Muhammad Kamoga accused of fraudulently acquiring a 250 acre land at Bukaaya, Wakiso District. A city businessman Peter Babingamba and property agent, Muhammad Kamoga are embroiled in a dispute over ownership of a 250-acre land at Bukaaya Village near Garuga in Wakiso District. It is alleged that in June
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Farmers are likely to earn impressive returns despite the world coffee production shortfall of 14 million bags as demand in the global market is on the rise, a marketer said yesterday. According to Kamau Kuria, the managing director of Coffee Management Service (CMS), the demand for the produce now stands at 172 million
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Moses Mwase appearing before COSASE The Privatization Unit under the Ministry of Finance has said that it has demanded in vain for the payment of Uganda Shs69 billion proceeds from the sale of Uganda Railways property in Nsambya and Kibuli. Although Uganda Railways was meant to get 69.5 billion shillings
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L-R: Ministers Bright Rwamirama, Fred K. Bwino, Frank Tumwebaze and MAAIF PS Kasura listening to the concerns of private sector players in the coffee sub-sector Private sector palyers in the coffee sub-sector say they are not against the recently assented to National Coffee Act, 2021. Speaking at a breakfast meeting on the National
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Parliament of Uganda Parliament has passed the National Social Security Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2021 allowing 20 percent midterm access to the contributors who have saved for over 10 years and are 45 years old. The bill also streamlined the supervision of the 15 trillion shilling fund between the Ministries of
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Amb. Dr. Hassan Wasswa Galiwango has presented his letters of credence to Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic Seychelles at State House in Victoria. This was on November 23, 2021. Amb. Galiwango is Uganda’s High Commissioner to Kenya and Seychelles with residence in Nairobi. He was accompanied to Victoria by
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By Farah Nyembo Amidst Covid-19, inequalities, especially among people living with HIV (PLHIV), have been more evident than ever before. Access to HIV/Aids medications and other services has been a problem during the national lockdowns, as stigma and discrimination, the commonest drivers of inequalities, have increased. Dr Steven Watiti, an
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Gender Minister, Hon Betty Amongi (C) consults the Attorney General, Hon Kiryowa Kiwanuka as debate on the bill goes. On her left is the Committee Chairperson, Hon Kabahenda Parliament has reached a consensus on which ministry will supervise the operations and activities of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). There
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Members of Parliament have tasked the Uganda Lands Commission -ULC to explain how it allocated Uganda Railways Land in Nsambya to so-called investors exceeding what was meant to be given. The Committee on Commissions Statutory Authority and State Enterprise -COSASE chaired by Joel Ssenyonyi the Nakawa West MP is probing
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Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oualanyah chairing the afternoon plenary sitting. The Ministry of Education has this afternoon called off a meeting that had been scheduled at the request by Minister Janet Museveni for all Members of Parliament to meet officials for consultations over the reopening of schools. In a communication
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