GCIC MEDIA REVIEW – 24TH OCTOBER, 2023

NEW VISION

 GOVERNMENT GIVES OUT HIGH-VALUE SEEDLINGS TO BOOST HOUSEHOLD INCOMES

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Summary:  Through the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), the Government has started giving out high-value crop seedlings as a way of increasing household incomes and the tax base for the country.

 PDM SHOULD NOT LEAVE YOU THE SAME- FIRST LADY

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Summary: The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, has urged the people of Ntungamo District to fight and ensure that the PDM programme does not leave their families in the status of subsistence, where all that they have been producing has been for consumption, with no surplus for sale. 

 

GOVERNMENT-OWNED ENTERPRISES POST PROFIT OF UGX 151B

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Summary:  A recent report by the Auditor General, John Muwanga, has disclosed that public entities have posted a profit of UGX 151b, promising better service provision in the face of lean economic times.

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI DIRECTS INVESTORS PROTECTION UNIT ON TAXES, LOAN INTEREST RATES

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Summary:  President Yoweri Museveni has directed the State House Investors Protection Unit (SHIPU) to work with policymakers and managers of public finance institutions to get a solution to the high cost of accessing business finance by small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

 UGANDA RAILWAY COMMISSIONS REHABILITATED WAGONS

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Summary:  The Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has commissioned 20 newly rehabilitated flatbed wagons to boost the movement of goods along the central corridor trade route.

 DAILY MONITOR

GOVERNMENT TO ROLL OUT INJECTABLE HIV DRUG

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Summary: In less than three months, Uganda is expected to join three other African countries where an injectable drug has been approved for HIV/AIDS prevention. The drug was cleared by the World Health organisation (WHO) after studies showed it is safe and effective in preventing HIV infection.