Fishing boats at Kaiso landing site A section of lawmakers on Parliament’s Agriculture Committee have clashed with some members of the Fishing communities, who warned Parliament against making a law that would bar the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) from enforcing responsible fishing on Uganda lakes, saying this would likely deplete
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Wilbrod Owor, Executive Director UBA Commercial banks under their umbrella body, Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) have warned Ugandans against asking financial institutions to write off loans incurred by private school owners, saying pressure should be put on Government to set up a medium term education sector recovery fund of USD300Million equivalent to
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Air quality monitor Uganda has no capacity to measure the country’s levels of air pollution even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned in its latest air quality guidelines that there’s now more damage to health by pollution than earlier estimated. In the new guidelines which have been updated
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Security committees, Land Officers and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from Rakai, Kyotera, Lwengo and Sembabule districts have held a crisis meeting following fresh protests among the people affected by the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOPE) route. The protests started on Wednesday last week following complaints of increasing human rights
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The Ministry of Education is concerned about the slow pace of vaccination of elderly persons. While addressing the nation last month, President Museveni said he was aware that Covid-19 is not very lethal among children but the majority of the schools in Uganda are day schools which poses a risk
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PM Nabbanja fifth from the left with some of the members of PACOB Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has said that the NRM must implement its 2021-26 manifesto in order to remain Uganda’s party of choice. Nabbanja said they are aiming at achieving 100 per cent manifesto implementation by the fourth
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Batson Baguma, The President of Uganda Association of Prosecutors/Courtesy photo Prosecutors under their umbrella body, Uganda Association of Prosecutors have today petitioned Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah decrying the deplorable working conditions, saying they are tired of sleeping in slums and eating in funny places, saying this is demeaning of their status as
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The Rwandan army has not responded to claims of the incident The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. An army spokesperson in North Kivu province said Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A
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A teacher conducting a class in western Uganda. NGOs and Education development partners like USAID have supported the programme in some areas. Photo by Covenant Mercies Efforts to promote community-based learning during the ongoing school closures have been frustrated by poor coordination, communication gaps and misinformation. The Education Ministry
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Partricia Ojangole Managing Director, Uganda Development Bank The Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has today announced that it expects 33,154 jobs created from the July to September project approvals. The announcement comes at a time when the country is on a steady fast road
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