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Educating girls is key element to fighting climate change, Ugandan activist Vanessa Nakate has told the BBC's Newsday programme. "When we educate girls it doesn't only benefit the individual but it cascades into her family and her community," Ms Nakate - who is the founder of Rise Up Africa - said.

A section of MPs on Parliament’s Budget Committee have rejected the Shs3.7bn to the Office of the President on seminars and travel abroad and in land, saying the cost is redundant because of Government’s efforts to cut administrative costs by limiting large meetings and travels. The plea was made by Jessica

An employee of Umeme carries out a pole connection for a customer recently. The number of households opting for customer-funded connections to the national power grid is now at 5,283. Power distributor Umeme says it received these applications between December and January. The government had earlier in December implored eligible

The Judiciary wants Shs70bn to upgrade the fleet of their judges according to details contained in the report of the 2021/2022 national budget framework paper. While presenting the budget proposals for the next financial year, Judiciary informed Parliament’s Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee that the institution is faced with shortage

Vision Group's Managing Director and CEO Robert Kabushenga (pictured) has retired, New Vision reports In an email to staff on Friday (January 29, 2021), Kabushenga explained his decision, which he said the board had agreed to. "This is to let you know that for personal reasons I have asked the

Parliament's Committee on Physical Infrastructure wants Government to allocate Shs10bn to Uganda Land Commission to kick start the land credit facility. The chairperson of the committee Robert Kafeero Sekitoleeko says that the land credit facility is aimed at giving tenants loans so that they can get occupancy to enable them

President Museveni (R) shakes hands with Tooro King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru (L) President Yoweri Museveni’s directive to increase slaries of traditional leaders from Shs5m to Shs10m per month hangs in balance. This is because the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has failed to find the funding provision for

The Minister of Water and Environment, Sam Cheptoris (pictured) has accepted blame for failing to stop the illegal encroachment of Bugoma Central Forest Reserve. This was during a meeting of the Natural Resources Committee of Parliament with Ministry officials and Agencies under the Water and Environment sector on Wednesday. The meeting

Paul Bukenya, the Acting EC Spokersperson The Electoral Commission Thursday, January 28, 2021 published final results of Presidential Elections held on Thursday 14th January 2021. After publsihng the results, a number of Ugandans took to social media to wrongly attacking EC, saying that the total percentage of scores by Presidential