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Kadaga attacks Kenya, South Sudan over trade

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Third Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga has attacked Kenya and South Sudan for frustrating Ugandan business operators with what she calls unfair trade practices. Speaking at the second two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 at Speak Resort Munyonyo, Kadaga, also Uganda’s …

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EAC Council of Ministers question competence of EACJ

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Council of Ministers has called for the amendment of the regional treaty to allow new member states who came after it was created, to nominate judges who can represent them at the Court of Justice based in Arusha, Tanzania. The proposal was made …

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Leaders against Nyege Nyege festival are economic saboteurs: Kadaga

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has stressed that leaders fighting against the Nyege Nyege festival to start on Thursday at the Itanda falls in Butagaya sub county, Jinja district want to economically sabotage Busoga sub region. While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at …

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Experts call for an end to non-tariff barriers, tax exemptions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority must collect 2 trillion shillings in less than 10 days left to the end of the financial year, but the tax body is worried of emerging cross-border conflicts between neighbors. This is one of the challenges that the East African countries are …

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Ugandans must tap into DRC opportunities – MPs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have welcomed the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC), saying that the development provides huge economic benefits to the country. They were responding to the statement by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African …

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State sovereignty threatening EAC treaty: Kadaga

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The East African Community is not delivering the required outcomes because the member states are prioritizing individual interests. The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister in charge of the East African Community-EAC, Rebecca Kadaga says the member states have put in place laws and rules that …

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Teachers petition gov’t over declining enrollment of French learners

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Association of Teachers of French in Uganda has petitioned the Ministry of East African Community Affairs to lobby for a functional foreign languages policy. The association, an umbrella body of over 300 French language speaking adherents, delivered their petition through the First Deputy Prime …

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French language a milestone for EAC unification agenda: Experts

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French language speakers in Uganda have welcomed the endorsement of French as the third official language of the East African Community-EAC. Currently, English and Swahili are the official languages under the Ugandan constitution. But the East Africa Community-EAC Council of Ministers has recommended the adoption of …

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