President Museveni interacting with Prophet David Isanga, the spiritual head of Universal Apostles Fellowship Church of Righteousness in Kaliro district. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has pledged to resolve the issue of registering new churches as Nongovernmental Organizations. “The issue of periodic registration of new churches as NGOs, we are going
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Participants at the 51st Board Air Services Licensing Committee meeting in a group photo The Board of the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has on their table four applications (03 renewals and 01 new) for consideration. These are: Misk Air Limited, Air Serv Limited, Premier Services East Africa Limited and Arasus
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The event was honored by the presence of the Honorable Minister for Lands, Housing, and Urban Development, Judith Nabakooba (Centre), who reiterated the ministry’s commitment to supporting the real estate sector through proper legal frameworks such as the National Housing Policy. The 3rd edition of the Buildcon International Expo, held at
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Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga receiving a moisture meter from UCDA on Friday morning. The Katikkiro of Buganda, Charles Peter Mayiga , has warned against the idea of phasing out the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA), describing the move to transfer the roles of UCDA to the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal
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A serial smuggler has had his luck run out. A few hours ago, one of the newly recruited informants provided real-time intelligence about suspicious and uncoordinated illicit activities, received a word about a well-organized ploy to convey cigarettes using a vehicle earlier placed on the wanted list. True to the
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The banking industry registered some strength towards the end of the financial year 2024, despite the closure of two Tier II lenders in the last half of the year. EFC Uganda Limited was closed in January and Mercantile Credit Bank Uganda in June 2024, in both cases, the Bank of
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Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga talking to coffee stakeholders at Bulange, Mengo on Friday. The Katikkiro of the Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga, has called on coffee growers across the country to allow Government officials/representatives register them as Uganda races to meet the European Union Regulation on Deforestation-free products (EUDR) requirements. The
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Dr. Kedrace Turyagyenda, the former Director of Education Standards at the Ministry of Education revealed on Wednesday her troubling experience with substandard textbooks currently being used by teachers and learners in schools. Dr. Turyagyenda currently a member of the Education Policy Review Commission recounted discovering a chemistry textbook that had
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The Uganda Meteorological Authority (UNMA) says that several parts of the country are expected to receive near average to above average rainfall. Uganda generally experiences two major rainfall seasons: March-April-May(MAM) and September-October-November (SOND) as the first and second rainy season respectively. However, the northern region and parts of the eastern
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The Government through the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) has listed illegal online money lending apps. UMRA is an autonomous Government Agency Expected to promote a sound and sustainable non-banking financial institutions’ sector. In a notice issued recently, UMRA said that "the Authority has noted with concern that a number of
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