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Media Review, 30th July, 2024

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NEW VISION

FIRST LADY CHALLENGES ARTISTES TO BE EXEMPLARY ROLE MODELS

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Summary: The First Lady, who is also the Minister of Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Museveni, urged artistes to become agents of socio-economic transformation by creating songs, dramas, dances, recitations and poems that educate and inform, helping to mould good morals in society.

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI LAUDS SASAKAWA FOR AGRICULTURE AID

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Summary: President Yoweri Museveni commended the Chairperson of Nippon Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa for his idea of increasing productivity in the Karamoja Sub-Region through improving soil fertility.

PACEID, MASHEDA FOODS PARTNER TO OPEN FIRST UGANDA TRADE HUB IN DRC

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Summary: The Presidential Committee Advisory on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Masheda Foods Limited, Uganda-DR Congo enterprise to open the first trade hub in Kinshasa. The pact will also see more trade hubs in other parts of Central and Southern Africa.

GOVERNMENT ISSUES NEW SERVICE DELIVERY TARGETS FOR DISTRICTS

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Summary: According to the Public Service Ministry, the standards, which relate to nine service areas; including agriculture, health and education, are to be implemented by all local governments in a bid to help Government provide services that are responsive to the needs of the people. The standards will greatly improve efficiency and effectiveness in service delivery and enable the Public Service to keep pace with the citizens’ growing demands for accessible, adequate, high quality, timely and cost-effective public service.

OVER 2,000 MEDICAL INTERNS DEPLOYED, MORE TRAINING FACILITIES ACCREDITED

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Summary: In an effort to accommodate the increasing number of medical interns, the Health Ministry has accredited more general hospitals, which will accommodate about 2,400 interns.

NEW MINI HYDRO PLANTS TO CONNECT 71,080 HOUSEHOLDS

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Summary: The Government, in collaboration with development partners, has scaled up its strategy to construct several mini hydro plants with a combined capacity of 6.7MW, through unveiling of a euros 13.1m (UGX.52b) project.

OVER 20,000 PEOPLE TO GET WATER IN LYANTONDE, KALUNGU DISTRICTS

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Summary: Over 20,000 people in the Cattle Corridor Districts of Lyantonde and Kalungu are set to benefit from a 10-year water access improvement project, starting this year. Under the project, 23 boreholes will be drilled in Kalungu and another 20 in Lyantonde.

DAILY MONITOR

GOVERNMENT TO BUY ROAD EQUIPMENT FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES

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Summary: The Minister of Local Government, Hon. Raphael Magyezi, has revealed that the Government will purchase road equipment for all municipalities across the country. The equipment will help the municipalities improve the state of roads in their areas of jurisdiction and avoid borrowing graders from Districts.

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