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TITLE: Kenya To Extend Oil Pipeline To Kampala.
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Summary: Uganda and Kenya yesterday agreed to extend the oil import pipeline from Eldoret city in western Kenya to Kampala.
TITLE: MPS APPROVES TAX ON PETROL AND DIESEL
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Summary: Parliament has approved the Excise Duty Amendment Bill 2024, rejecting a tax increase on kerosene of UGX.300 and lowering the tax on opaque beer made from local materials. MPs yesterday approved an increase in taxes on petrol and diesel of UGX 100.
Title: CENSUS: 30 DISTRICTS AT 80%, SAYS UBOS
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Summary: About 30 districts have registered above 80% in the ongoing National Census Enumeration Exercise, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) has reported. According to the statistics body, the national average stood at 60.2% out of the over 10.4 million households they intend to cover in 10 days.
TITLE: GOVERNMENT PROCURES ROAD EQUIPMENT WORTH UGX. 34.6 BILLION FOR 14 NEW DISTRICTS
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Summary: The Prime Minister, Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, has handed over road equipment to 14 new districts to enable them to maintain community access roads. The equipment, including a motor grader and a wheel loader, allotted to each district cost UGX. 34.6b and was procured using funds provided by the government through the Works and Transport Ministry.
Title: PACEID MEETS CORPORATE COUNCIL ON AFRICA
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Summary: The Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) delegation on a tour of the US has met the leadership of the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) in a drive to boost Ugandan exports to the US market.
