NEW VISION
URA EXCEEDS REVENUE TARGET FOR AUGUST
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Summary: Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has announced a surplus in revenue collections for August, exceeding its target of UGX. 2.3 trillion. In a statement, URA said the net revenue collection for last month was UGX. 2,345.04B (UGX. 2.345 trillion), surpassing the target by UGX. 28.19B, which represents a performance rate of 101.22%.
GOVERNMENT HOLDS CAPITATION GRANTS OVER GHOST LEARNERS
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Summary: As the third term starts today, schools under the Universal Primary Education (UPE) and Universal Secondary Education (USE) programmes, will wait a little longer to access their capitation grants. Senior government officials have revealed that the capitation grants for the third term will delay until the number of beneficiaries are physically verified with those in the Education Management Information System (EMIS).
UGANDA SCOOPS AWARD AT CHINA TOURISM EXPO
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Summary: Uganda has won the best organisation prize for showcasing its tourism potential at the China International Tourism Expo 2024 (CITIE 2024).
DAILY MONITOR
OLD MAN OF THE STATE
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Summary: President Museveni held a mega celebration of his 80th birthday yesterday. The festivities were held in Luweero District, the heartland of President Museveni’s five-year guerrilla bush war with a rag-tag force that shot him to power in 1986.
HOW GREATER KAMPALA WILL SHARE UGX. 2 TRILLION PROJECTS
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Summary: The Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area-Urban Development (GKMA-UDP) programme was officially launched by the Vice President, Hon. Rtd. Maj Jessica Alupo, in Kira Municipality, Wakiso District, on September 10. The UGX. 2.2 trillion programme is intended to reduce travel time through the provision of efficient transport and resilient infrastructure in GKMA and avail more decent working spaces to enhance job creation. This will be through upgrading strategic roads to tarmac, constructing drainage channels to reduce flooding and building several markets.
GOVERNMENT TAPS UGX. 370B FUNDING TO END KAMPALA WATER CRISIS
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Summary: The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has launched a UGX. 373 billion project aimed at improving water supply in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan area.
GOVERNMENT WARNS BROKERS AS 400 NAKASEKE TENANTS BATTLE EVICTION THREAT
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Summary: The government will take firm action against land brokers who violate the Land Act by causing panic and attempting to evict tenants protected by the law, Lands Minister Hon. Judith Nabakooba has warned.
