Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The business community is teaming up with the governments and the East African Community to promote Contract Farming as a way of boosting the food sector and farmers’ incomes in the region. Whether the idea will be successful and how long it will take, is …
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How pride, Kabagambe’s ghost, and Chinese investors sealed his fate Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On July 03, the sacked former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Stephen Isabalija swung the first blow in a fight that would live him jobless. He unilaterally cancelled an MoU the government …
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The Auditor General John Muwanga has demanded for Shs5billion to carry out a specialized audit on the quality of construction of Uganda’s multibillion hydropower projects; Karuma and Isimba in the next financial year 2017/2018. Muwanga told Parliament’s finance committee that his office was tasked with conducting an audit on the …
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Finance PS controls government purse, but new Energy PS has Museveni’s ear A stealth fight is brewing between new Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary, Stephen Isabalija, and veteran Secretary to the treasury, Keith Muhakanizi, with insiders saying it threatens to hurt implementation of government projects worth billions of shillings, if not …
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President Yoweri Museveni has dropped long serving ambassador James Mugume from the Foreign Affairs ministry and moved Eng. Kabagambe-Kaliisa from Energy Ministry to the position of presidential adviser as he named a new list of Permanent Secretaries today. He confirmed Dr Diana Atwiine as the new Health Ministry permanent secretary, moving …
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