Government should effect a temporary ban on the exportation of food products as a measure of addressing the increasing prices of commodities in the country, experts from the National Planning Authority (NPA) have advised. The Director for Research and Development Performance at NPA, Rogers Matte made the revelation while interfacing
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The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has been tasked to explain the status of rural electrification projects across the country. Busujju County MP David Lukyamuzi raised the matter in Parliament on Thursday, saying that the government contracted Tisan Company in 2019, to supply and distribute electricity in Kitongo parish.
Read MoreThe demolished St. Thomas Chapel in Agago. Police in Agago district is investigating the demolition of a Catholic Church building in Onudapet Village, Kotomor Sub County, by unknown people. St. Thomas Chapel sat on a one-acre piece of land donated by a faithful, Martin Odur in the 1990s, for the
Read MoreThe NSSF Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is in receipt of the Uganda Retirement Benefits Authority (Assignment of Retirement Benefits for Mortgages and Loans) Regulations, 2022 issued by the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Richard Byarugaba, the Fund’s Managing Director has said. “We have always
Read MoreTrust remains a key driver in daily decision making – between relations, personnel, and even institutions. Research shows that people will choose a product or service that they trust over non-trustworthy options. When it comes to money and investments, trust is even more critical. Individuals need to be confident that
Read MoreOmoro District Returning Officer, Moses Kagona earlier today nominated Simon Toolit as one of the candidates to contest in the Omoro County Directly Elected Member of Parliament by-election in Omoro District. The Electoral Commission has declared nine (9) candidates duly nominated on the first day of nominations for Parliamentary and
Read MoreKaramojong reformed warriors who have ventured into agriculture in Moroto district. Elders in Kotido District are seeking 28,000 acres of land for commercial farming to address food insecurity. Despite an abundance of uncultivated farmland, Karamoja continues to be trapped in a food crisis since the region cannot independently produce food
Read MoreThomas Tayebwa, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament has directed the Minister of Health to explain to the House why contracts of health workers under the Covid-19 emergency services category were terminated contrary to a presidential directive. In his communication to the Thursday plenary sitting, Tayebwa required Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng
Read MoreThe Leader of the Opposition (LOP) in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga has questioned the planned move by members of Parliament’s Trade Committee to present the report on the controversial coffee agreement to State House on Friday. Mpuuga raised the issue as a procedural matter during the Thursday plenary sitting chaired by
Read MoreAfter moving in circles of confusion for over two years, private school teachers can now access the long-awaited COVID-19 cash bailout from the government. In one of his national addresses on COVID-19 in July 2020, President Yoweri Museveni promised to provide a revolving fund worth Shillings 20 billion for private
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