIF) has distributed 15,000 wilt-resistant coffee seedlings to more than 60 farmers. The seedlings are expected to be planted on 33 hectares of land, in a bid to
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