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Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United: Anthony Gordon’s strike seals the three points against limp Red Devils for the hosts but Nick Pope is taken off to compound Eddie Howe’s injury woes

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Views: 0 Re-live the action from Saturday night’s Premier League clash at St James’ Park Nick Pope’s shoulder issue adds to a long list of senior injured stars for hosts Manchester United in a mess – they have a collapse in them – It’s All Kicking Off Manchester United were forced to travel here by bus. They duly […]

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“Embrace good farming practices and mechanized agriculture to increase productivity”-Mao tells excited northerners

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Views: 0 Mao who represented President Yoweri Museveni  made the plea while commissioning the agricultural mechanization equipment at Namalere National Agricultural Referral Mechanization Centre on Friday. Leaders from West Nile, Acholi, and Lango sub-regions  were all smiles  after receiving several tractors. Twenty-seven large tractors, costing 3.24 billion shillings, and 326 walking mechanized tractors, costing 8.15

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Kampala,Uganda:Nyombi Thembo formally takes over office as new UCC Executive Director

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Views: 0 The former Minister of State for ICT, Mr Nyombi Thembo was Friday formally handed the office as the new Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) replacing Eng Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo who held the position in acting capacity over the last years. Speaking shortly after assuming office, Thembo hailed his predecessor for steering

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IFAD launches innovative financing mechanism to support small-scale food producers to adapt to climate change in Eastern Africa

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Views: 0 Dubai, 2 December 2023 – Following the recent release of data confirming a sharp global decline in climate finance dedicated to adaptation efforts, the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and partners have today unveiled a new financing mechanism to boost support to small-scale food producers in rural communities in Kenya, Rwanda,

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Hasten regulations for Sports Act –Ugandan MPs

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Views: 0 Legislators have appealed to the Ministry of Education and Sports to expedite the formulation of regulations that will operationalize the National Sports Act, 2022 to help facilitate proper management of the country’s sports federations. The MPs, who were responding to a statement by the State Minister for Sports, Hon. Peter Ogwang, on the

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‘Uganda is secure, ready for CSPOC’-Speaker Anita Among Magogogo Nnalongo

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Views: 0 Speaker, Anita Among, interacts with diplomats after their meeting at Parliament on Friday 1 December 2023.Photo by Parliament Of Uganda. Uganda is fully prepared, secure and ready to host the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, has told Heads of Mission and

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Cut taxes on cooking gas to save our forests, Speaker Among urges govt

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Views: 2 Story and Photos by Eric Dominic Bukenya/Office of the Speaker Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has appealed to the government to consider reducing taxes on Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) as a safer alternative to traditional fossil fuels such as charcoal that she says have proven disastrous to the environment. Recent reports reveal a

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Kampala,Uganda:MPs calls for tax reduction on cooking gas

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Views: 1 Members of Parliament have asked for a revision of the import tax on cooking gas if government is to succeed in combating deforestation and charcoal burning. Legislators said that currently, the cost of gas used in cooking is expensive and will continuously encourage forest degradation. “Whereas there was a pronouncement by the government

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Kampala,Uganda:Govt earning big from fish maw exports – URA

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Views: 1 Officials from Uganda Revenue Authourity appearing before the House Committee on Agriculture on Thursday 30 November 2023 Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has reported a significant increase in tax revenue from fish maw exports since the introduction of an eight percent export levy under the Fish (Amendment) Act 2021. Officials from the Uganda Revenue

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Kampala,Uganda:New sugarcane millers’ licenses invalid, says Deputy Attorney General

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Views: 1 The Minister of State for Trade (Cooperatives), Hon. Frederick Ngobi Gume (left) and the Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi, before the Committee on Tourism, Trade and Industry on Thursday 30 November 2023 Licenses that were granted to millers after the enforcement of the Sugar Act, 2020 are void, the Deputy Attorney General,

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