The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) identified promotion of agricultural mechanization as a strategic intervention area towards improving productivity and profitability of strategic commodity value chains. In order to ensure effective and sustainable utilization of the tractors and implements to farming communities across the country, there is
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Uganda Police Force will be mandated with licensing and regulation of motor garages across the country should Parliament include it in the proposed Traffic and Road Safety Amendment bill 2019. Appearing before the Parliamentary Physical Infrastructure Committee today, the head of traffic police, AIGP Steven Kasiima asked the Committee to insert
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Members of Parliament have overwhelmingly supported the motion by Wilfred Niwagaba, Shadow Attorney General to Table Constitutional Amendment Bill that caters for proposed electoral reforms from the opposition. During the debate on the motion to grant Niwagaba (in featured photo) leave today, both MPs from the ruling NRM party and
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has issued tough security measures to its staff in as far as access to Counting/Machine Rooms at the Currency Branches across the country is concerned. This follows reports that BoU staff were allegedly caught on camera stealing large sums of money at Mbale currency centre.
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The Uganda Police Force and sister security agencies have retrieved CCTV images showing incidents that occurred prior to and after the kidnapping of Ms Nagirinya Mariam and her driver Mr. Kitayimbwa Ronald on 28th August 2019. The images have been retrieved from an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera and
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A strange disease has attacked Mityana South County in Mityana district, with a number of children reported to have lost their lives. According to Mityana South MP, Henry Makumbi Kamya, residents in his county are living in untold fear over the disease. He raised the matter during today's plenary sitting
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A South African court has set aside an earlier decision to impound an Air Tanzania plane, a BBC reporter has tweeted from the court. On 24 August, the plane, an Airbus 220-300, had been prevented from taking off from Johannesburg because of a court injunction. A lawyer had argued in
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Africans have come out to boycott South Africa after days of looting and violence targeting foreigners in which five people died. Nigerian singers and Zambia's football team are among those in the boycott. South Africa's Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu told the BBC the rioters feared losing their jobs
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Teachers across the country are lined up for a salary increment starting October 2019 after Government through the Ministry of Public Service secured Shs150 billion to honour an earlier government undertaking. Public Service minister, Wilson Muruli Mukasa, said that his ministry was scheduled to meet with the members of the
Read MoreTo cater towards the increasing need for data in the digital era, DataOps has emerged, fusing data and operations, representing a culture change, one that focuses on improving collaboration while accelerating service delivery through iterative practices. According to Gartner's Innovation Insight for DataOps report, DataOps is a collaborative data management
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