Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has appealed to the government to provide more funds to the Electoral Commission to enable it to carry out civic education ahead of the 2026 elections. Local election observers during the 2021 general election highlighted the lack of civic education as …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has urged government to expeditiously release funds for donor-funded projects whose activities are ongoing. The directive follows the presentation of a report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on unspent balances and the position of the Consolidated Fund as of 30 …
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Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a multi-purpose Health Science Laboratory Building at Muni University has stalled for nearly five years. In March 2019, the university signed a contract with Kisinga Construction Company for the second phase of the construction, with a planned completion date in 2022. However, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators on a House committee have accused Nakasongola District leaders of conniving with officials from the finance ministry of inflating budgets, thereby causing funds to be returned to the Consolidated Fund. The district leaders were appearing before the Public Accounts Committee- Local Government on Thursday, …
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How the IMF Resilience and Sustainability Facility and innovative climate finance can lessen challenges COMMENT | ALI MANSOOR & AWA MBAYE | African countries have been encouraged to seek alternative funding schemes to tackle climate change impacts whose effects have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian-Ukrainian war, geopolitical fragmentation, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators tasked the Ministry of Finance to prioritise funding of the elections for Local Councils I, II and the women’s councils. The MPs’ demands were made during the plenary sitting on Wednesday, 12 July 2023. Hon. Susan Amero (Indep., Amuria District Woman Representative) said that …
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Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Funds locked up in Uganda’s commercial courts as a result of financial disputes have risen to Shs 8 trillion negatively impacting investments, according to the Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Norbert Mao. In 2021, the funds locked up in unresolved disputes before Commercial Court Division …
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Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parish Development Model-PDM beneficiaries in Kasese district have been discouraged from investing money into cotton growing. Kasese district is one of the leading producers of cotton in the entire country but the State Minister of ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Kabyanga says that cotton growing …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is in trouble over the utilization of 527 billion Shillings meant for the Rural Electrification Agency-REA. REA was absorbed by the mother ministry following the rationalization of government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies – MDAs, a move aimed at …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Napak district has started disbursement of the 3.1 billion Shillings Parish Development Model-PDM funds to 558 SACCOs. At least 25 million Shillings has already been distributed to 25 beneficiaries in Nakichumet parish in Matany Sub County as they plan to roll out to other parishes. …
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