The Village Savings and Loan Associations have between 15-30 members, who save between 10,000 and 40,000 Shillings every month. The money is either banked in the group account or stored in a wooden box kept in one of the executive member’s homes.
Read more ...According to a performance report by the Nascent Research and Development Organization- NRDO-U, the implementers of the program in the selected districts, the intervention covered up to 1,626 households in the coffee and tea commercial farming value chains. From this report, 1,620 of the rescued children were male and 1,726 females aged between 5 to 13 years.
Read more ...Stella Olimi, the head of the Chattel Securities Registration Unit at URSB told URN in an interview that although the law was passed in 2019, the numbers started increasing drastically when the COVID-19-induced lockdown was lifted early this year;
Read more ...Abraham Loi, a South Sudan trader told URN at Nadunget weekly cattle market on Monday that this year has been one of the most difficult years. "We burnt our fuel all the way from Juba to Karamoja thinking the cattle market will be full as usual but to our surprise, there are no animals," he said.
Read more ...Through BIMS, a developer is also able to interface with all the registered professionals in the construction sector, the National Land Information system (NLIS) under the Ministry of Lands for land ownership verification, and URA for building control fees payments and verification of TIN numbers.
Read more ...The new administrative units include districts with inaccessible rural road networks include; Kakumiro, Butebo, Rukiga, Kyotera, Bunyangabu, Bugweri, Nabilatuk, Kikuube, Kassanda, Karenga, Kapelebyong, Kazo, Kalaki, Terego, Obongi and Madi Okollo.
Read more ...Under the initiative at least 65,000 low cost housing units will be constructed through the partnership to benefit the farmers as well as reviving the defunct infrastructures at the 23 primary societies of the cooperative union.
Read more ...NOGAMU Executive Director, Chariton Namuwoza said they are working with their counterparts in Kenya and the regional civil society to ensure that East Africa remains free of GMOs.
Read more ...Last month, President Museveni directed that Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA takes over management of government markets in the city and replace all current market leadership. The directive saw KCCA repossess St. Balikuddembe (Owino) Market, Wandegeya and Nakasero market and others amidst complaints from the then interim market management committees.
Read more ...The Ebola Virus Disease that was first diagnosed in Mubende district in September, has so far killed more than 50 people while over 80 have recovered. In Kampala, the campaign was launched in the Central Division that houses places that attract huge numbers of people such taxi parks, markets, bus parks and shopping centres.
Read more ...The money will be used to construct three roads which include Bwitankanja-Nsonosa 5.6 kilometers, Burambira-Mikamba-Bwitankanja 6.7 Kilometers and Mutwe-Kyamwera 7.4 Kilometers, construction of a Market Shed and Taxi Park and construction of a playground.
Read more ...The 40-kilometer road which connects from Kakabara sub-county in Kyegegwa district to Nabingola in Mubende is being constructed under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project –DRDIP, a program under the Office of the Prime Minister intended to support the refugee-hosting communities.
Read more ..."What is on the ground now is that the so called engineers from the ministry of water and environment are fencing the dam with soil and we are wandering what type of fencing that is," John Omoding, a local resident complained.
Read more ...The school, situated between St Balikuddembe market and Nakivubo Blue Primary School, has an enrollment of 430 learners. Available information indicates that the idea to start this school was mooted in 1958 by Sir Frederick Crawford, the then Governor of Uganda Protectorate, together with the municipal council of the time.
Read more ...On Thursday, the company officials led by a project manager, Mou Shaojiu handed over the market to government authorities led by Engineer Emmanuel Mwebaze, Commissioner for Market Infrastructure Development at the Ministry of Local Government, and Emmanuel Sentaro Byamugisha, Kabale Municipality mayor.
Read more ...On Wednesday, the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited – UETCL, without giving reasons announced on its social media pages that they are experiencing a national blackout. “We shall keep you updated as we work on restoration of power. All inconveniences caused are regretted,” read the UETCL message to its stakeholders.
Read more ...In his statement, Ggoobi said that government is implementing a Tax Expenditure Rationalisation Plan to streamline tax incentives over the medium term.
Read more ...By the time of the signing of the Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community in Arusha on November 30, 1999, the population of the bloc was 90 million while the size of the economy (GDP) was 32.2 billion dollars.
Read more ...Peter Kaggwa, the Chairperson of the Fly-Express Travellers Association told the minister that they had fulfilled all the government requirements including branding their vehicles, paying the requisite PSV license, and ensuring they have qualified drivers.
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