Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans were charged high prices for goods and services in April compared to what they spent in March, a survey by Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has said. UBOS’ Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April 2020, which measures what Ugandans pay for various goods …
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How to ensure poor people in cities can still get it | ASTRID R.N HAAS | More than half of all African countries have now imposed lockdown measures aimed at flattening the curve of new COVID-19 infections. The reason for taking such drastic measures while infection rates are still relatively …
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The comedy, corruption, and politics Kampala, Uganda | JOSEPH WERE | As the response to the Corona virus disease COVID-19 tests the leadership skills of heads of state and government across the world, President Yoweri Museveni has so far performed very well according to most observers who have spoken to The …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The growing use of export restrictions by governments can be “dangerously counterproductive” as the world deals with the coronavirus pandemic, the IMF and WTO warned Friday. The two institutions called on global leaders to commit to refrain from imposing or tightening controls on product sales, as they did at …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY The truth about the COVID-19 food fights: The comedy, corruption, and politics ANALYSIS Delivering education online: Coronavirus underscores what’s missing in Africa BUSINESS Big deal: Tullow Oil to exit Ugandan market, sales its …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has threatened to import food from Mexico, if traders continue to hoard essential items in order to increase prices and benefit from it. Speaking on Sunday at State House Nakasero, Museveni said, he will never allow a group of suppliers to …
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New York, United States | AFP | American families slammed by the coronavirus pandemic are turning more and more to food banks to get by, waiting hours for donations in lines of cars stretching as far as the eye can see. And with 22 million people out of work seemingly overnight …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Luweero district COVID-19 task force is overwhelmed by demands of food. On Saturday Luweero District Task Force led by Resident District Commissioner Phoebe Namulindwa and LCV Chairman Ronald Ndawula embarked on distribution of food targeting people affected by the lockdown. Ndawula says that by Wednesday, …
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The most recent 2014 population census indicates that 12.4 percent of the Ugandan population live with a disability COMMENT | Ambrose Murangira | The government of Uganda has started the distribution of food and essential items to the most vulnerable people across Kampala and Wakiso. This will be a measure …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Food Programme has cut the amount of food rations given to refugees in Uganda by 30%. Uganda currently hosts over 1.4 million refugees from South Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi among other countries. Titus Jogo, Adjumani refugee desk officer, says …
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