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Government launches new National Physical Development Plan

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has launched a 20-year National Physical Development Plan aimed at ensuring that the whole of Uganda is a physical planning area. The plan (NPDP) for the period 2021 to 2040 is funded by the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The …

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Uganda, South Sudan agree on border cooperation

Uganda & South Sudan have underscored the shared commitment to bolster cross-border trade with a focus on streamlining clearance processes & enhancing security measures. SPECIAL REPORT | THE INDEPENDENT | Government officials, trade representatives from Uganda and South Sudan have agreed to strengthen cross-border trade relations and fostering regional integration. This …

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EAC minister: Deploy Kiswahili language teachers

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has ample manpower to teach the Kiswahili language, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Affairs, Rebecca Kadaga, has assured Parliament. She, however, revealed that the biggest challenge is in deployment of the teachers. The teaching of Kiswahili is intended to …

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Cecilia Atim Ogwal dead

Lira, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former UPC Iron Lady commonly known as Imat Cecilia in Lango, Cecilia Ogwal is dead. The Speaker of Parliament, Anita Annet Among has confirmed the death of the Dokolo Woman MP who for long served as a Member of Parliament for Lira Municipality Cecilia Ogwal …

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Kadaga attacks Kenya, South Sudan over trade

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Third Deputy Prime Minister, Rebecca Kadaga has attacked Kenya and South Sudan for frustrating Ugandan business operators with what she calls unfair trade practices. Speaking at the second two-day East African Business and Investment Summit and Expo 2023 at Speak Resort Munyonyo, Kadaga, also Uganda’s …

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EAC Council of Ministers question competence of EACJ

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The EAC Council of Ministers has called for the amendment of the regional treaty to allow new member states who came after it was created, to nominate judges who can represent them at the Court of Justice based in Arusha, Tanzania. The proposal was made …

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Leaders against Nyege Nyege festival are economic saboteurs: Kadaga

Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The first deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga has stressed that leaders fighting against the Nyege Nyege festival to start on Thursday at the Itanda falls in Butagaya sub county, Jinja district want to economically sabotage Busoga sub region. While representing President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at …

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Experts call for an end to non-tariff barriers, tax exemptions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority must collect 2 trillion shillings in less than 10 days left to the end of the financial year, but the tax body is worried of emerging cross-border conflicts between neighbors. This is one of the challenges that the East African countries are …

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Ugandans must tap into DRC opportunities – MPs

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Legislators have welcomed the admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into the East African Community (EAC), saying that the development provides huge economic benefits to the country. They were responding to the statement by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African …

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