The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has said Government is committed to investing in emerging diversified innovations in clean water and sanitation, climate change mitigation, waste management and integrated environmental management. He said Government of Uganda and UNDP launched Uganda Green growth development strategy in 2017
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Leading Pan African entrepreneurship and innovation non-profit, the Africa Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF) has announced the top finalists in its annual awards to celebrate women leaders and entrepreneurs in Africa. Promoting excellence in entrepreneurship and innovation amongst women-owned businesses in all sectors and across all 54 African countries,
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The Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa Rukutana yesterday re-tabled the Succession Amendment Bill 2019 which seeks to provide for equal distribution of estates of the deceased person. However, this didn’t go down well with the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, who lashed out at the Executive for frustrating the constitutional rights
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Uganda's Winnie Byanyima has been appointed as new Executive Director of UNAIDS. Byanyima has more than 30 years of experience in political leadership, diplomacy and humanitarian engagement. “I am honoured to be joining UNAIDS as the Executive Director at such a critical time in the response to HIV,” said Ms
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A Parliamentary Committee on Climate Change has officially been inaugurated, with Chairperson, Hon Lawrence Biyika Songa, saying there will be no compromise on environment protection. At a news conference on Wednesday, 14 August 2019, the Committee, which was formed in May following an amendment to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, set
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United Nations, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Cuba''s mission to the UN celebrated the eve of the birth date of the historical leader of the Revolution, Fidel Castro (1926-2016), and highlighted how his example transcended the borders of the island and became universal.The permanent representative of that Caribbean country to the
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Uganda's Health Ministry has warned of an upsurge of deadly malaria in the country caused by a prolonged rainy season. This was revealed by the Health Minister, Ruth Aceng on Wednesday saying the cases of Malaria have increased by over 400,000 cases when compared with 2018 and 2019 from about
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Uganda's Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has asked Equity bank for the account details of 13 non-governmental organizations to establish their source of their funding. They are Action Aid International Uganda, Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda, Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring, Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, National Non-Governmental Organisation Forum,
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A proposal by Government to tax savings of workers at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has been met with uproar from members of the public who have described the move as disheartening and pathetic. Florence Nakiwala, State Minister for Youths yesterday took to the floor to table The National
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More than one million people have been infected with malaria in Uganda in the last two months, officials have said. The health ministry has attributed the rapid rise partly to climate change, with the disease now appearing in regions that were previously malaria-free thanks to a mild climate. This time
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