➡ Budget 2021/22 shs44.7 trillion ➡ domestic revenue 76.7% ➡ external revenue 23.3% ➡Domestic revenue, Shs.22,425 bn. ➡Domestic borrowing,Shs.2,943 bn ➡Petroleum Fund, Shs.200 bn. ➡Budget support, Shs.3,583 bn. ➡External financing for projects,Shs.6,868 bn. ➡Appropriation in Aid,Shs.212.4 bn. ➡Domestic debt refinancing,Shs 8,547bn. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & PARLIMENT MEDIA | …
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Tororo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Because of new travel restrictions imposed to contain COVID-19, the second and last Tororo Broadcasting Network (TBN) fundraising drive will be held virtually on Saturday 12/06/2021. Set for the Kwar Adhola’s Palace in Tororo, the fundraising drive that starts 2.00pm was originally set to be …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday appointed his ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party’s secretary general, deputy and national treasurer as he moves to constitute the new government. Museveni, who was sworn in on May 12 for his sixth five-year term in office, named the …
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📌 KEY APPOINTMENTS ✳ Vice President ─ JESSICA ALUPO (MAJ.RTD) ✳ Prime Minister ─ ROBINAH NABBANJA ✳ 1st Deputy Prime Minister ─ REBECCA KADAGA ✳ Attorney-General ─ KIRYOWA KIWANUKA ✳ Minister of Finance ─ MATIA KASAIJA 📌 CABINET in numbers ➡ Total number of Ministers – 80 ▶ Full Ministers …
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📌 KEY APPOINTMENTS ✳ Vice President ─ JESSICA ALUPO (MAJ.RTD) ✳ Prime Minister ─ ROBINAH NABBANJA ✳ 1st Deputy Prime Minister ─ REBECCA KADAGA ✳ Attorney-General ─ KIRYOWA KIWANUKA ✳ Minister of Finance ─ MATIA KASAIJA 📌 CABINET in numbers ➡ Total number of Ministers – 80 ▶ Full Ministers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has sent his proposed names to fill the positions of Vice President and Prime Minister before Parliament for approval. They will be approved before the National budget is read on Thursday, sources say. Reliable sources indicate one of the two is …
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Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | French President Emmanuel Macron’s nation-wide tour was briefly interrupted Tuesday when a bystander slapped him across the face during a trip to southeast France, AFP has reported. His bodyguards quickly intervened before two people were arrested. Videos emerged showing Macron moving away from his bodyguards to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has lifted the curfew to enable buses and taxi to travel late and ferry stranded students from Kampala. Additional transport means are now also being considered, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Diana Atwine has announced. Hundreds of people are still stuck in various …
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Due to shortage, remaining doses to be used for priority groups like health workers and the elderly ✅ 748,676 vaccinated ✅ 964,000 doses received ✅ 475,000 doses expected Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official …
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Brussels, Belgium | XINHUA | The European Commission is engaged in negotiations with third countries, such as the United Kingdom and the United States, on the mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said here on Monday. At a press conference following a meeting for the …
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