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Ugandan farmers are being urged to exercise proper grain management practices to improve the quality of grain produced in the market. According to Paul Ocuna a team leader at the Eastern Africa Grain Council, averagely 70% of all the grain that is produced by small holder farmers in the country doesn't meet the required standards [...]
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There was chaos at Wakiso Town council offices when councillors attempted to evict the Town Clerk, Livingstone Kasibante for alleged failure to implement lawful council decisions. During a council sitting yesterday the councillors turned violent, saying that ever since they were sworn in, they have never received the instrument of power to execute their mandate. [...]
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the government has no workable solution as yet for Ugandans stuck in Ukraine. The number of Ugandans stuck in Ukraine remains unknown. In a statement dated February 28, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says it is "closely following the evolving situation in Ukraine and specifically the conditions of Ugandan [...]
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More than 6000 Congolese nationals have so far crossed into Uganda since Uganda People's Defence Forces-UPDF and the Congolese army launched an offensive against the rebel Allied Democratic Forces. Hedwig Arinitwe, the acting commandant of Bubukwanga refugee transit centre in Bundibugyo district says the asylum seekers are from North Kivu in the DRC. The asylum [...]
The UPDF has sent yet another batch of peacekeepers to Somalia to replace an equal number of fighters who have been recalled from the battlefield after serving for one year. The group under Uganda Battle Group 35 was flagged off by the UPDF Chief of Defence Forces, Gen Wilson Mbadi at a function held at [...]
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Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA made over 1 billion shillings worth of irregular payments in the year ending June 2021. According to the Auditor General's report, KCCA spent more than 1.3 billion Shillings in overpayments and other irregular payments on different construction projects mostly roads funded under the Kampala Institutional Infrastructure Development Project II (KIIDP II). [...]
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Accounting officers in Central and Local Governments face sanctions for failure to utilize funds earmarked for staff recruitment. The Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Finance Ramathan Ggoobi, says that he has continuously observed that funds earmarked for staff recruitment are returned to the consolidated fund at end of the financial year resulting from delayed staff [...]
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The State Minister for Higher Education John Chrysostom Muyingo has cautioned parents against keeping school-going children at home. Muyingo says that those who fail to heed, risk arrest - Muyingo says he has received reports of many parents who are still failing to return children to school reportedly due to lack of school fees and [...]
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The China Communication and Construction Company (CCCC) has rejected claims that most of the employees working at the on going new cargo centre at Entebbe Airport are Chinese. The Country Director China Communication and Construction Company Joseph Biao said that 1000 workers used on this project are Ugandans and only 90 are Chinese. Mr. Biao [...]
Parliament has passed into law the Mining and Minerals Bill 2021. The bill seeks to convict individuals or corporate bodies for mining minerals in Uganda without a license. The perpetrators shall as well be fined Shs1Bn or face a five years jail term. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development had proposed to have a [...]
