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Uganda- Kenya sign Joint Communique

The 1st DPM/Minister for East African Community Affairs Uganda Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga ( MP) cautioned the ministerial meeting delegations of Uganda and The Republic of Kenya on prosperity that can be achieved through an expansion regional market which supports the production of goods and services. This increases the purchasing power of the people and propels quality products which are competitive in the regional, continental and international markets. Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga and the officials from Uganda and Kenya including...

Uganda’s Agricultural Produce Is The Best- Kadaga

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East Africa Community Affairs in Uganda Rt Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga had a meeting with Ghana's Deputy Minister of  Tourism, Arts and Culture Hon. Mark Okraku Mantey. Hon. Mantey was interested in the East African Block which he is following seriously and he applauded the Government of Uganda for the continuous efforts that it has invested in the region. He further noted that as a region, there's need of more efforts in promotion of...

Ugandans with Old Passports are left with 6 months to renew travel documents

Ugandans with old passports are left with less than six months to be able to renew their travel documents or else they will not be able to fly or travel out of the country , the Ministry of Internal Affairs has said. Following the introduction of the new East African E-passport, Government of Uganda has mulled plans to have the old machine-readable passports phased out for the new ones.

WE ARE GOING TO CLOSE SHOP – RICE MILLERS.

The Rice Millers Council of Uganda has  this afternoon held a meeting with the Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga the 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs in Uganda at the Ministry offices on kingdom Kampala building -Nile Avenue to discuss the ongoing imbalance of rice produce and trade between Uganda and Tanzania. The meeting which was attended by representatives from Ministry of Finance and Economics Planning. Ministry of Trade, Investment and Cooperatives, Ministry of Agriculture,...

We Need Easy Access And Movement Across EAC-Member States -UNSA

A delegation from the Uganda National Students’ Association –UNSA led by Mr. Welunga Yusuf have this afternoon held a meeting with The First deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs in Uganda Rt. Hon. Dr. Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga -MP at the Ministry's head offices in Kampala. The students’ executive raised quit a number of issues to the emeritus of the 9th and 10th Parliament of Uganda of which among them include: • Their working relationship between Government and...