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No shine in Uganda’s gold

Vanishing mineral exports dent economic recovery Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s non-formal export sector has maintained a downward trajectory year-on-year, according to the latest July 2022 figures from Bank of Uganda (BoU). The effect has been a dent on the otherwise emerging signs of recovery in exports buoyed …

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Uganda Free Zones Scheme boost exports

Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The contribution of Uganda’s free zones to total exports jumped more than seven times to 1.247 billion dollars in 2020/2021 from the previous year’s exports. This is about one quarter of the country’s total exports for the year. The Uganda Free Zones Authority (UFZA)was created …

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Free Public Zone to be established at Entebbe Airport

    Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Free Zone Authority (UFZA) has today handed over a five acre piece of land to National Enterprise Corporation (NEC), the commercial arm of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), to embark on the initial phase of construction of a first …

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Wakiso land vendors refuse to refund UGX 7 Billion

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | Two registered owners of the disputed land in Wakiso district facing investigations at the Land Commission of Inquiry for selling to government land with encumbrances have refused to refund 7.4 Billion shillings paid to them. They are Paul Bukenya and Engineer Dick Lutaya, both …

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NEC signs deal to construct free zone at Entebbe Airport

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Free Zone Authority (UFZA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) to construct a public free port zone at Entebbe International Airport. NEC is the commercial arm of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF). The deal signed …

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