Exciting details have emerged of an economic plan by Aya Investments to support Uganda's economy post the COVID-19 lock down. We have learnt that Aya Investments owned by money magnate, Chairman Mohammed Hamid intends to inject billions of shilling in a project that will see the creation of a vast
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Treasury CS Ukur Yatani during a past press conference in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Kenya is still negotiating for a debt relief deal with China, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has said. Speaking to The Standard on phone yesterday, CS Yatani said Nairobi has opted for bilateral talks with Beijing. “The
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Goats are profitable Goat farming generally means rearing goats for the purpose of harvesting milk, manure, the skin, meat and fiber. Rearing of Goats is not a new enterprise; the business has been on since the time immemorial. FOR INFO & LATEST UPDATES ABOUT COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA CLICK HERE.
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The Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has procured new bull dozers, hydraulic excavators and maintenance mobile trucks to boost Uganda’s agro-industrialization agenda. This new fleet that landed in Namalere mechanical workshops last week is expected to be launched by President Yoweri Museveni and will be added to
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It is "very rare" for patients not showing symptoms of Covid-19 to spread it, says a top World Health Organisation official. Such patients may in fact have a mild disease that is not related to coronavirus, according to Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, who is the technical lead for the WHO's
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Kenya and her neighbour Uganda are at loggerheads again, but this time over use of the inland container depot in Naivasha. Whereas the former wants to make the facility viable after months of inactivity, the latter wants to protect its multi-billion-shilling investments at the port of Mombasa. Uganda is not
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe contractions of economic activity. It has caused a combination of global supply chain disruptions, travel restrictions, limits of personal contacts among others. To overcome the toxic effects of the pandemic, experts have revealed measures East Africa countries should implement to ensure economic recovery post
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Retired Ugandan army Major General, Kasirye Gwanga is dead. Gwanga passed on at Nakasero Hospital in the capital Kampala. He was 68 at the time of his death.
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has requested Ministry of Health to test all staff for COVID-19. This follows social media reports indicating that some Finance Ministry staff had contracted the deadly disease. FOR MORE INFO & LATEST UPDATES ABOUT COVID-19 SITUATION IN UGANDA CLICK HERE. However, the
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A South Sudanese businessman and former intelligence officer says he has launched a new rebel group and intends to overthrow what he calls the corrupt leadership of the country. The government has not yet commented. Kerbino Wol has called it the Seventh of October Movement - a reference to the
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