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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has met Russia’s Orthodox Church New Africa Exarchate Metropolitan Leonid Gorbachev of Klin who is in Africa on his maiden visit. In a press statement issued by the Presidential Press Unit, Museveni promised to support the church in preaching the word of God. “I follow Christ, so …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to provide land in Mbarara to prospective Indian Investors who are proposing to set up a factory that uses banana stems to produce liquid fertilizer, thread, cloth, and biogas. The President made the commitment on Friday while meeting the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker Anita Among Annet on Friday afternoon prorogued Parliament after discussions on the Annual Budget Estimates for FY 2022/23, marking the end of the First Session of the 11th House with effect from May 20th 2022. Parliament will reconvene next month when President Yoweri …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chinese doing business in Uganda have today engaged the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) seeking clarification on several tax administration concerns, most notably how to get tax exemptions. In the meeting with URA officials, the business community under the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Uganda SINOCHAM …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliamentarians have warned President Yoweri Museveni against entertaining any thoughts of a U-turn against the resolution of the House that endorsed the termination of the agreement between the Government and Uganda Vinci Coffee Company Limited – UVCCL. The Committee led by Mwine Mpaka Rwamirama, also …

  Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board and Jinja City Authority have concluded plans to develop Jinja as a gateway tourism city in the Eastern part of Uganda, executives said on May 19. The plans are a result of a meeting held between the UTB, Jinja City …

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated the need for Busoga University to teach marine engineering and related courses. He made the statement after commissioning 12 marine ambulances at the Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF marine base in Entebbe. The event took place on Friday, May …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has been tasked to recover the payment made to ROKO Construction totaling 15.72 billion Shillings irregularly paid in regard to the Nakawa-Naguru land. The payment is deemed irregular because claims by third parties against government were not allowed and ROKO could only claim …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The minister of state for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Asamo Grace Hellen has promised to support the idea of using a gender tool dubbed Gender Action Learning System (GALS) methodology as government moves to implement the Parish Development Model. This methodology was developed in …

Recurrent expenditure ✳️ Ministry of Finance Shs2.3 trillio, ✳️ Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs Shs1.2 trillion ✳️ Lands, Housing and Urban Development Shs503 billion Development expenditure ✳ Defence Shs2.3 trillion ✳ Ministry of Health Shs1.4 trillion ✳ Energy gets Shs1.4 trillion ✳ Uganda National Roads Authority Shs2.5 trillion Kampala, …