NEW VISION
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI DIRECTS FINANCE MINISTRY TO CAP INTEREST RATES
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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka, to guide the finance ministry in coming up with a way of capping the interest rates charged by moneylenders.
SPEAKER OUTLINES PARLIAMENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS IN PREVIOUS SESSION
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Summary: As part of its achievements in the previous session, the Speaker indicated that the 11th Parliament has made a tremendous improvement in the quality of legislative output.
GEN. KAINERUGABA DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH MALIAN, TANZANIAN COUNTERPARTS
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Summary: The Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has met his counterparts from Mali and Tanzania. They discussed military co-operation between Uganda and their respective countries.
CITIES, TOWN COUNCIL STAFF TO UNDERGO TRAINING
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Summary: The Government has started a programme to retrain all city and town council leaders to keep them abreast of the physical planning requirements of the country.
UGANDA, KOREA SIGN $500M LOAN AGREEMENT
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Summary: The Republic of Korea has signed a framework agreement for a $500m (about UGX.1.8 trillion) loan to Uganda for the years 2024 through 2028. The agreement was signed on Wednesday by finance minister Hon. Matia Kasaija on behalf of Uganda, together with the Korean foreign affairs minister, Cho Tae-yul. The loan will be provided by the Korean Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) through the Korea EXIM Bank.
DAILY MONITOR
POPULATION COUNCIL UNVEILS NATIONAL DATA BANK
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Summary: The National Population Council yesterday unveiled a National Data Bank, which will house information on health, the economy, education, and other sectors to guide infrastructure development decisions.
