The National Planning Authority (NPA) Executive Director, Dr. Joseph Muvawala (pictured) has threatened to resign his position over Government’s continued failure to implement the Authority’s plans. “I should retire from the National Planning Authority because we don't make sense to plan, plan and plan. We never implement what we plan.
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A pilot in Zambia performed a heroic feat on Monday when he managed to safely land a Dash 8-300 plane, with 41 passengers on board, after it was hit by a hailstorm and lightning. The incident happened as the plane, which belongs to local airline Proflight, was approaching the capital,
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Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has made its inaugural flight to Kigali, officially becoming the first low-cost carrier to fly the route. The airline, which recently expanded their fleet with two brand new De Havilland Dash 8 - 400 to cater to their expansion, will be flying once daily from its
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The Ministry of Finance is set to release Shs20 billion for emergency response to areas which have been recently hit by flooding. The Minister of State for Finance (Planning), Hon David Bahati who was responding to a Shs43 billion request from the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, said that all that money
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It is now three years since violence erupted on 26th November 2016 in Kasese when Police raided the Rwenzururu Kingdom before being beefed up by UPDF under the command of then Major General Peter Elwelu, who has since been to Lieutenant General for handling the Kasese massacre. Following the raid,
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Former employees of Nakumatt Supermarket have petitioned Parliament over their unpaid entitlements following the closure of the store two years ago. The employees led by Dennis Angura, presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday, 25 November 2019. The petitioners said that Nakumatt Uganda registered a
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African football legend Samuel Eto'o says he wants to use his business management studies at Harvard Business School in the USA to give back to Africa. The four-time African Player of the Year winner announced his retirement from football at the age of 38 in September. Eto'o believes crossing the Atlantic
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“Investments in gender equality are critical to realizing demographic dividend, but we need to ensure that women have the tools to overcome the barriers they face,” First Lady of Rwanda, Jeannette Kagame (in featured photo) told participants at a panel at the Global Gender Summit in Kigali on Monday. The
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National Health Insurance scheme Bill 2019 should include cancer treatment, the Uganda Cancer Control Community has proposed to Parliament. While appearing before the Parliamentary Health Committee today to present their views on National Health Insurance Scheme Bill 2019 that was recently tabled by Government, Paul Ebusu, the Executive Director of
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Thirteen French soldiers were killed when two helicopters collided during an operation against jihadists in Mali, the French president's office said. It's believed to be the biggest single loss of life for the French military since the 1980s. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "deep sadness" over the incident. An
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