Bunyangabu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bunyangabu district leaders have asked the government to decentralize the procurement process. Speaking at the district’s budget conference on Wednesday, the leaders argued that they have returned to the treasury billions of unspent balances from the last two financial years due to the bureaucratic procurement …
Read More »Four districts in Teso added on list of SAGE beneficiaries
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four other districts in Teso sub region have been added to the Social Assistance Grants and Empowerment- SAGE program. The districts include Bukedea, Ngora, Serere and Soroti. They are among the 14 more districts that were added on the list of SAGE program countrywide. …
Read More »Elderly persons to receive UGX 150,000 to mitigate COVID-19 dent
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Persons aged 80 years and above across the country will receive a one-time payment of 150,000 Shillings to cushion them from the economic hardships occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala, Peace Mutuzo, the State Minister for Gender …
Read More »Counting the losses: COVID-19 costs artistes Sh150 billion
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Artistes across the creative value chain have lost at least sh150 billion in income in the last two months of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic. The loss covers those in creation, production, distribution and marketing. According to the Ministry of Gender, Labour and …
Read More »Wakiso district tops in violence cases against children
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Wakiso has topped the districts with the highest cases of violence against children, according to reports by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development. Out of the 1967 cases reported between January and April 2020, 934 cases were in Wakiso district, followed by …
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