The Parliament of Uganda has requested for a supplementary budget worth Shs77.6bn to cover for money that was re-allocated during the ending 2016/2017 Financial Year. This request is contained in a letter dated May25, 2017 by Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige to Finance Ministry. Explaining the need for the supplementary
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The widow of South Sudan liberation hero John Garang is calling on government soldiers to forsake President Salva Kiir. Rebecca Nyandeng told VOA's South Sudan in Focus the country's internal conflict benefits mainly the president, who she said is amassing wealth while soldiers go without paychecks. “I am appealing to
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Government is exempting youth groups that received money under the Youth Livelihood Program and invested it in agriculture productivity but lost their projects to prolonged drought and diseases. Pius Bigirimana, the Permanent Secretary in the Gender, Labor and Social Development Ministry disclosed this in an interview with local news agency,
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Uganda's Directorate of Criminal Investigations has issued orders for the arrest of Ronnie Byenkya, a Special Police Constable wanted for his involvement in the torture of Godfrey Byamukama, the Kamwenge Town Council LC 3 chairperson. According to local news agency, URN, Byenkya is attached to the Special Operations Unit, which is
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Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports is yet to address the sticky issue of sanitary pads despite being stuck with Shs85bn. According to a report tabled before parliament by Parliamentary Committee of Education and Sports on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for 2017/18 for the Ministry of Education,
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri K. Museveni is yet to fulfil his pledgees worth Shs100bn made to various Universities, Business Focus reveals. This revelation is contained in a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Education on the Ministry of Education Policy Statements and Budget estimates for 2017/18. According to the report obtained
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East Africa's economic giant, Kenya is set to launch operations of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) on Wednesday in what many economic analysts are calling a major development. [caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignnone" width="1024"] An aerial view of the Mombasa Terminus[/caption] A Facebook Page, Standard Gauge Railway Kenya Project has released pictures
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The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MoLHUD) has failed to absorb funds provided to it in the 2016/17 National budget. According to the Parliamentary Sectoral Committee Report on Physical Infrastructures on Ministerial Budget Policy Statements and Proposed Budget Estimates for FY 2017/18 obtained by Business Focus, MoLHUD’s absorption
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The authorities in the US are still considering banning laptops from cabin baggage on all international flights, the head of Homeland Security says. John Kelly said there was a real threat and terrorists were "obsessed" with the idea of knocking down a US plane. The US already has a ban
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The Government of Uganda has insisted that Uganda will have its oil out of the ground come 2020 despite many analysts and Ugandans have their reservations about the set deadline. This assurance was revealed by Eng. Irene Muloni, Uganda’s Minister for Energy and Minerals during the signing of the Intergovernmental
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