The American Tower Corporation (ATC) plans to construct over 100 digital villages in major towns across the country. ATC, the American based company majoring in constructing and managing telecom masts, announced this development last week at the handover ceremony of the ICT Learning Centre to Gaddafi Mosque, Old Kampala. ATC
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The statistics indicates that Ugandan farmers use 1 to 1.5 kg per hectare per year against the recommended amount of 200 kg per hectare per year. However, soil scientists and policy makers are now promoting increased adoption of improved agricultural technologies including inorganic and organic fertilizer application as a strategy
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By AFP French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday said wildfires in the Amazon were an "international crisis" and called on this weekend's G7 to address the issue. "Our house is burning. Literally. The Amazon rainforest -- the lungs which produces 20 percent of our planet's oxygen -- is on fire.
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It’s now over six months since Rwanda closed its borders with Uganda, leaving traders from both countries counting losses. Both countries have also lost billions of Shillings in tax revenue. It should be noted that in a letter dated February 28, 2019, Rosine Uwamariya, the Commissioner for Customs Services at
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Uganda’s Prime Minister, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda has dismissed existence of mafia within the National Resistance Movement (NRM) regime, describing the allegations as mere talk. “…I have seen this in the media. However, I am not aware of the existence of any mafia group in the government of Uganda,” Rugunda said.
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The State Minister for Information, Communications and Technology, Erios Idah Nantaba (in featured photo) has not left Uganda to seek political asylum in Canada, the Prime Minister, Ruhakana Rugunda has clarified. This is after Rukungiri Municipality MP, Roland Mugume asked the Prime Minister to comment on reports that Nantaba had
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City businessman Amos Nzeyi was on Thursday quizzed by MPs on the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over the controversial acquisition and sale of 366 acres Temangalo land. It is reported that Nzeyi (Right in featured photo) bought and sold the land yet it had a
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has in recent years upped its efforts in the fight against smuggling. However, the vice remains a huge challenge to the tax body. The latest is that Ugandan salt traders at Busia border and Uganda at large are counting losses after smugglers recently allegedly successfully connived
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There is urgent need to improve remuneration of health specialists to attract them to return and work in government medical facilities in the country. The Minister for Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (in featured photo), has told MPs on the Committee of National Economy that there are many health workers
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In what has become a remarkable month for exploration in Africa, a CNPC-led consortium has made 300 million barrels of recoverable oil discovery in South Sudan’s northeastern Upper Nile state. It is almost as much as the Oyo Discovery announced earlier this month in Congo. The exploration well was drilled
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