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Item Agriculture Committee wants more funding(New Vision, 2017-12) Karugaba, MaryThe agriculture sector is one of the major areas of Uganda's economy, contributing about 23% of the country's gross domestic product.Item Among’s speakership exit : MPs scramble for deputy position.(New Vision, 2026-05-19) Karugaba, MaryThe withdrawal of Bukedea woman lawmarkerAnita Among from the speakership race has elicited mixed reactions from her colleagues, who described the development as an opportunity to reform parliament.Item Best farmers unveiled today(New Vision, 2017-12-08) Karugaba, MaryThe Best Farmers' awards has become one of those honors the public recognizes, Vision Group's chief executive officer, Robert Kabushenga, has said.Item Cabinet : Lumumba, Aceng redeployed(New Vision, 2026-05-30) Karugaba, Mary; Kimathi, DedanTwo days after naming his Cabinet, President Yoweri Museveni has redeployed two ministers.Item Cabinet approves pay raise for all public servants(New Vision, 2017-12-11) Karugaba, MaryCabinet has approved the proposal to increase salaries of all public servants, but in a phased manner, starting next financial year.Item Doctors happy with government promises.(New Vision, 2017-11-23) Karugaba, Mary; Agaba, VivianDoctors countrywide have been on strike for more than two weeks over poor pay and inadequate medical supplies in health facilities, among other issues.Item Energy ministry secures $200m for electricity(New Vision, 2018-04-11) Karugaba, Mary; Agaba, VivianThe Exim bank of China has approved a loan request of $200m (about sh738b) for the Government of Uganda to finance the extension of electricity to 285 sub-counties which are not yet connected to the national electricity grid.Item Energy PS cancels contract.(New Vision, 2017-08-17) Karugaba, MaryA row has erupted between the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) over the proposed construction of the 330MW Kiba hydropower project across River Nile in Nwoya and Kiryandongo districts.Item Energy PS Isabalija's contract terminated, reason unknown.(New Vision, 2017-08-25) Karugaba, Mary; Kwesiga, PascalThe Government last night confirmed that it had terminated the contract of Dr. Stephen Isabalija, who has been the Permanent Secretary (PS) of the energy ministry for barely 10 months.Item Envoy in trouble over report on abuse of girls(New Vision, 2018-05-15) Karugaba, MaryUganda's envoy to United Arab Emirates (UAE) Nimisha Madhvani is into trouble for reportedly inviting and briefing Members of Parliament about the mistreatment Ugandan girls are subjected to in the Emirates.Item Financier pulls out of Nyagak III power dam(New Vision, 2018-04-10) Agaba, Vivian; Karugaba, MaryFollowing complaints of incompetence, KIW cancelled the grant funding of Euro 6m (about sh27b).Item Government picks five-firm team for oil refinery project.(New Vision, 2017-08-07) Karugaba, MaryThe government has selected a consortium of companies for the execution of the $3b (sh10 trillion) refinery project located in the Western district of Hoima in Uganda. After a thorough review process of over 40 companies that expressed interest to develop the much anticipated oil refinery,Item Government sets priorities for private sector under NDPIV(New Vision, 2026-02-17) Karugaba, Mary; Atyang, JacklyneTENFOLD GROWTH As the third National Development Plan winds down, making way for it's successor, the Government has proposed many ways forward to foster a thriving private sector. All are geared towards achieving a $500b boost in the national economy. With the strategy underway, private sector players express confidence in the pathway ahead.Item Government to cancel land titles in wetlands(New Vision, 2018-05-10) Wasajja, Nicholas; Karugaba, MaryIn a move to save the environment, the Government has named 27 certificates of titles issued for land in wetlands that are due for cancellation.Item Government to recruit Cuban doctors(New Vision, 2018-04-20) Karugaba, MaryThe Government is in advanced stages of recruiting specialist and consultant doctors from Cuba, who will be deployed in different regional referral hospitals around the country.Item Govt suspends mining activities.(New Vision, 2017-08-16) Karugaba, MaryIn an effort to get rid of illegal miners, the government has suspended all mining activities in the country for three months. The state minister for energy, Eng. Simon D'ujanga, representing energy minister Eng. Irene Muloni, told MPs on the natural resource committee yesterdayItem Health minister wants management of government health workers centralised(New Vision, 2018-04-04) Karugaba, Mary"Most workers spend more time in private health centres than public hospitals". Health minister Dr Ruth Aceng has called for the recentralisation and tightening off public service standing orders in order to deal with errant health workers.Item Investors decry challenges at Namanve.(New Vision, 2017-08-10) Karugaba, MaryInvestors allocated land in the three industrial parks in Kampala have frustrations in setting up industries in the allocated land. The investors argued that although Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) has put a time limit of three years within which to develop the plots, it has not met part of its bargain.Item Kiruddu, Kawempe and Naguru elevated to referral hospitals(Daily Monitor, 2018-05-01) Karugaba, MaryCabinet has approved the elevation of Kiruddu, Kawempe and Naguru from health centre IV to referral hospital status.Item Kiruddu, Kawempe and Naguru elevated to referral hospitals(New Vision, 2018-05-02) Karugaba, MaryCabinet has approved the elevation of Kiruddu, Kawempe and Naguru from health centre IV to referral hospital status.
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