The outgoing acting Executive Director Brig. Gen Stephen Kwiringira handing over office to Rosemary Kisembo at NIRA headquarters in Kololo The government of Uganda will mostly likely take another eight years before issuing National Identification Numbers-NINs to all citizens. The projection has been made by the newly appointed National Identification
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The President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye has hailed Ugandan investors for working hard and invited them to invest and trade with Burundi. President Ndayishimiye made the remarks after a tour of the new state-of-the-art Picfare Industries plant in Kampala Industrial and Business Park, Namanve, where he was shown products ranging
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By SolomonLuwalala The NRM Secretary-General Richard Todwong has on Thursday met the Uganda National Students Association (UNSA) delegation led by their President Mr Welunga Yusuf at the NRM headquarters in Kampala. In an interaction with the students’ leaders, Todwong challenged them to use every available opportunity to serve all
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One of the disabled Muslims ready to receive his package from CMC Marketing Cordinator, Imelda Kabera Muslims with Disabilities in Nakawa Division were treated to Eid goodies from the Cooper Motor Corporation (CMC) as a way of boosting their festivities. The goodies which included food stuff were delivered to the
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WHO's Dr Tedros has warned that the second year of the pandemic is likely to be deadlier than the first Wealthier nations should postpone plans to give children and teenagers Covid vaccines and instead donate supplies to low-income countries, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Tedros Adhanom
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has said the new $900 million (about Shs3.18 trillion) loan government plans to borrow from the International Monetary Fund -IMF will not cause a substantial increase of Uganda’s rising public debt. Responding to questions at Uganda Media Center today, the Director of
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Finance Minister Matia Kasaija at the launch of the National Budget Month The Ugandans economy is projected to grow by 3.1 per cent this financial year, according to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, the government had projected the economy to grow by
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The new upgraded Umeme Gulu substation Electricity distributor Umeme Ltd. is owed by the government close to USD 400 million (1.5 trillion Shillings), an equivalent to a whole month's national revenue, as investment costs that are yet to be recovered by the company. And, if Umeme was to close business
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When joint ventures, company consortia, or public-private partnerships plan massive energy projects, they must go through several stages of planning and execution. One of the most important steps of this process is the Final Investments Decision, FID. At this point, the companies are ready to proceed with the real development process
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Clara Amono, a staff member of Cordaid shot dead in South Sudan on May 12, 2021 A 40-year-old Ugandan health specialist in South Sudan is said to have succumbed to gunshot wounds she sustained in an attack by unknown gunmen Wednesday. Clara Amono, a specialist in Reproductive Health working for
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