Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Makerere University lecturer and renowned economist has castigated the Parliament of Uganda over their planned regional parliament sittings. The Parliamentary Commission reportedly plans to spend more than sh5 billion on each of the four planned regional sittings. Dr. Fred Muhumuza has joined members …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Land experts have said that promises by presidential candidates of solving land problems will not yield results if the impunity of the powerful and corrupt officials is not dealt with. Several presidential candidates have made promises of ending land grabbing and improving land security for …
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Proposed law alone is not a solution to the challenges facing the coffee industry Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | One of Uganda’s favourite crop, coffee, could soon be heavily regulated as the government takes a step to amend the existing law. The proposed law, National Coffee Bill, 2018, seeks …
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Delays and shattered hopes: Uganda still waiting for oil riches BULIISA, Uganda | AFP | It was the promise of oil — billions of barrels of black gold, discovered locked beneath Lake Albert — and the riches to follow that brought electricity to Buliisa. Roads, piped water, and other …
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