Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (pictured) Thursday 4th June, 2020 delivered the State of the Nation Address at State House Entebbe. The President emphasized the importance of agriculture and other key sectors to Uganda’s economy. “Our agriculture is, therefore, not only feeding us almost 100%, but also earning dollars for
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the vulnerable portions of the economy have collapsed in light of COVID-19 pandemic, but the real economy is standing up and expanding, especially in agriculture and industry. The President made the remarks today during the State of the Nation Address at State House, Entebbe.
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed 15 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 03 June 2020. The total confirmed cases are now 522, the Ministry added. “4 are truck drivers who arrived from Tanzania via Mutukula. 2 are truck drivers from Busia. 9 are among alerts and contacts to
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Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced 40 new COVID-19 cases from samples tested on 31 May, 2020. All the 40 cases are Ugandans. In a statement signed by Dr. Charles Olaro on behalf of Director General Health Services, the Ministry said 23 cases are among samples tested from Points of
Read MoreCars in a Kampala bond/online photo President Yoweri Museveni on May22, 2020 assented to the Traffic and Road Safety Act, 1988 (Amendment) Act, 2020 which comes into force with stringent traffic rules. The law was passed earlier on 29th January 2020 by Parliament. Ministry of Works and Transport on 27th
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John Rujoki Musinguzi, the new URA Commissioner General has come with massive changes The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has revealed that on 28th May, 2020, the URA Board of Directors sat and made recommendations concerning the reorganization and Management of URA. In a statement dated 30th May, 2020, URA said
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Mobile subscriptions in Uganda stood at 26.7 million in December 2019, a 3% jump from 25.7 million subscriptions four months earlier, the latest market performance report released by Uganda Communications Commission indicates. For updates and latest info about COVID-19 situation in Uganda, visithttps://bit.ly/2WKANNF This growth translates into a penetration of
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The Tax Appeals Tribunal has made a ruling in which MTN Uganda is ordered to pay over Shs20bn in taxes to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). URA carried out an audit and discovered that MTN Uganda had not paid VAT amounting to Shs20, 053,441,670 for the period 2014-2017. For updates and
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Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has today announced that CNOOC Uganda Limited (CNOOC) has informed both Tullow and Total that it will not pre-empt the sale of Tullow’s assets in Uganda to Total. On 23 April 2020, Tullow announced that it had agreed the sale of its assets in Uganda to
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The Executive Director of Uganda Hotel Owners Association (UHOA), Jean Byamugisha has revealed how COVID-19 has hit hard Uganda’s hospitality industry. She says hotels in Uganda have so far furloughed over 400,000 staff. A furlough is a temporary leave of employees due to special needs of a company or employer,
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