Government has resolved to develop National Burial Policy aimed at addressing challenges associated with the management state and official funeral ceremonies. The State Minister for Public Service, David Karubanga told Members of Parliament on Friday that currently management of state and official burials is premised on the 1995 Constitution of
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A delegation from the Ministry of Petroleum and Mines, Kenyahas completed a two-day benchmarking and familiarisation visit to the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) and the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC).The Government of Kenya is in the process of setting up a
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World Wide Fund for nature (WWF) in Uganda has posed yet another challenge to a number of youths to come up with innovations to curb the increasing use and pollution of the environment with plastics. On spot are students from the three Universities of Makerere, Kyambogo and Kampala International University
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Former BoU Executive Director Supervision Justine Bagyenda and the then Director Financial Markets, Benedict Ssekabira (R) appearing before the COSASE probe in 2019. Singer Mathias Walukagga is known for songs that touch and impact the ordinary person. The Kadongo Kamu hit maker has always released songs criticizing social and political injustices,
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Youth unemployment is one of key challenges threatening Uganda’s future and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party in particular. According to available data, 83% of Ugandans aged 18- 30 remain unemployed, which has prompted them to engage in numerous illegal activities. Government can’t combat this threat due to unlimited
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The Mastercard Foundation Centre for Innovative Teaching and Learning in Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) today announced the first cohort of 12 EdTech Fellows, companies that will benefit from the Centre's support to expand their operations and improve secondary teaching and learning across the continent. The Fellows were selected after
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni met his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame on Friday at the border between the two countries to try and end the standoff between the two nations. The two leaders signed an extradition treaty to allow the exchange of wanted criminals. According to a joint communique, it was
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Ugandan money magnate, Sudhir Ruparelia has contributed shs10 million towards the enthronement of the new church of Uganda Archbishop Samuel Stephens Kazimba Mugalu. Sudhir handed over the cheque to government Chief Whip, Ruth Nankabirwa at Crane Chambers on Friday afternoon. Ms Nankabirwa is the chairperson of the enthronement committee that
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In a bid to eliminate inefficiencies in planning and ensure effective monitoring on infrastructure contacts, a new online Infrastructure Monitoring Tool (E-IMT) has been developed to assist on timely gathering of project and contract information, enabling timely feedback and collect evidence among other functions. The E-IMT was developed by CoST,
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has welcomed the introduction of the new ‘Tondeka’ buses, with a rider that attention has to be given to the involvement of local content. In a meeting with the proprietors of the bus company, now a subject of heated divisions in Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Kadaga
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