Uganda Emergency Appeal: UNHCR in Shs 170 billion fundraising drive to support latest influx of refugees into the country Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) together with 44 humanitarian organizations are appealing for close to Shs 170bn (US$48 million) to help them respond …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Key stakeholders of the Ugandan financial ecosystem have agreed to concrete steps to boost financial inclusion in the country. This commitment was announced at the end of a 2-day Scale2Save event in Kampala entitled “Building resilience and economic empowerment for women and youth” which …
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StarTimes FUFA Big League Kataka FC 2-3 Kyetume FC Blacks Power FC 2-1 Luweero United FC Ndejje University FC 5-0 Kitara FC Nyamityobora FC 0-5 Maroons FC Calvary FC vs MYDA FC (MYDA FC never showed up) Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Blacks Power, Maroons, and Kyetume FC have …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Finance says the budget for the financial year 2022/2023 will mainly focus on addressing health and economic challenges presented by the COVID-19 global pandemic, among other key issues. Presenting a statement to the Budget Committee on Wednesday, 27 April 2022, the Minister of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Attorney General Kiwanuka Kiroywa and Finance Minister Matia Kasaija have defended the controversial coffee contract between the Government and the Italian investor that has ruffled feathers since last month. While appearing before the parliamentary committee on Trade, Tourism and Industry chaired by Mbarara city south …
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A woman’s woes give birth to a support network Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | For many couples, the inability to bear children is a tragedy. The combination of personal, interpersonal, social, and religious expectations brings a sense of failure, loss, and exclusion to those who are infertile. Relationships between …
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The bank’s next focus is on delivering on the priorities set under its new strategic plan Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Pan-African multilateral lender, African Export-Import Bank, recorded a 10% growth in profit for the year 2021 to $387.3 million, demonstrating a strong and resilient growth. The inclusion of …
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No funding for NAM and G77 gatherings- parliament report Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Two major international summits that were meant to happen in Kampala in the next one year will not happen after government failed to allocate them funding. The summits are the Non Aligned Movement (NAM) and …
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How it could slow Uganda’s ‘demographic dividend’ dreams Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Nancy Piloya, 18, is a teenager who got pregnant during the 2020 lockdown. When Piloya, who is from Nwoya District in the Acholi sub-region of northern Uganda discovered she was pregnant, she ran away from home and …
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Educated Ugandans can’t see they don’t need a perfect policy environment to become prosperous THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | There are two suffocating beliefs among the vast majority of educated Ugandans. The first is that a university degree (does not) just provide someone an opportunity to search …
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