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GOVERNMENT GIVES OVER 57000 RESIDENTS FREE LAND TITLES
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Summary: The Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development has issued 57,325 freehold titles to residents in nine districts under the World Bank-supported Systematic Land Adjudication and Certification (SLAAC) programme.
HON. THOMAS TAYEBWA ASKS CHINESE INVESTORS TO EXPLORE UGANDA’S TOURISM SECTOR
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Summary: The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, has implored
Chinese investors to explore opportunities in Uganda’s tourism sector.
“We urge more Chinese to go beyond manufacturing to support tourism, because the beauty of Uganda is as good as that of China and we have unique attributes. Like how you have Pandas, we have mountain gorillas, where 60% of them are in Uganda,” he said.
UGANDA PIONEERS INFANT MALARIA CURE
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Summary: The first-ever malaria treatment for newborns and young infants has received approval from Swiss health regulators, with Uganda among eight African countries poised to roll out the drug, pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced on Tuesday. The medicine, developed specifically for babies and infants suffering from malaria, is expected to be introduced in Africa within weeks.
ELECT LEADERS WHO FOLLOW UP PROGRAMMES – PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
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Summary: Wakiso district residents must elect leaders who support the Government’s development agenda if they are to reap maximum benefits from the National Resistance Movement (NRM), President Yoweri Museveni has advised.
GOVERNMENT INJECTS UGX 3B INTO TAXI DRIVERS SACCOS
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Summary: The Government has boosted the Uganda Taxi Operators Federation (UTOF)
Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCOS) with UGX 3B. Announcing the support, the State Minister for Micro-Finance, Hon. Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, said the money will help the taxi drivers to buy 21-seater vehicles.
334 SCHOOLS RECEIVE MINI LABORATORIES
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Summary: A total of 334 government-aided primary schools across the country have received mini-laboratories in an effort to boost science teaching.
UGANDA AMONG COUNTRIES TO ACCESS HIV PREVENTION DRUG
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Summary: Uganda is among the countries expected to gain access to a “game-changing”HIV-prevention drug with a new deal signed between with US pharmaceutical giant Gilead and the Global Fund, the health financing group said yesterday.
