The Parliament of Uganda has warned journalists against taking pictures of sleeping or rather ‘meditating’ government officials and projecting them in bad light. The stringent guidelines were issued on Monday ahead of today’s State of the Nation Address and Thursday’s reading of the budget. President Yoweri Museveni will this afternoon
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When Kenya sneezes, Uganda catches a cold, for what affects Kenya, directly affects Uganda and the East African region at large. And as the East Africa’s largest economy goes to the polls in August this year, the stakes are high considering the 2007-2008 bloody and divisive elections. Accusations of vote-rigging,
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Corruption, mismanagement and political influence are undermining investment in Uganda’s mining sector and threatening people and environment, Business Focus reveals. The Global Witness report released on Monday (June5, 2017) indicates that pervasive corruption in Uganda’s mining sector allows crooked officials and the investors they partner with to profit at the expense
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Parliament wants NRM request of getting Shs2bn out the 2017/18 budget to support its Manifesto Delivery Unit be granted despite being rejected by Ministry of Finance. According to a report by the Parliament Budget Committee on the 2017/18 national budget estimates obtained by Business Focus, the legislators have demanded that
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On June8, 2017 (next Thursday), Matia Kasaija, the Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development will take to the podium at the Kampala, Serena Conference Centre to present to the nation the 2017/2018 National Budget. This important event will be preceded by state of the nation address that will be
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China on Thursday rejected allegations that two of its diplomats working in Uganda were involved in the trafficking of ivory from the African country. The Chinese embassy officials are suspected of helping move ivory from the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and South Sudan, using Uganda as
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A latest report says Uganda is increasingly becoming a mortgaged country, a thing that is unsustainable, Business Focus reveals. A report by Parliament’s Budget Committee on Budget Estimates for 2017/18 indicates that the current public debt situation for Uganda is unsustainable. “This is evidenced by the fact that, out of
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Former Chief Economist and Senior Vice President at The World Bank Group, Prof. Justin Lin has tipped Uganda on how to achieve double digit growth. During a guided tour of Namanve Industrial and Business Park (NIBP) on May29 2017, Lin said well-planned industrial parks can play a key role in
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The Parliament of Uganda has requested for a supplementary budget worth Shs77.6bn to cover for money that was re-allocated during the ending 2016/2017 Financial Year. This request is contained in a letter dated May25, 2017 by Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige to Finance Ministry. Explaining the need for the supplementary
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Uganda’s Ministry of Education and Sports is yet to address the sticky issue of sanitary pads despite being stuck with Shs85bn. According to a report tabled before parliament by Parliamentary Committee of Education and Sports on the Ministerial Policy Statement and Budget Estimates for 2017/18 for the Ministry of Education,
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