Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has added another European club to promote its tourism and products like coffee by announcing a partnership with French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). The club announced today that Visit Rwanda will also be displayed at the Parc des Princes Stadium where fans of …
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Washington, United States | AFP | US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday urged countries like France to suspend taxes on global computing giants and wait for a negotiated agreement on international taxation. As the United States is poised to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unless Ugandans take the fight against corruption from their own frontline, all efforts to eliminate it will remain just a public show, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has said. Oulanyah was speaking at the anti-corruption event aimed at launching a fight against corruption. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Companies hired more staff in the month of November as demand for their products increased, a new survey has shown. The Purchasing Managers Index, published by Stanbic Bank and IHS Markit shows that the business environment improved to 58.6 points in November from the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Countries with high malaria prevalence have been advised to develop and implement national plans for insecticide-resistance monitoring and management in order to curb the growing threat of insecticide resistance in malaria control. This is according to the annual World Malaria Report published this morning by …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have asked the Ministry of Local government to present clear boundaries for the proposed 15 cities. The cities include Arua, Mbarara, Gulu, Jinja, Fort Portal, Masaka and Mbale. Others are Hoima, Lira, Entebbe, Soroti, Nakasongola, Kabale, Moroto and Wakiso. The call followed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Judiciary has launched the small claims procedure court in Kaberamaido district. Under the system, a complainant can get judgment within a day although the maximum period for delivering judgment is a month. This is opposed to the old system that can even last for …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Finance Ministry has presented a supplementary expenditure report of shillings 437.631 billion for the 2019/2020 financial year to parliament for consideration. The additional expenditures are one percent of the total national budget of UGX 40.5 trillion for the 2019/2020 financial year. The Public …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gulu Archdiocese has embarked on a joint partnership with Operation Wealth Creation – OWC to rally farmers in Acholi region to undertake large scale cassava growing. OWC is a countrywide government-led poverty eradication and sustainable wealth creation programme aimed at raising the household incomes of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gen. Mugisha Muntu, the national coordinator of the Alliance for National Transformation, Uganda’s youngest political party has urged the people of Karamoja to elect leaders of good character who can deliver the region out of poverty. According to Gen. Muntu, the poverty in Karamoja is …
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