“Government will do everything in its power to facilitate all Potential Investors to set up businesses in Uganda” The Premier said. Nabbanja says that Uganda is an investment hub in East and central Africa and outlined the comparative advantage Uganda has in Africa. The Premier said that Uganda exported to the EU goods worth 800 […]
Banjul, 7 March 2024 – Today, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), launched the Africa Integrated Climate Risk Management Programme (AICRM): Strengthening Smallholder Farmers’ Resilience to Climate Change Impacts, with a workshop in Banjul, The Gambia. Dr Jyotsna Puri, Associate Vice-President of the Strategy and Knowledge Department (SKD) at IFAD, joined over 60 participants,
International Women’s Day 2024: Follow the joint FAO, IFAD and WFP celebration to see why investing in rural women is central to achieving our Sustainable Development Goals Rome, 07 March 2024 – Investing in gender equality and women’s empowerment is not only more urgent than ever but also an incredibly smart investment to generate economic
The Chairperson (UWOPA) Sarah Opendi (Woman MP for Tororo) says although there is economic empowerment for women, they continue to suffer Sexually Gender Based Violence (SGBV) and alarming teenage pregnancy in these districts registering over 2000 cases of teenage pregnancies just in a year, with the worst being a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 14-year-old
Sarah Achieng Opendi has been denied a visa to attend the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York Ugandan MP Sarah Achieng Opendi, who advocated for castrating homosexuals, was denied a US visa to attend a UN meeting in New York due to her support for anti-LGBTQ+ laws. The
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An extensive report by the Committee on Information, Communication Technology and National Guidance (ICT) has swayed Members of Parliament (MPs) into supporting for the increased funding to the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). The report, presented by Hon. Tony Ayoo, the committee’s deputy chairperson and also MP for Kwania County, investigated the general performance of UBC,
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The finance ministry is undertaking consultations that will lead to amendment of the Public Finance Management Act, 2015 to effectively cater for the budgeting process through the Legislature. The revelation was made by the Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi, during a plenary sitting held on Tuesday,
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The Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa, directed the Government Chief Whip to convene a multi-sectoral meeting involving relevant stakeholders to comprehensively discuss nodding syndrome and report back to Parliament within one month. Relevant stakeholders identified include the Ministry of Health, Office of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, the Acholi Parliamentary Group,
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The Committee of Science, Technology and Innovation has urged the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Monicah Musenero, to revive the sericulture project that government was financing. Sericulture, which involves cultivating silkworms and extracting silk from them, is projected to out-compete coffee as a leading foreign exchange earner for the country, according to Musenero.
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The Head of the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) Edith Nakalema and Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) CEO Proscovia Nabbanja in a group photo after joint Press briefing on the Investments on the Oil and Gas sector in Uganda, this function took place at the SHIPU offices in Kampala on the 6th March 2024.
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