The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives has embarked on new mechanisms that will increase Uganda’s exports and address the current trade deficit that the economy is facing. According to Amelia Kyambadde, The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), although there has been growth in exports supported by various
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The United States of America has spoken out on allegations that several top officials in the Ugandan Government are being witch hunted by denying them visas to America. Through its Ambassador to Uganda, Deborah Malac (pictured), America has denied the allegations, blaming the officials of submitting their applications late. “There
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The Bank of Uganda 2019 Annual report has revealed that the value of mobile money transactions decreased by 8.4 percent from shs73.08 trillion to shs66.95 trillion during the year to June 2019. However, the report adds that the number of mobile money transactions in the country have risen from 1.3bn
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The second phase of Kenya's new railway line, connecting the capital Nairobi to the Rift Valley region, will be opened today for passenger services only. Cargo services will have to wait for the construction of a dry port, which could take longer than planned after the local Maasai community moved
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Kenya’s debt-ceiling review not only shifts the goalposts but also changes the rules on the how goals are scored, and that could move the government closer to debt distress. Lawmakers last week approved the government’s plan to present the debt limit in absolute figures and not as a percentage of
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Uganda is set to immunize more than 18 million children against measles, polio and rubella in a five-day mass vaccination programme starting on Wednesday. The campaign targets all children under 15 years and will take place from 16-20 October in all districts in Uganda. It follows recent measles and rubella
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A rare and unfortunate sequence of events allowed a deadly type of malaria in gorillas to "jump" species and attack humans, according to scientists. Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria every year and Plasmodium falciparum - the type the researchers studied - accounts for most cases. African great
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The Uganda Aviation School on Monday sent 26 cabin crew students to the Ethiopian Academy in order to equip them with the relevant practical skills that suit the modern aviation industry. Speaking to the press at Entebbe International Airport, Easter Yapkoreny, the Operations Manager at Uganda Aviation School, said that
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The Uganda Government through the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB) has drafted tough advertising guidelines to betting firms in a move orchestrated to minimize on their activities, Business Focus exclusively reports. According to the leaked Gaming and Betting (Advertisement) Directives 2019 seen by this website, the new rules shall
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BELGRADE, SERBIA: There is a growing need to have Parliaments across the world share in the responsibility of protecting the rule of law and human rights, alongside institutions such as courts of law and human rights organizations. According to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, the exclusion of Parliaments' say
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