The National Environment Management Authority, NEMA, has now excluded private vehicles from the requirement to have a dustbin installed in, though they remain subjected to littering laws. In the public notice “to Implement Express Penalty Scheme for environmental breaches,” on February 8, NEMA listed among the breaches and penalties, that
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Makerere University has secured Shillings 8 billion from the government to commence the renovation of Lumumba hall, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, has revealed. The hall has been vacant for over eight months after students were asked to vacate for the impending renovations. The government-sponsored students were relocated to other
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The United States Mission has underscored a need for it's partnership with Uganda to mature into one that is based on trade and shared policy priorities. This comes at a time when the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) marks its 60 years of partnership with Uganda. The Agency that
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Three people narrowly escaped death at the hands of an angry mob who accused them of buying more than 100 Chapatis in Namalu trading centre, Nakapiripirit district. The trouble started when the three unidentified men suspected to be Pokot pastoralists went on Sunday evening to Namalu trading centre and bought
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The long awaited threat by Government to impose tax on digital companies may soon be realised, following a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to impose a 5% tax on all digital companies deriving income from Uganda. This followed the tabling of the seven tax bills, in particular The Income
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Amos Lugoloobi, Minister of State for Planning Government through the Ministry of Finance has proposed to amend the Traffic and Road Safety Act, to increase fines of motorists found liable of over speeding from the current Shs200,000 to Shs2M. The details are contained in the seven tax bills that were
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Kenya now wants to double its avocado exports from Sh15 billion to Sh30 billion annually in the next five years. Kenya now wants to double its avocado exports from KSh15 billion (UShs428.1bn) to Sh30 (UShs856.3bn) billion annually in the next five years after expanding its target markets globally. In June last year, the country
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Tourists at the Biharwe Eclipse Monument at Igongo Hotel/ Courtesy Photo The government has finally acquired a 49 per cent share in Igongo Cultural Centre and Country Hotel located in Mbarara. The move follows the conclusion of the share acquisition deal last month. Igongo Cultural Centre located at Biharwe along
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Gen Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works & Transport presided over the graduation ceremony 57 students recently graduated in various courses from the East African Civil Aviation Academy in Soroti in a ceremony presided over by Gen Katumba Wamala, the Minister of Works & Transport. The graduands included 29 pilots,
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The president of the World Bank has told the BBC that he is concerned about some of the loans China has been making to developing economies in Africa. David Malpass says the terms and conditions need to be "more transparent". It comes amid worries that countries including Ghana and Zambia
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