Ugandan parliamentarians have threatened to block the education ministry budget if key sector areas remain unfunded. The lawmakers sitting on parliament's education committee made this threat on Wednesday while meeting officials from the ministry. Education ministry officials led by Minister Janet Museveni were appearing before the committee chaired by Mbale Woman MP
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Uganda's legislature has passed a motion seeking to declare a state of emergency in the country as hunger continues to batter the East African nation. The Legislators voted in favour of a motion moved by Kumi Woman Member of Parliament Monica Amoding, stating that Government has failed to handle the situation
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The problems dogging the president of the country's oldest political party have seems may take long to disappear. The latest we have gathered is that a section of lower Democratic Party-DP officials in Greater Masaka region have abandoned the leadership of their President General, Norbert Mao. Local news agency, URN reports that
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Members of Parliament (MPs) on the Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (CoSASE) are set to meet Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni at State House, Entebbe today over his role in the Shs6bn oil handshake, Business Focus has established. Led by Committee Chairman, Abdu Katuntu, the lawmakers are set to ask
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Investors planning to set up businesses 50 kilometres outside Kampala city are set to eat big as government plans to reduce carbon emissions and decongest the city, Business Focus reveals. In the 2017/18 National Budget, government plans giving investors free land and tax holidays as it aims at achieving a
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A teacher from Trans Nzoia County is in deep agony, thanks to money he borrowed from a bank to improve the welfare of his family. John Manyara says he borrowed KSh1.2 million from the bank in August 2011. He was supposed to repay the loan over six years, meaning he
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She’s the woman raising eyebrows in France’s political race — and she’s not even one of the candidates. As the competition heats up all eyes are on Brigitte Trogneux, 64, the wife of breakout candidate Emmanuel Macron, 39, who could become the next President if he beats anti-establishment stalwart Marine
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The 2017/18 Shs30trn budget is about to be passed and adopted by the Parliament of Uganda. If passed unchanged, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) will be expected to raise Shs14.5 trillion in 2017/18 Financial Year, up from Shs12.6 trillion in 2016/17. This means that government is no doubt going to come
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Youth in Sub-Saharan countries says failed fight on corruption and unemployment are the biggest failures by their governments, according to the latest poll by Geopoll. The poll reveals that Ghana, Kenya and Uganda lead in as far as failure by governments to tackle corruption and unemployment. This means President Yoweri
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Sheraton Kampala Hotel has announced Vinz Karlsen as its new Executive Chef. Karlsen joins with extensive experience, having worked in some top luxury hotels brands like Le Meridien, Intercontinental Hotel groups, Scandic Hotel Eremitage and many others, and has over 25 years’ experience in the hospitality industry, serving more than
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