Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Cultural institutions in Acholi and Bunyoro sub regions are calling for protection of their heritage inside Murchison Falls National Park as Uganda moves into the development of oil production facilities. The two kingdoms say that they possess valuable cultural sites and heritage materials inside the …
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COMMENT | GARD BENDA | On Nov. 12, hundreds of people turned up at the headquarters of Buliisa and Nwoya districts to participate in the public hearing for the Tilenga Project Environment and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) study done by AECOM Uganda Ltd on behalf of the Tilenga Project partners. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A storm is brewing in over a name adopted for the Total’s oil northern Albertine Graben project located in Buliisa and Nwoya district. Total Exploration Uganda faces off with local opponents angered over the project name Tilenga. The name Tilenga is derived from two local …
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The African Insurance Agency will support solar PV, hydro, wind, geothermal, biomass and cogeneration technologies Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The multilateral insurer, African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), will provide up to US$10million as financial protection to new small and medium-sized renewable energy projects in Uganda to facilitate their smooth …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Albertine Graben Refinery Consortium (AGRC) posted a commitment bond of USD 2 million (over 7.4 billion Shillings) before it signed the Project Framework Agreement with the government for the oil refinery. Emerging information from the Directorate of Petroleum at the Ministry of Energy indicates …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ambassador Patrick Mugoya has hailed Japan’s cooperation with Uganda, which he says is best shown in Jinja with the partnership building of the magnificent new Jinja bridge. Mugoya, who is the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), stressed that resource mobilization, increase of Ugandan content, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beer Maker, Uganda Breweries Limited in partnership with the National Forestry Authority (NFA) and Rotary Uganda is extending Shs 205 million towards a five year tree planting initiative aimed at restoring forest cover within Lake Victoria catchment areas covering over 200 hectares. While handing over …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | On Sept. 26, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) broke the ground to construct 2, 740 housing units in Lubowo – about 16 kilometers away from Kampala city. The new project is being constructed on the 565 acres of land and it is a build …
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By Stephen Kafeero U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the feed the future commodity production and Marketing Activity in Uganda. The projects will be implemented in 34 feed the future focus districts and aims to reach 400,000 farmers. The districts were selected using several criteria including their production …
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By Julius Businge The National Information Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U) has developed the National IT Project Management Methodology to provide guidance on how to manage and provide advice on IT projects to government. The agency’s Executive Director James Saaka said at the launch of the project on June 28 at …
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