VIDEO: Government has finalized a move to amend article 26 of the constitution and pave way for smoother acquisition of private land so as to ensure government projects are not slowed down. According to the Cabinet Minister for Lands Betty Amongi Akena, government loses Shs900bn interest rates on loans, whenever the …
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The Global Water Partnership (GWP) has entered a partnership with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the African Network for Basin Organizations (ANBO) to train government officials across the continent in international water law over the next five years. While launching the pilot programme on Aug. 3 in the …
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By Julius Businge The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has started the process of revising some clauses in the mining laws to attract the highly mobile capital and finance needed to establish a modern and viable mining industry. The laws in question are; the Mineral Policy, which was put …
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By Ronald Musoke Ugandans will only benefit from its oil and gas resources if the country’s Parliament comes up with a nationalistic oil and gas legal regime which is futuristic and inter-generational to ensure transparency and accountability. According to Arthur Benomugisha, the executive director of the Advocates Coalition on Development …
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By Bob Roberts Katende In light of the increasing road carnage, The Independent’s Bob Roberts Katende interviewed Police Commissioner for Traffic and Road Safety, Bazil Mugisha about the causes and the way forward. What explains the increasing accidents? Our situation has been bad for some time. I don’t remember anytime …
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