Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority has raised the cost for gorilla trekking permits to USD 800 per person, up from presently USD 700 effective July 1, 2024. East African foreign residents will have to pay USD 700 per person, up from presently 600 US Dollars per person …
Read More »Gov’t asked to extend ban on charcoal production permits beyond Gulu
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Gulu District have tasked the government to extend the ban on the issuance of documents facilitating the commercial production, trade, and movement of charcoal to all districts in the Acholi Sub-region. Their call follows a directive issued by the State Minister for Environment …
Read More »Changes to clearance for staff working in shifts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has offered new guidance for government departments and agencies, private companies and service providers listed as essential. On Thursday last week, the works ministry started an automatic renewal of the electronic movement permits for essential workers after the expiry of 14 …
Read More »Sugarcane farmers petition Kadaga over failure to get permits
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugarcane farmers from Luuka district have petitioned the speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga over their failure to get permits to sell their cane. The over 300 contract farmers were given a go ahead by both Mayuge sugar and Kakira Sugar to grow sugarcane then sell it …
Read More »Sugarcane out growers sruggle to acquire selling permits from SCOUL
Kayunga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 300 out-growers in Kayunga district are stuck with their canes after failing to acquire selling and transportation permits from the Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited-SCOUL. SCOUL introduced the system of giving out loans to farmers who wanted to start growing sugarcane in 2001 …
Read More »KCCA to process construction permits online
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Real estate developers will have to apply for construction permits from Kampala Capital City Authority on online effective 2018. Moses Kanuniira, the Director of Physical Planning at KCCA said online permit processing has been tested in other sectors such as transport and it is time …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Works Ministry halts issuing permits till September
THIS WEEK: Works Ministry halts issuing permits till September Drivers who had applied for new driving permits will have to use temporary documents until Sept.10 as the Ministry of works through Face Technologies, a permit issuing company have halted the printing to give way for routine maintenance of the system. …
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