Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe International Airport will receive 12 commercial passenger flights today, October 1, 2020, the first day of reopening the airport, after a six months lull. The incoming flights include Turkish, RwandAir, Ethiopian Airlines, Emirates, Tarco Air and FlyDubai, among others. The airport was partially closed …
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Amolatar, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fishermen in Kampala landing site, Amolatar District are counting loses despite the resumption of fishing on Lake Kyoga. Last month, fishing resumed on Lake Kyoga after the ban which was imposed by the government to enable the upgrade of fishing gears and materials like boats …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Tourism Board is yet to utilize an offer from India for the construction of the Mahatma Gandhi Heritage Centre. The donation was announced when the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visited Uganda in 2018, in commemoration of the Asian country’s 150th-anniversary celebrations. …
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Germany-Africa Business Forum (GABF) offers opportunities for cross-border collaboration Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Investment and business climate, available workforce and access to markets, and transport, energy and technological infrastructure are the key success factors to drive Africa’s development. Günter Nooke, the Africa Envoy to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, …
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Pearl Magic brings the best in the Ugandan dating scene to our screens this week Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Date My Family Uganda, the local version of the successful reality television series, will premiere on October 4, 2020 at 8pm. “The DMF show is set to give viewers a …
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Masaka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is now hiring coffee and health professionals to sensitise nationals on the benefits of consuming coffee. This is one of the steps being taken to ensure that the country, and especially the farmers earn more from their coffee. Uganda is Africa’s largest coffee …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Food and environment activists say you need to urgently find ways of avoiding food loss and waste or risk financial and environment losses. The Minister of Agriculture, Vincent Sempijja and Food Agricultural Organization Country representative, Antonio Querido say it is high time that you rethink …
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CSOs suggests that the government need to now invest in productive sectors such as manufacturing, trade, health, education and social protection in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Even before the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic, Uganda’s economy was already struggling amidst huge investment in the …
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The pandemic has eroded return on contributor’s savings Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s pension firm, National Social Security Fund, will pay low interest rates on contributor’s savings due to the impact of coronavirus pandemic. NSSF Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba, flanked by his deputy, Patrick Ayota, said on Sep.24 …
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Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Busoga kingdom’s prime minister, Joseph Muvawala who doubles as the national planning authority executive director has been summoned to appear before the committee on commissions statutory authorities and state enterprises-COSASE over the questionable manner in which he acquired the property on plot 38-40 located along …
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