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KASAIJA: Uganda’s economy has taken off

How the Uganda budget resource for FY2025/26 are allocated 1⃣ Wages & Salaries – Shs 8.57 trillion 2⃣ Non-Wage Recurrent Expenditure—Shs 28.33 trillion (includes operations, wealth creation funds, science & tech, education & health grants, medicines, infrastructure maintenance, and interest payments) 3⃣ Development Expenditure – Shs 18.24 trillion 4⃣ Domestic …

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Air India plane with 242 people onboard crashes

NEW DELHI | Xinhua|  An Air India flight to London with 242 people on board, including two pilots and 10 cabin crew members, crashed Thursday shortly after takeoff from an airport in the western Indian state of Gujarat, officials said. The flight took off from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International …

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🟥BREAKING: Automated Express Penalty System suspended

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Works and Transport has announced that it has suspended the automated Express Penalty System (EPS Auto), “following a comprehensive review.” Minister Gen Katumba Wamala will brief the press Thursday morning and detail the way forward. In their statement, the Ministry of Works …

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Uganda among world’s top 10 neglected crises

Introverted, nationalistic donor policies are worsening the neglect of people in crisis and displacement-report COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Uganda is Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country, and continues to serve as the region’s pressure valve, absorbing the fallout from multiple neighbouring displacement crises. However, its ongoing struggle to fend for close …

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