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  • Focus on funding for food security

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 The Committee on Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has tasked the sector ministry to focus its budget priorities on food security. The committee Chairperson, Hon. Janet Okori-Moe said there...

  • Minister Magyezi calls for review of decentralisation policy

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 The Minister for Local Government, Hon. Raphael Magyezi has called for urgent review of Uganda's decentralisation policy which was implemented in 1992. Government introduced a decentralisation policy...

  • MPs reject proposed budget cuts in the tourism sector

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Members of Parliament have rejected the projected budget cuts in the tourism sector, saying it is a key contributor to foreign revenue and a remedy to debt burden. Legislators are dismayed that...

  • Number of detained persons inflated, says army

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 The Joint Chief of Staff of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda has said the number of detained persons circulated by activists is an exaggeration. Kyanda said that...

  • NSSF savings are secure- Musasizi

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 The State Minister for Finance (General Duties), Hon. Henry Musasizi has affirmed that savings in the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) are safe. Musasizi made this assurance as he appeared...

  • ‘Build chancery in Kigali’

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Uganda's High Commissioner to Kigali, Ambassador Robert Rusoke has called for construction of a chancery building in Kigali in bid to reduce on the cost of rent. Rusoke made this request while...

  • Prioritise Police budgetary needs, MPs task Minister

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 Lawmakers on the Committee of Defence and Internal Affairs have tasked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prioritise the budgetary needs of the Uganda Police Force. The Members of Parliament were...

  • PPP Unit appeals for Shs 5 billion for feasibility studies

    Posted: 17 Jan 2023 The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Unit in the finance ministry has called for more investment in feasibility studies and public-private partnerships to ensure value for money in project...

  • Opposition adopts new budget approach

    Posted: 16 Jan 2023 The Opposition in Parliament is adopting a new approach to the National Budget moving away from responding to the government's propositions to developing a completely different alternative national...

  • NMS seeks Shs298 billion to counter decline in donor funding

    Posted: 11 Jan 2023 The National Medical Stores (NMS) is seeking Shs 298 billion to offset the projected funding gaps arising from the declining donor funding. NMS General Manager, Moses Kamabare said that since donor...

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