President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with Dr Monica Musenero President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned a section of people currently ‘shaking and attacking’ his minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation, Dr Monica Musenero to back off lest they face his wrath. The audibly furiously president spent 10 minutes of his speech
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Minister of state for transport Fred Byamukama inspects the newly bought locomotive Members of Parliament have faulted Uganda Railway Corporation for purchasing old locomotives at a cost that was much higher than that of new locomotives. The Parliament Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprise (COSASE) was today meeting
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Minister Monica Musenero Parliament has instituted an adhoc Committee that will look into allegations that Monica Musenero, Minister of Science and Technology mismanaged billions of funds released for the research leading to the manufacture of covid-19 vaccines. While announcing the Committee composition during the plenary sitting today, Deputy Speaker Anita Among
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For the last 10 days, over 20,000 delegates from 200 countries have been at the Glasgow Climate Conference in Scotland, discussing ways to keep climate change under control. This global discourse around climate change points towards one fact; we are in a climate emergency and researchers say that we have
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L-R: Deputy Registrar General, Alex Anganya, Board Chair Ambassador Francis Butagira (2nd R) in a group photo with URSB staff after the opening session of the Forum Uganda Registration Services Bureau successfully opened the 16th Corporate Registers Forum (CRF) conference on November 09th, 2021. Given the current COVID-19 pandemic the
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A Coffee plant affected by the pest Black Coffee Twig Borer has invaded coffee plantations in Busia District leaving farmers counting losses. The borer attacks the twigs rendering the plant incapable of bearing coffee beans. When a twig borer attacks a coffee plant, it creates holes in it and causes a white
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Armed robbery cases are on the rise in Kakumiro district Residents in Kakumiro district are up in arms against the police over the surging cases of robbery in the area. Residents accuse police of doing nothing to stop gunmen staging attacks in various parts of the district. According to
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Hon Muwanga Kivumbi Shadow Finance Minister, Hon Muwanga Kivumbi has criticised government for prioritising expenditure over development, which he said is reflected on the budget presented to Parliament, slowing down the economy. Muwanga said with half of the appropriated revenue for the current financial year already released to Ministries, Departments
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Parliament’s Budget Committee has threatened not to consider budgets of Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) if the governance issues surrounding gender balance aren’t addressed, saying many public entities are hiding vacant positions yet Ugandans are suffering with unemployment. The threat was made by Patrick Isiagi, Chairperson Budget Committee while interfacing
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An Asian businessman has been found dead in his apartment in Mbarara City. Rwizi Region Police Spokesperson, Samson Kasasira identifies the deceased as 50-year-old, Tana Tijas Dhrajilal, a resident of Rugazi cell Mbarara city South Division. According to Kasasira, Tijas’s lifeless body was recovered from his house on Tuesday. Ivan
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