NEWVISION
GOVERNMENT PLANS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY POLICE TO CURB PIRACY
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SUMMARY: The Government plans to establish a Police unit dedicated Intellectual Property (IP) to deal with cases of piracy, copyright infringement and unauthorized use of creative works across the country.
TORORO, BUNDIBUGYO TO BE SPLIT INTO NEW DISTRICTS
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SUMMARY: The Government plans to elevate Tororo Municipality to a city status and split Tororo District into three new Districts: Mukuju, Mulanda and Kisoko. Similarly, the government resolved to carve Bughendera District out of Bundibugyo, a decision aimed at decentralising services and addressing long-standing ethnic tensions.
FIRST LADY HAILS ESTONIA ON UGANDA’S E-LEARNING
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SUMMARY: The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, has hailed the Estonian Centre for International Development (ESTDEV) for its active role in supporting Uganda’s education sector.
PRESIDENT MUSEVENI PROBES FALSE TRAFFIC FINES
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SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni has promised to stop the unfair traffic penalties known as Fine Issuance System (FIS), an automated version of the Express Penalty Scheme (EPS) that was recently enforced against motorists exceeding speed limits. He promised to waive off the accumulated fines.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS TAXPAYERS FINAL AMNESTY
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SUMMARY: The Government has granted final tax amnesty through the waiver of interest and penalty on any outstanding principal tax to enable struggling businesses to recover from the economic hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
GOVERNMENT DONATES ONE SQUARE MILE TO MAKERERE
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SUMMARY: As part of the effort to modernise Uganda’s agriculture, the Government has donated a square mile of land (640 acres) in Banda sub-county, Kyankwanzi District to Makerere University for research purposes.
SPORTS
SCHOOLS MUST HAVE FIELDS- PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
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SUMMARY: For Uganda’s schools, academics is often the only priority. President Yoweri Museveni insists that is no longer acceptable. “No school should be licensed without a sports field,” warned the Head of State during last Wednesday’s dinner with the Uganda Cranes at Entebbe.
