Rwampara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has commenced the free electricity connections policy targeting 1.7 million households across the country. The five-year electricity project is part of the government’s Rural Electrification Project worth 212 million dollars funded under a credit facility from the EXIM Bank of China. It covers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni said that the Ugandan government is determined to build several upcountry airfields that will help not only tourists but travellers in general as one of the ways to boost tourism. While addressing investors and trade representatives at the annual Trade Representative Forum (TRF) at State …
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Kiruhura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS) has procured 3 sets of mini dairy processing equipment to help dairy farmers add value to their milk. The move is also intended to boost all season’s supply of milk but also stop farmers from over-depending …
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Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti district has presented a budget of UGX. 29.3 billion for the financial year 2023/2024. The new budget estimates are less than the current financial year budget of UGX. 30.1 billion. In the proposed budget estimates for the next financial year, central government is expected …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government through the Ministry of Education and Sports has rolled out the programme for greening schools across the country. The programme funded by United Nations Development Programme-UNDP together with other partners of Founding Trustee Umoja Conservation Trust and the Ministry of Water and Environment …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Uganda is set to relocate up to 307 households, in landslide-prone areas, to protect them against the effects of the expected floods this rainy season. The relocation which is expected to start next month in Bugisu region under the Bulambuli resettlement programme. …
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A technical working group to be formed to battle the vice that cost government billions of shillings Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Government of Uganda and the private sector have revealed plans to form a technical working group to fight illicit trade. It is estimated that the government lost …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Cross-Cultural Foundation of Uganda-CCFU has asked the government to expedite the enactment of the Museum and Monuments Bill 2022. The bill was passed by Parliament on September 5th, 2022 and subsequently forwarded to the President for assenting. However, he returned it to Parliament with …
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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu said Thursday that he aims to form a government of “national competence” in accomplishing the enormous tasks that lie ahead of his administration. In a statement, Tinubu, who won the country’s Feb. 25 presidential poll and is expected to take office on May …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations advocating for the rights of people living with HIV have urged the government to embrace technologies that could help improve access to Antiretroviral Therapies for people living with HIV. While 90 percent of the 1.3 million adult Ugandans living with HIV are …
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