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An employee of Umeme carries out a pole connection for a customer recently. The number of households opting for customer-funded connections to the national power grid is now at 5,283. Power distributor Umeme says it received these applications between December and January. The government had earlier in December implored eligible

The Judiciary wants Shs70bn to upgrade the fleet of their judges according to details contained in the report of the 2021/2022 national budget framework paper. While presenting the budget proposals for the next financial year, Judiciary informed Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that the institution is faced with shortage

Vision Group's Managing Director and CEO Robert Kabushenga (pictured) has retired, New Vision reports In an email to staff on Friday (January 29, 2021), Kabushenga explained his decision, which he said the board had agreed to. "This is to let you know that for personal reasons I have asked the

Parliament's Committee on Physical Infrastructure wants Government to allocate Shs10bn to Uganda Land Commission to kick start the land credit facility. The chairperson of the committee Robert Kafeero Sekitoleeko says that the land credit facility is aimed at giving tenants loans so that they can get occupancy to enable them

President Museveni (R) shakes hands with Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru (L) President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to increase slaries of traditional leaders from Shs5m to Shs10m per month hangs in balance. This is because the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has failed to find the funding provision for

The Minister of Water and Environment, Sam Cheptoris (pictured) has accepted blame for failing to stop the illegal encroachment of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve. This was during a meeting of the Natural Resources Committee of Parliament with Ministry officials and Agencies under the Water and Environment sector on Wednesday. The meeting

Uganda’s  health sector is opetaing at 64% capacity as the economy takes a downward trend. Government has fallen short of raising Shs1.069Trn required to fund the sector fully. The revealtion was made by  Michael Bukenya, Chairperson Health Committee while appearing before Parliament’s Budget Committee to presnt the Health Committee report. Bukenya  said that

Last year Mr Magufuli declared Tanzania "Covid-free"/AFP Tanzania's President John Magufuli has warned health officials against acquiring Covid-19 vaccines saying - without giving evidence - that they could harm the population. "The ministry of health should be careful, they should not hurry to try these vaccines without doing research, not