➡ Budget 2021/22 shs44.7 trillion ➡ domestic revenue 76.7% ➡ external revenue 23.3% ➡Domestic revenue, Shs.22,425 bn. ➡Domestic borrowing,Shs.2,943 bn ➡Petroleum Fund, Shs.200 bn. ➡Budget support, Shs.3,583 bn. ➡External financing for projects,Shs.6,868 bn. ➡Appropriation in Aid,Shs.212.4 bn. ➡Domestic debt refinancing,Shs 8,547bn. Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & PARLIMENT MEDIA | …
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✳ 10.20pm – 3000m SC Albert Chemutai 🇺🇬 ✳ 11.05pm – 1500m Winnie Nanyondo 🇺🇬 ✳ 11.23pm – 5000m Joshua Cheptegei 🇺🇬 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Long distance ace Joshua Cheptegei is confident he will beat the Wanda Diamond League meet record today as he continues his build up to the …
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📌 KEY APPOINTMENTS ✳ Vice President ─ JESSICA ALUPO (MAJ.RTD) ✳ Prime Minister ─ ROBINAH NABBANJA ✳ 1st Deputy Prime Minister ─ REBECCA KADAGA ✳ Attorney-General ─ KIRYOWA KIWANUKA ✳ Minister of Finance ─ MATIA KASAIJA 📌 CABINET in numbers ➡ Total number of Ministers – 80 ▶ Full Ministers …
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📌 KEY APPOINTMENTS ✳ Vice President ─ JESSICA ALUPO (MAJ.RTD) ✳ Prime Minister ─ ROBINAH NABBANJA ✳ 1st Deputy Prime Minister ─ REBECCA KADAGA ✳ Attorney-General ─ KIRYOWA KIWANUKA ✳ Minister of Finance ─ MATIA KASAIJA 📌 CABINET in numbers ➡ Total number of Ministers – 80 ▶ Full Ministers …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has sent his proposed names to fill the positions of Vice President and Prime Minister before Parliament for approval. They will be approved before the National budget is read on Thursday, sources say. Reliable sources indicate one of the two is …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Government has lifted the curfew to enable buses and taxi to travel late and ferry stranded students from Kampala. Additional transport means are now also being considered, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health Diana Atwine has announced. Hundreds of people are still stuck in various …
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Due to shortage, remaining doses to be used for priority groups like health workers and the elderly ✅ 748,676 vaccinated ✅ 964,000 doses received ✅ 475,000 doses expected Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Uganda has suspended mass vaccination against COVID-19 as the country waits to receive more vaccines from different sources, an official …
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Children reveal why they are not returning to school | THE INDEPENDENT | To limit the spread of Covid-19, President Yoweri Museveni ordered the closure of all schools on March 18, 2020. The closures affected an estimated 73,200 schools, more than 15 million students, and 548,000 teachers. In October 2020, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that his new team shall be of 80 people – that is cabinet and state ministers. Museveni who has just started the sixth term as the President of Uganda is expected to appoint his new Cabinet soon, for vetting …
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📌 KEY MEASURES ANNOUNCED ✳ Schools, higher institutions of learning closed for 42 days ✳ All teachers must get vaccinated ✳ Religious gatherings suspended ✳ Conferences suspended ✳ Marriage ceremonies, burials, parties maximum 20 people Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has closed all schools for 42 days, …
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