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New plan to manage disasters

DISASTER MANAGEMENT: Govt asks donors for Shs 10 trillion Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The government is designing a new disaster risk management plan and accompanying standard operating procedures guide, according to Rukiah Nakadama, the third Deputy Prime Minister. At a meeting held in Kampala on Sept.21, Nakadama told …

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EU resolution on EACOP

  ‘It’s engagement with the EU, not insults that will unlockUganda Oil project’ Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | As the fallout from the “emergency resolution” passed on Sept.15 by the European Parliament continues to rattle sections of Ugandans, one of the local civil society organisations that track developments in Uganda’s …

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Ebola Virus outbreak

‘We’re ready’ says Uganda COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Since Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola hemorrhagic fever in the country on Sept.20, it has moved swiftly to achieve three main objectives; reducing its spread, minimising number of deaths, and ensuring it does not spread to neighbouring countries. According …

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Caught off-guard by floods

What keeps Ugandans unprepared for the next disaster? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The eastern mountainous sub-region of Bugisu-Sebei is used to receiving more rainfall than most parts of Uganda. And the people there are used to seeing their homes, roads and gardens ruined as the rains batter the …

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Women on the move

IOM report says more women than men in East Africa leave home Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | One in two people who left their home countries in the East and Horn of Africa last year was a woman or girl according to a new report published Sept.8 by the …

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Uganda and Tanzania renew commitment to secure EACOP

The two countries are harmonizing relevant laws and approval processes to hasten pipeline construction Kamapala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Senior officials from Uganda’s petroleum authority (PAU) and Tanzania’s energy and water utilities regulatory authority (EWURA)—the agencies that have regulatory powers over the oil industry in the two countries—have renewed …

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