Construction of Sh100bn Kira Municipality World Bank Funded Roads Projects Kicks Off

The Under Secretary Edemachu Monica Ejua hailed Kira Municipality leaders for putting aside political interests and stressed service delivery for the people they lead. “Only NRM Will Protect Uganda From Replicating Instabilities in Neighbouring Countries” Museveni A one billion shillings contract for construction of 11.3 kilometres of roads in Kira Municipality has been signed with […]

World Bank Lauds Gov’t For Stepping Up Sage Funding

“Social protection is important. Aging is irreversible, and the aged depend on the young. That’s why we plan, and we are happy that the government has reduced the eligibility of SAGE beneficiaries from 80 to 65 years, and increased the fund from sh25,000 to 35,000.” Thirty Suspects Including Headteachers, Schools Inspectors Remanded Over PLE Malpractice […]

President Museveni Calls For Revision of Restrictive Conditions That Limit Grow Project Beneficiaries

To benefit from the GROW project in Uganda, you must own a women-led micro or small enterprise with at least 51% female ownership, and your business must comply with environmental and social requirements. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has called for the revision of the restrictive conditions for the beneficiaries of the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity […]

Climate Change Effect: Irrigation Scheme Gives Farmers a Ray of Hope

The Commissioner for Agricultural Extension in the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), Dr. Patience Rwamigisa says that the government in 2020 introduced the Micro-scale Irrigation Program, with the aim of increasing the irrigated land to 1.5m hectares by 2040. Owing to the notorious climate change impact, with rains coming when they are […]

Mukono District Leadership Condemned for a Snail Speed of Implementing Multi-Billion World Bank Project

Mukono district leaders on Thursday went on the defensive after being blamed for moving at a snail speed in implementation of development projects including road construction funded by the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD). The Minister of State for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs Kabuye Kyofatogabye was in Mukono Municipality to flag off the […]

Gov’t Asked to Address Commercial Banks Diverting People from Its Poverty Alleviation Funds

A member of Mukono Municipality’s Grievance Redress Committee (GRC) of the World Bank-funded road construction project code-named Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area – Urban Development Programme (GKMA-UPA) has disclosed that the women’s poverty reduction intervention called GROW has failed to meet the intended goal. Stellah Bukoma of Goma Division said that an unnamed commercial bank’s staff […]

Authorities Recommend Shoot On-site Solar Street Lights Thugs

Security authorities have recommended shooting on-site criminals found vandalizing solar street lights installed along streets in Kabale municipality. Authorities revealed the recommendation on Friday during the commissioning of a sh1.99bn solar street light project under Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development (USMID) program with funding from World Bank. The solar lights installed along the Stadium […]

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