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DR CONGO JOINS EAC

The East African Council of Ministers approved the Democratic Republic of Congo’s application to join the EastAfricanCommunity (EAC). Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Community Affairs Rebecca Kadaga disclosed this at a press conference held at her office. Kadaga said the Council, sitting for its 44th Extra-ordinary meeting decided that DRC had satisfied all the required criteria to be admitted to the EAC. She stated it was an historical decision to recommend the Heads of State grant admission of...

Don’t Tax Children

Rt. Hon Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (MP), 1DPM and Minister for East African Community Affairs Uganda. Yesterday evening, Rt. Hon Rebecca Kadaga (MP) officiated at the fundraising and launch ceremony of TBS Nursing Care at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. in her speech, the Speaker emeritus of the 9th and 10th Parliament of Uganda expressed concern about the taxation on diapers which she said repeatedly chased during her tenure as speaker. the Minister for East Africa Community Affairs Uganda said there should be...

Domestic Violence shouldn’t be Handled Lightly

The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East Africa Community Affairs in Uganda Rt. Hon| Dr. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga (MP) this evening launched a movie premier dubbed "Monica the Girl Child " a 2s film production. Rt. Hon |Dr. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga was accompanied by the Minister of state for Trade and Cooperatives Hon. Harriet Ntabaazi at Hotel Africana. The film premier is about girl child domestic violence. due to ministry of Health Standard Operating Procedures, it was attendance...

Different MDAs’ Officials Meet to Discuss the Operationalisation of The Common Market Protocol.

On 20th April 2023, the 1st DPM/Minister for EAC Affairs Uganda Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga interacted with the cross-border stakeholders of Malaba/ Busia OSBP on the opportunities and challenges in trade facilitation. It was this morning that Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga held a meeting with ministers and technical officers from selected MDAs’ met at Ministry of East African Community Affairs Uganda. Mrs..Kadaga chaired the meeting which had ministers of the state for trade, industry, and cooperatives, Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi,...