The Ministry Of Defense officials yesterday found hard time to explain why they failed to return Shs1.7bn to the consolidated fund after failing to absorb it in 2017/2018 financial year. Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to respond to queries raised in the June 2018 audit report that highlighted
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Stronger efforts are needed to encourage good governance, accountable leadership and effective institutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS). Presenting a report on Wednesday, 07 August 2019 to a joint committee meeting of Pan African Parliament (PAP) MPs in Midrand, South Africa, hon. Jacqueline Amongin (Uganda) said improved governance
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Addis Ababa registered an absolute average daily rate (ADR) of US$163.79 when measured in constant currency, which removes the effects of inflation Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s Capital City, posted Africa’s highest average daily rate (ADR), according to the most recent 12-month data from STR. From July 2018 through June 2019, Addis
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Investigations by the anti-graft agency into a controversial trip by Siaya MCAs to Uganda took a shocking twist after it emerged that a dead member was listed among those who travelled to Jinja, Uganda, in February. It had been alleged that 41 members of the County Assembly stage-managed the trip.
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Are you a sales person? Do you have experience in sales and marketing? If the answers are in affirmative, Middle East Consultants Ltd, one of the leading labour externalization agencies in Uganda has juicy jobs for you in Dubai. According to Middle East Consultants officials, they have slots for 100
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Members of Parliament are reportedly putting more efforts in producing more babies than executing their mandate to make laws for the country. The shocking revelation was made by Odonga Otto, Aruu Country MP on Wednesday while reacting to a statement by State Minister for Youths, Florence Nakiwala on this year’s
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has called on African countries to abolish the issuance of visas to enable free movement of people across the continent. The free movement of persons, according to Kadaga, will facilitate Africans to ply their trade across the continent which is a prospective market. Reacting
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The cash-strapped Zimbabwean government said on Tuesday that it will amend its laws to allow industrial production and export of cannabis (marijuana) in a desperate effort to boost its foreign currency earnings, Business Day reports. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the country is looking to make cannabis exports a top
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Drug resistance to the first line HIV treatment is on the rise in Uganda, according to a report published by the World Health Organization-WHO. Findings from a survey carried out between 2014-2018 show increasing resistance to Efavirenz and Nevirapine, the fine line HIV treatment. The survey shows that in the
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Members of Parliament on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee have trashed government proposal to compel candidates to declare their source of funding during the election period, describing it (the proposal) as redundant. The lawmakers argue that the proposal won’t cure the commercialisation of Uganda’s politics. The Attorney General, William
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