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UK and Uganda unveil £5 Million clean cooking initiative

Currently, 95% of households rely on wood or charcoal for cooking, contributing to deforestation and indoor pollution, which disproportionately affects women and children Kampala, Uganda |  THE INDEPENDENT | The UK, in partnership with Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, has unveiled a £5 million clean cooking programme designed to …

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China’s Belt and Road Initiative turns 10

Xi announces 8 new priorities, continues push for global influence ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | China’s Belt and Road Initiative, which now includes 44 African countries, got under way 10 years ago. President Xi Jinping launched it in 2013 with a first speech in Kazakhstan and a second one in Indonesia. The …

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Namuganza, IGG Kamya hail Museveni’s youth skilling initiative

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Lands, Housing and Urban Development (Housing), Hon. Persis Namuganza commended President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni for initiating developmental programs such as the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl/Boy Child (PISGBC) that have transformed the lives of Ugandans, especially the youth. She …

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UGX 25B needed for Nile water stations

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda needs over twenty-five billion shillings ($7 million) as contributions to the running of hydro-meteorological monitoring stations long River Nile. The stations are known hydroMet systems under the Nile Basin Initiative are used to collect information needed for agricultural planning and monitoring among others. They …

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Tackling Uganda’s alcohol problem

WHO’s SAFER Initiative is a timely intervention to reduce alcohol-related harm in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The World Health Statistics 2023 Report ranks Uganda among the leading countries with high alcohol consumption rates. The report comes out at a time when the country is taking giant steps to control …

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Museveni’s four acre model farming targets youth

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The President’s Initiative on the four-acre farming approach will be part of the youth skilling centers in the country. The four-acre approach or model aspires to have a farmer earning up to one hundred million shillings from a four-acre piece of land. According to Museveni’s …

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