The country postponed the start of the vaccination campaign by a week Health authorities in South Sudan have reported that 60,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the African Union, expired before they were used. The country last month postponed the start of the vaccination campaign, citing logistical challenges.
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President Samia Suluhu of the United Republic of Tanzania and Yoweri Museveni Museveni at State House Entebbe. They recently signed oil agreements By Vanessa Nakate & Landry Ninteretse Dear Presidents Museveni and Suluhu Hassan as you were signing the long-awaited contract that will finally allow the construction of the East Africa
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By John Rujoki Musinguzi (pictured), Commissioner General- Uganda Revenue Authority, Mary Baine, Director - Tax Programmes, African Tax Administration Forum, Zayda Manatta, Head of the Secretariat of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, and Marcello Estevão, Global Director, Macroeconomics, Trade & Investment, World Bank Group
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Dr Fred Muhumuza The faltering of the East African member states is an indicator that leaders have to launch a new and comprehensive consultation for solutions that will make it work.The observation was made by professional bodies, economic analysts and government officials in the wake of trade standoffs and political
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URA’s Robert Wamala Lumanyika The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has engaged stakeholders in the West Nile region in its efforts to improve relations and devise better approaches to stamp out smuggling in the entire region. The dialogue conducted last week at the Heritage courts brought together different stakeholders including security
Read MoreGovernment through the Ministry of Finance has proposed to spend Shs56bn to sensitize Ugandans ahead of the implementation of the controversial Shs490bn Parish Model. Appearing before Parliament’s Budget Committee last week, Joseph Enyimu, Acting Commissioner for Economic Development Policy and Research at Ministry of Finance said the money had been spread
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Speaker Kadaga and her Deputy S Jacob Oulanyah While meeting members of the Busoga Parliamentary Caucus last month, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, the speaker of parliament said she can never swap her job for that of the vice president. Kadaga is competing to retain her job now with four other aspirants to be the
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Betting companies are under declaring taxes to Government The National Gaming Board Uganda (NGBU) wants Shs6.4bn to procure the gaming central monitoring system to detect the gaming companies which under declare their earnings to Government. The revelation was made by NGBU e Ag.Executive Director Janet Namuli while appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee
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FDC spokesperson, Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has officially announced the Kira Municipality member of Parliament Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda as their flag bearer for the position of Speaker of the forth coming Parliament.The party Chairman Waswa Biriggwa made the announcement today at the party offices in Najjanankumbi
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Johnathan McKinstry The Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) has today officially parted ways with head coach Johnathan McKinstry.According to a statement issued by FUFA, the Head Coach of the Uganda Men’s National team, McKinstry, has today reached an agreement with FUFA to bring an end to his 18 months
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