TITLE: FIRST LADY PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CHEPTEGEI FAMILY, CELEBRATES UGANDA ON FEASSA WINS
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Summary: The Minister of Education and Sports, who is also the First Lady, Hon. Janet Museveni has pledged to collaborate with the family of the late Rebecca Cheptegei to ensure her body is returned to Uganda for burial at her father’s home.
TITLE: GOVERNMENT KICKS LANDLORDS OUT OF PUBLIC MARKETS
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Summary: After years of landlords subletting lockups and stalls in public markets at inflated rates, the Government has finally removed them and handed over the spaces to vendors. This change affects over 20,000 vendors nationwide.
TITLE: UGANDA ALLOCATED 2,000 MPOX VACCINE DOSES
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Summary: The African Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has allocated 2,000 doses of vaccines to Uganda to protect up to 1,000 people against Mpox. The MVA-BA is a two-dose regimen recommended for use in adults. The MVA+BN vaccine is undergoing emergency use licensure by World Health Organisation (WHO) and clearance by the National Drug Authority (NDA), so as to be used in Uganda.
TITLE: FUEL PRICES REDUCE AS GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS GRIP ON IMPORTATION
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Summary: A number of fuel dealers are heeding government’s call to reduce fuel prices. The Energy Ministry recently rallied fuel dealers to reduce pump prices, saying failure to comply would prompt capping pump prices. The Government wants the fuel pump prices to drop to UGX. 5,000 or below.
TITLE: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI WANTS LAWS GOVERNING CIVIL SERVANTS CHANGED
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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has asked National Resistance Movement (NRM) legislators to support his proposal to amend laws governing civil servants, as a way of improving service delivery. The President noted that he does not agree with the argument that ministries are incapable of managing the huge task ahead, because their staff are permanent and pensionable, arguing that the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), who are also permanent and pensionable, are doing well.
TITLE: WORLD BANK, URA DISCUSS REVENUE ADMINISTRATION REFORMS
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Summary: Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi has engaged in discussions with a high-level delegation from the World Bank, Led by Dr Verena Maria Fritz, the Lead Governance Specialist. The meeting centred on critical reform efforts in Uganda’s revenue administration and the challenges hindering progress.
TITLE: GOVERNMENT TO REVAMP NORTHERN UGANDA CATTLE ECONOMY
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Summary: The Government has announced plans to revamp the 165 square mile Aswa Ranch, in a bid to revive the cattle economy in Northern Uganda. The plan was revealed by the Minister for Northern Uganda, Hon. Kenneth Omona during the recent Parliamentary sitting in Gulu City.
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TITLE: UGANDA AIRLINES TO MARK 5TH BIRTHDAY WITH NEW ROUTES
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Summary: This month, the national carrier, Uganda Airlines will make five years of spreading its wings across the East African region, India, West Africa, and the United Arab Emirates. The fifth birthday will coincide with the launch of three more routes this week to Abuja in Nigeria, Lusaka, and Harare.
