The Eastern Water Umbrella has failed to account for over Shillings 203Million for the water supplied to Katakwi Town Council. Eastern Water Umbrella, which is under the Ministry of Water and Environment operates in 34 districts of Eastern Uganda. It supplied over four million liters of water to Katakwi Town
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Passengers going home for Christmas festivities are stranded in the different bus and Taxi parks as buses and taxis delay due to traffic jams and delayed loading upcountry for people coming back to Kampala. Many passengers going to different destinations for Christmas are seen stranded in bus parks with their
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Ministry of Health requires Shillings 131billion to start providing port health services in some parts of the country. The World Health Organisation-WHO’s international Health Regulations, 2005 require countries to maintain health measures and response capacity at designated airports, ports, and ground crossings to prevent and contain the spread of diseases
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Makerere University has re-advertised over forty undergraduate courses after failing to get the targeted number of applicants. This comes a week after the university published admission lists for the 2021/2022 academic year. The university with the capacity for over 4000 students, has specific targets set by the Senate for every
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Hamidu Mbowa (pictured) is a Senior First Officer (co-pilot) at Uganda Airlines, the country’s budding national carrier. Mbowa graduated from the East African Civil Aviation Academy in October 2011 with a Commercial Pilots license. He went on to join Kampala Executive Aviation in 2012 gaining experience initially as a copilot eventually becoming a
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Henry Musasizi, State for Finance (General Duties) Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is expected to collect revenue to a tune of Shs25.516Trn in 2022/23 budget. URA’s revenue collection target is Shs22 Trillion target in 2021/22. This was revealed by the Minister of State for Finance (General Duties), Henry Musasizi while tabling the National Budget Framework Paper
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Ramathan Ggoobi, the Secretary to Treasury Government is seeking to clean its image as bad business partner and start paying its suppliers within ten days after invoice is issued. This is contained in the budget framework paper for FY2022/23 that was tabled before Parliament by the Ministry of Finance that noted
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The certified drivers in a group photo with CNOOC officials CNOOC Uganda Limited, an oil and gas company has awarded certificates to drivers in Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) driving undertaken since October 2021. The drivers who were trained, certified and licensed can now professionally drive Heavy Goods trucks and trailers
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Government has backtracked on its earlier promise to increase salaries of scientists, saying there is Postponement of salary enhancements across the board until the economy recovers from the impact caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The details of the latest decision are contained in the National Budget Framework Paper FY 2022/23- FY2026/27
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The Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medalists Joshua Cheptegei The Inspector General of Police, Martins Okoth-Ochola, has promoted Tokyo 2020 Olympics gold medalists Joshua Cheptegei and Peruth Chemutai. Cheptegei has been promoted from Inspector of Police to Assistant Superintendent of Police while Chemutai who was first regraded from Special Police Constable
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