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Parliament clarifies on the on-going Television and Radio project

Parliament clarifies on the on-going Television and Radio project

Parliament has clarified on the proposed Parliament Television and Radio (PTR) Broadcasting Services project saying the idea was kick started way back in 2013 by the Parliament of Uganda under the Rt.Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga. “It was based on the Global Parliamentary Report 2012, produced jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and United […]

Donors want government to punish companies that supply fake seeds to farmers

Donors want government to punish companies that supply fake seeds to farmers

Development partners who support the Agricultural sector in Uganda are unhappy with the way government pampers companies supplying fake seeds to farmers. Representatives from International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), United Sates Agency for International Development (USAID), Netherlands Cooperation, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), European Union (EU), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Deparrtment […]

Activist calls African leaders to reduce maternal and infant mortality

An official from the Uganda Women Network Maureen Agena has appealed to African leaders to focus more resources in controlling maternal and infant mortality on the continent in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing deaths for newborns and mothers in the remaining five years. This comes as Uganda prepares to host the […]