Finance State Minister, Henry Musasizi said they will negotiate for the best terms not to endanger the national assets Members of Parliament have approved a request by the government to borrow $464 million (about Shs1.7 trillion) to finance infrastructure and development needs of the budget despite objection from the opposition,
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The High Court in Kampala has dismissed an application in which Engineer Eric Katabarwa Butime sought an order to quash the decision by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) to suspend him as the Senior Engineer in Charge of Investment Verification. The Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana on Thursday dismissed the
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Foot and Mouth Disease is a deadly disease/Courtesy photo Speaker Anita Among has revealed that the deadly Foot and Mouth Disease has killed 50 of her cows in Bukedea district after the deadly disease ravaged the district, with reports indicating that on Tuesday, the area recorded death of 107 livestock.
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Gateway bus with the deceased passenger parked at Soroti West Division Police Station. There was panic on a Gateway Bus Registration Number UAL 770L on Thursday afternoon following the death of one of the passengers in transit. The deceased has been identified as Oscar Ocen, a resident of Okoya in
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Kenya Airways plane. A strike called by Kenya Airways pilots has failed to materialise. A spot-check by the BBC at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport showed that it was business as usual. The pilots, through the Kenya Association of Pilots, had issued a 14-day strike notice which expired on Wednesday.
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Speaker Anita Among (pictured) has tasked the Prime Minister to offer Parliament an explanation why President Museveni has refused to sign into law the Markets Bill, 2021 or return it back to Parliament for reconsideration as required by the law. The Speaker raised the concern during the plenary sitting where she tasked the Prime
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Grasshoppers are a popular delicacy in Uganda Several people in Fort Portal City are battling stomach complications after consuming grasshoppers. During the months of November and December Uganda receives grasshoppers commonly known as “Nsenene”, a popular delicacy in some parts of Uganda. Grasshoppers are highly nutritious with 40 percent protein, 43 percent
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President Museveni (in white shirt) in a group photo with Uganda Bankers' Association members at State House Entebbe yesterday President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged banks to lend cautiously. “On the issue of land evictions, I'd like to clarify that if a bank foolishly or in connivance with tricksters accepts to lend money
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Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa (3rd Right) attending the ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly The Africa, Caribbean, Pacific —European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly sitting in Maputo City, Mozambique has on Wednesday November 2nd voted to let Uganda proceed with developing the much sought-after East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP). The ACP-EU
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Nyendo Town which used to brings a whirlwind of activity in the season of grasshoppers is also having few numbers of vendors. The Ebola Surveillance Team at the Masaka Regional Referral Hospital is concerned about the current grasshopper season given the Ebola outbreak that has affected several districts in central
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