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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Thursday warned ministers and other senior government officials over what she described as leakage of confidential government documents. “Leakage of confidential government documents to the public could affect the performance of the government,” said President Hassan when she …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees Eng. Hillary Onek is shocked by the existence of a new land title that was fraudulently processed on the seven square mile piece of land that government secured to resettle the 1,780 people. Government acquired the vast …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The amount of crude oil so far discovered is six billion barrels, down from 6.5 billion barrels, the Uganda government has announced. Of the six billion barrels, the amount recoverable has also been put at 1.4 billion barrels, down from the initial range of between …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Electrical Controls and Switchgear (ECS) limited, a local company that has ventured into manufacturing transformers has called for government assistance in penetrating the market. James Kalibbala, the managing director of ECS says they ventured into manufacturing of transformers last year, however, they have so far …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports is to support the Busoga Education Initiative, which aims at improving the education standards in the sub region. The revelation was made by the Minister of State for Education, Rosemary Seninde at a meeting of the Busoga Parliamentary Group …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Relief and Disaster Preparedness State Minister, Musa Ecweru has blasted leaders from Bugisu region for allegedly misleading government on the issues of landslide victims. According to Ecweru, the leaders from Bugisu including Members of Parliament have been frustrating government interventions to support the mudslide …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has accused government of failing to implement proposals they present during budgeting process. Speaking at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperative annual sector review, Moses Ogwal, the director policy advocacy at Private Sector Foundation said government usually accepts …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cabinet has directed the Ministry of Finance to release 32.75 billion shillings to facilitate the relocation of 6,300 people at high risk of landslides in Bududa to Bulambuli district. At least 43 people were last week killed and over 800 displaced when mudslides swept Bukalasi, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Director Uganda Media Centre, Shaban Bantariza said the decision was approved by cabinet yesterday during its weekly meeting. The borrowing was approved to support the strengthening of social risk management and gender-based violence (GBV) prevention and response project. The loan is required to …

Agreement seen as a key step towards the construction of $4bn facility Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 10, Uganda moved closer to building a $4bn oil refinery in Hoima following the signing of an agreement between the government and a consortium of companies led by U.S giant, General …