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CDF URGES SPEEDY COMPLETION OF UPDF HEADQUARTERS
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SUMMARY: The Chief of Defense Forces (CDF), Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has urged the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) Engineers Brigade to expedite the construction of the new Ministry of Defense and Veteran Affairs (MODVA) headquarters, demanding that the two buildings be completed within the next 11 months.
ILLEGAL DRUG TRADE TO ATTRACT TOUGH PENALTIES
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SUMMARY: The government has set tough penalties for companies and individuals involved in illegal manufacturing, distribution and sale of unauthorised drugs and other health products.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI DONATES UGX. 500 MILLION TO MOTHERS’ UNION SACCOS
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SUMMARY: President Museveni has injected Ugx. 500 million seed capital into the Buganda Mothers’ Union Savings Credit and Co-operative Society in a bid to economically empower women through church structures.
GOVERNMENT CREATES NEW NATIONAL PARKS
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SUMMARY: In a bid to protect biodiversity, Uganda has created six new wildlife parks in different parts of the country. The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities is working with Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to determine the boundaries of the parks, which will be presented in Parliament for final approval.
