Ministry of Education has spent huge sums of money in contracts to print learning materials after failing to procure a printing press for the National Curriculum Development Centre, URN has learnt. Contract reports on the COVID19 emergency education response posted on the Ministry of Finance website shows that the Ministry
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The government has released funds for the first quarter of the financial year 2021/22, with focus on the health sector and the fight against Covid- 19. The release amounting to 5.673 Trillion Shillings represents 25% of the approved government budget minus external financing, appropriation in aid and public debt. https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-1885173889378683&output=html&h=280&adk=2881184414&adf=1765694914&pi=t.aa~a.3933768198~i.3~rp.1&w=981&fwrn=4&fwrnh=100&lmt=1625640098&num_ads=1&rafmt=1&armr=3&sem=mc&pwprc=9833304535&psa=1&ad_type=text_image&format=981x280&url=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fstory%2Fgovt-cuts-spending-by-ugx-2-trillion-as-revenues-fall%3Fmessage%5B%5D%3D2&flash=0&fwr=0&pra=3&rh=200&rw=980&rpe=1&resp_fmts=3&wgl=1&fa=27&dt=1625636498185&bpp=6&bdt=4716&idt=-M&shv=r20210630&ptt=9&saldr=aa&abxe=1&cookie=ID%3D1c3f6077eeb66525-2291ca8ed0a60068%3AT%3D1613741231%3ART%3D1613741231%3AS%3DALNI_MbaBBTLpm0fp5PtUECMNxN2i8DKPg&prev_fmts=981x490%2C307x250%2C307x250%2C0x0&nras=2&correlator=2831087549907&frm=20&pv=1&ga_vid=618312862.1602514291&ga_sid=1625636497&ga_hid=371610926&ga_fc=0&u_tz=240&u_his=5&u_java=0&u_h=768&u_w=1366&u_ah=728&u_aw=1366&u_cd=24&u_nplug=0&u_nmime=0&adx=15&ady=1355&biw=1349&bih=643&scr_x=0&scr_y=0&eid=21066431%2C31060973%2C31061745%2C31061382&oid=3&pvsid=4212373200693291&pem=196&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fugandaradionetwork.net%2Fstory%2Fgovt-cuts-spending-by-ugx-2-trillion-as-revenues-fall&eae=0&fc=384&brdim=-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C-8%2C1366%2C0%2C1382%2C744%2C1366%2C643&vis=1&rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&abl=NS&fu=128&bc=31&ifi=5&uci=a!5&btvi=3&fsb=1&xpc=vTMhC7F6iy&p=https%3A//ugandaradionetwork.net&dtd=53
Read MoreThe Attorney General has filed a notice of appeal intending to challenge the Constitutional Court ruling against the powers of the Court Martial. Last week, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Court Martial has no powers to try civilians. In a majority ruling of three justices against two, the court
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni has asked African countries with support from the United Nations to consider opening up their borders to deal decisively with food insecurity in the region. Speaking to a UN-Food System virtual summit, Museveni said free access to markets and free movement of goods instead of controls will
Read MoreThe Ministry of Finance has started implementing a presidential directive to increase lunch allowances for nurses and midwives to improve their working conditions. This was revealed as the ministry released the funds for the first quarter of the 2021/2022 financial year, which largely focused on the health sector and more
Read MoreWhile for Ethiopia, the dam, pictured here in 2019, is vital, Egypt sees it is as a threat to its existence Egypt has accused Ethiopia of violating international law after it received a notice saying that Ethiopia's dam upstream on the Nile is now filling up with water for a
Read MoreKampala Capital City Authority-KCCA councillors on Tuesday defied the Resident City Commissioner-RCC and attended a council meeting. The Speaker of the Council Zahara Luyirika called for the meeting indicating that 20 councillors would attend the meeting physically while the rest will follow the proceedings via zoom. However, by 11 am
Read MoreThe High Court in Kampala has ordered for urgent hearing of an application seeking to produce eight people arrested by the security agencies in relation to the murder of driver and a daughter of Works and Transport Minister General Katumba Wamala. Civil Division Judge Phillip Odoki has issued the order
Read MoreThe agriculture sector’s value to the economy has remained largely unchanged and in some areas, increased during the one year of the Covid 19 pandemic. This resilience has given the authorities more incentives to focus on the sector in the development programs like the National Development Plan III and the
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni The Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurance wants Parliament to halt the new presidential pledges until President Yoweri Museveni clears old ones. Addressing the press, the committee chairperson, Betty Nambooze Bakireke and her deputy, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu said that old pledges now stands at Shs75 trillion. Nambooze asked Parliament to allow
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