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 …
Read More »Gov’t to relocate 305 families before floods get them
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. …
Read More »New measures to tackle illicit trade in offing
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 …
Read More »CCFU asks Gov’t to expedite Museums and Monuments Bill
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 …
Read More »Nigerian president-elect vows to form government of “national competence”
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 …
Read More »Gov’t asked to digitalize provision of HIV/AIDS services
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 …
Read More »Gov’t launches multi-billion water project in Zombo district
Zombo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zombo Town Council in the West Nile region will soon have access to piped water supply, thanks to a new partnership between the government of Uganda and German. The 5.3 billion Shillings project is aimed at ensuring a clean water supply to residents of Zombo …
Read More »Expanding Internet to underserved communities
The Ugandan government and other stakeholders ought to prioritise to boost economic transformation COMMENT | Michael Mukasa | Over the past three decades, the internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. Technology has transformed the way we communicate, obtain information and do business. However, the benefits of the internet …
Read More »5th 2023 Economic Mkutano
Trade Minister David Bahati reassures private sector of government support Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Routinely the cabinet, chaired by President Yoweri Museveni is deliberating on ways in which to further support growth of the private sector – an engine for Uganda’s economy. This was the general message the Minister …
Read More »No negotiations with gov’t, Bobi Wine says
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi Sentamu, the President of the National Unity Platform-NUP, has trashed calls by some of his party members to negotiate with the government in order to release many of their detained supporters. Speaking at the party’s new headquarters at Makerere Kavule while commissioning the …
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