The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called for use of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to improve the lives of people in developing countries. “We have a challenge to end poverty, ensure healthy populations, equality, combat climate change, promote energy efficiency and provide quality education among others,” Kadaga said.
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The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has reportedly warned Parliament’s Committee of National Economy against investigating the Lubowa Hospital saga. Government approved the construction of the international Specialised Hospital in Lubowa pursuant to a Project Works investment Agreement(PWIA) signed in October 2015 and in March 2019,
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The 8th edition of the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) Vintage Auto Class was successfully held over the weekend, with 27 awards and certificates handed over to the best participants in a pool of 77 registered for the show. Held at Sheraton hotel, Kampala on Saturday, the show attracted numerous
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Rubaga North Member of Parliament, Moses Kasibante, has appeared before the House Committee on Rules, Privileges and Discipline, as a witness where he accused Security Minister, Gen Elly Tumwine, of undermining the legislature. MP Kasibante (in featured photo) presented a transcript of an interview that Gen Tumwine allegedly gave to
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Photos and videos showing a man (in featured photo) dressed as Jesus Christ have been widely shared on social media across Africa. But who is the man and what was he doing? One tongue-in-cheek tweet, shared more than 8,000 times and retweeted by among others South African opposition politician Julius
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Top officials from the Office of the President have been grilled by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as to why Shs1.2bn was returned to the Consolidated Fund in 2017/18. The team from the Office of the President had been summoned to respond to audit queries raised with Auditor General’s
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By Kainomugisha Caroline Before 2011, traders, merchants, tourists, trucks, passengers, etc had to get clearance from revenue authorities, customs, immigration and Bureaus of standards from their state offices when exiting or entering one country to another. This was the two-stop border posts model. The process was tedious, repetitive and took
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Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila have agreed to form a coalition government. The announcement was made by chief negotiators on live TV on Monday night and confirms reports from Friday that the two camps had made the agreement. The cabinet will consist of
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President Yoweri Museveni has expressed his pride at belonging to the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF), Uganda's national army. Museveni made the remarks on Monday while officiating the retirement of 19 generals from the army at a function held at State House Entebbe. "When it comes to NRA/UPDF I tell
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The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance and secretary to the Treasury, Keith Muhakanizi has reappointed Godfrey Turyahikayo as the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) accounting officer for the financial year 2019/2020. Turtyahikayo’s contract which expired last month was this week renewed by the board after a directive from President Yoweri Museveni.
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