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Media Review, 01st October 2024

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CONGESTION: FIRST LADY ASKS NURSING SCHOOLS TO REDUCE ADMISSIONS

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Summary: The First Lady and Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni has tasked health training institutions with reducing the number of students admitted per year. She said this will curb the congestion of trainees during their placement at hospitals and health centres.

CID RANKED THIRD MOST EFFECTIVE INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY IN AFRICA

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Summary: The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Uganda Police Force has been ranked the third most effective investigative agency in Africa. The 2024 survey by Kenya Trak, a Nairobi-based research firm, revealed that Uganda’s CID scored 74%, placing it behind Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations at 82% and Ghana’s at 76%.

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI SALUTES FALLEN FREEDOM FIGHTER MUSAMALI

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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni has commended the late freedom fighter, Perez Nimrod Musamali for his contribution towards the struggle to liberate Uganda.

GOVERNMENT ENGAGES CONSTRUCTION STAKEHOLDERS ON TAX COMPLIANCE

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Summary: The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and the Finance Ministry have engaged key stakeholders from the construction industry in a dialogue to address the sector’s low tax compliance. The construction sector is a significant contributor to Uganda’s economy, accounting for 17.2% of the national gross domestic product and employing over 11 million people, both directly and indirectly. Despite its critical role, government officials raised concerns about the industry’s compliance with tax regulations.

UGANDA COFFEE AUTHORITY STARTS ENROLMENT OF EXPORTERS ON ELECTRONIC SYSTEM

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Summary: The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has embarked on enrolling all coffee exporters on the Uganda Electronic Single Window (UESW), in order to smoothen the export processes. The UESW is a system on which all parties involved in trade and transport can lodge standardised information and documents at a single point to full all import, export and transit-related regulatory requirements.

UGANDA POWER DISTRIBUTOR TAKES OVER KILEMBE TERRITORIES

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Summary: The Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has taken over the business of distributing electricity in areas previously operated by Kilembe Investments Limited (KIL). This follows an announcement from the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) that the agency would take over KIL’s operations as a supplier of last resort effective today.

DAILY MONITOR

KAMPALA CENTRAL, MAKINDYE HAVE MOST EXPENSIVE RENTALS, SAYS UBOS

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Summary: Kampala Central and Makindye Divisions have the highest residential property prices, according to the latest Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) report, which tracks inflation through the residential property price index.

UNEB TO CONDUCT 4 SETS OF EXAMS

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Summary: The Uganda National Examination Board (UNEB) yesterday released the schedule for the four sets of examinations to be undertaken by over 1.3 million learners from 22,110 examination centres at all education levels. The four sets include the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) examination based on the new lower secondary curriculum and the UCE (transitional examination) based on the old curriculum. The other examinations are the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) and the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE).

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