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VIDEO: Regional E-Cargo tracking system launched in Kampala

VIDEO: Uganda, Kenya and Rwanda have  agreed to monitor cargo movement using the Electronic Cargo Tracking System from the port of Mombasa in a move aimed at curbing cargo theft and tax evasion along the northern corridor. Uganda Revenue Authority Commissioner General Doris Akol says the innovation will help the private …

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VIDEO: Buganda caucus land meeting turns rowdy as ministers square off

VIDEO: There was drama after two ministers nearly fought during a fiery Buganda parliamentary Caucus meeting in Kampala. The scuffle started when ICT state minister Aida Nantaba compared Lands State Minister Persis Namugwanya to a Local Council 1 chairperson during debate on stopping the rampant land evictions witnessed in Buganda kingdom. …

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Museveni in Dar as Uganda eyes alternative routes to sea

President Yoweri Museveni is in Dar es Salaam to inspect improvements on Tanzania’s main port so that it can be used as an option for Uganda’s exports and imports. According to Augustine Mahiga, the Tanzania Minister for Foreign Affairs,  Museveni’s visit to the Dar es Salaam port was to encourage Ugandan businessmen to …

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Uganda, UK discuss declining exports and imports

Uganda is exporting and importing less from the UK, but their respective ministers in charge of trade are optimistic this can be changed for the benefit of both nations. Although the UK has a strong bilateral relationship and a significant development partnership with Uganda, trade between the two has slowed …

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UEGCL secures Norwegian expertise to boost solar energy capacity

Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) has struck a partnership with a Norwegian company W. Giertsen that will boost cooperation in the area of developing renewable energy projects. Officials of W.Giertsen Energy Solutions were in Kampala recently  to conclude a Memorandum of Understating (MOU), whose main objective is to outline how UEGCL will cooperate with the …

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URA launches electronic regional cargo tracking hub

The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has today launched three customs trade facilitation programmes that will improve the ease of doing business in Uganda and the East African Community, and also promote trade and Investment. The trade facilitation programmes funded by Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) will be used to monitor transit …

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India gives Uganda medical, IT support

India’s Vice-President Mohammed Hamid Ansari has announced his country’s offer of $3 million to boost the health sector. India has also agreed to share its experience and expertise in the IT sector. According to a statement at the end of Ansari’s 3-day visit, India has offered Uganda medicines worth $2 million and …

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VIDEO: Kamuli by-election set for April 12

VIDEO: The electoral commission has set April 12, 2017 as the polling date for Kamuli municipality by -elections and warns against possible electoral malpractice and use of hate speech during the exercise. According to the roadmap, the commission boss justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon said the exercise will commence on March 10, …

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VIDEO: Ghost claimants back in Uganda’s Ministry of Defence

VIDEO: It has now emerged that the then Gulu division commanders faked documents of lost animals during the LRA war and claimed compensation amounting to the tune of over sh2.9 billion. The money in question was paid to Christopher Kinyera who was by then Gulu division commander. In a heated meeting …

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