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Finance Ministry Strengthens Oversight of Public Investments With New Technical Committee

Finance Ministry Strengthens Oversight of Public Investments With New Technical Committee

The government has taken a major step toward tightening oversight and improving the efficiency of public investments through the inauguration of a multi-agency technical committee under its broader public finance reform agenda.The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has

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79% of Cases Unfinished: Inside the Financial Intelligence Authority’s Fragile Fight Against Money Laundering

79% of Cases Unfinished: Inside the Financial Intelligence Authority’s Fragile Fight Against Money Laundering

FIA Executive Director Samuel Were Wandera and Justice Bonny Isaac Teko stand at the center of Uganda’s evolving anti-money laundering landscape, where assertive enforcement meets judicial insistence on due process, highlighting a system striving to balance swift intervention with evidence, ove

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Police Arrests 8 Persons Marrying Off 16 Year Old S.3 Student in Kiboga District

Police Arrests 8 Persons Marrying Off 16 Year Old S.3 Student in Kiboga District

Police have arrested 8 persons involved in marrying off a 16 year old girl and S.3 student in Kagoga village, Kyomya Sub County in Kiboga district.According to SSP L Kigozi, PRO Wamala Region, the arrests took place on Friday, after a tip off from a concerned resident.According to a

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24 students arrested after police officer injured in Koboko school fight

24 students arrested after police officer injured in Koboko school fight

Koboko, Uganda: Police in Koboko District have arrested 24 students following a violent clash between learners of Daystar Secondary School and Nyarilo Secondary School that left a police officer injured.According to West Nile Regional Police Spokesperson Josephine Angucia, the incident occ

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Night Patrols, Community Policing Give Namugongo Relief From Gangs

Night Patrols, Community Policing Give Namugongo Relief From Gangs

Residents in Namugongo say they are having a sigh of relief following a relatively low crime rate in the recent past.Namongongo has been a hotspot for crime, but the residents have benefited from the security operations, community policing, and nightly patrols that have reduced crime.

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Africa's busiest airport doubling 30m passenger capacity with massive £3.2billion upgrade

Africa's busiest airport doubling 30m passenger capacity with massive £3.2billion upgrade

Africa's "busiest" airport is undergoing a massive multi-billion-pound overhaul that will further expand its capacity. Cairo International Airport (CAI) is a major international flight hub serving the Egyptian capital and its metropolitan area. It's the country's largest and busiest airport, and

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Iran reopens six airports as commercial aviation resumes

Iran reopens six airports as commercial aviation resumes

Iran has reopened six airports and resumed scheduled international flights from Tehran's Imam Khomeini International (IKA) and Mehrabad airports, with Mahan Air leading the return to commercial operations, flight tracking data showed on April 18, IntelliNews confirmed.Maghsoud Asadi Samani

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Uganda converts Shs7.78t central bank advance into long-term debt as borrowing pressures rise

Uganda converts Shs7.78t central bank advance into long-term debt as borrowing pressures rise

Government has quietly converted a Shs7.78 trillion temporary advance from the Bank of Uganda into long term public debt, a move that will see taxpayers commit to years of repayments amid rising pressure on the country’s finances.According to the Parliamentary Committee on Finance report

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Christopher Okello Onyum Told Police Surgeon Reason for Killing Four Children, Revealed Secrets on Killing Step-Brother, Plan to Kill Himself

Christopher Okello Onyum Told Police Surgeon Reason for Killing Four Children, Revealed Secrets on Killing Step-Brother, Plan to Kill Himself

Police surgeon and deputy director of police health services, Dr Emmanuel Nuwamanya, has told court that murder suspect Christopher Okello Onyum personally disclosed the motive behind the killing of four children at a Ggaba daycare centre, saying it was driven by fortune hunting and enrichment.

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Kasamba bus impounded, 8 arrested over wetlands in Hoima city

Kasamba bus impounded, 8 arrested over wetlands in Hoima city

A trade order operation on wetlands encroachment in Hoima City has left the Kasamba bus coach company on the spot for supporting illegal motor vehicle washing bays in wetlands within Hoima City premises.The company bus was impounded and driven to Hoima Central Police Station (CPS). A bus w

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