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Uganda -Kenya Review 2019 MOU in Nairobi.

1DPM/Minister EAC Uganda, Rt.Hon Rebecca Kadaga (left) and Hon. Beatrice Askul Moe, Minister for EAC, Kenya at the signing of agreed minutes of the Bilateral Engagement between the two countries. On 12th September 2019. An MOU between the Republic of Uganda and the Republic of Kenya was signed, which recognizes cooperation, close coordination in resource sharing, and peaceful coexistence, as well as bridging isolation gaps to improve livelihoods and socioeconomic conditions of cross-border communities for sustainable peace and development. The Republic...

September 27, 2024Comments OffRead more...

Uganda -DRC Strengthen Pillars of Integration

The Democratic Republic of government officials and stakeholders were in Uganda for five days undergoing training in Kampala, Uganda on the East African Community Customs Union Protocol and the One Stop Border Posts Concept. Their training has been focused on several causes in the EAC region in the areas of Human trafficking Refugee management and Disease outbreak in the region. The delegation completed its tour of duty in Uganda by benchmarking OSBP Operations at the Mutukula border. ...

March 21, 2024Comments OffRead more...

Twenty young lecturers benefit from China-EASTRIP TVET Scholarship Programme

Twenty young lecturers from Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania Regional Flagship TVET Institutes (RFTIs) supported by the World Bank East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project (EASTRIP) have been awarded scholarships to upgrade their qualification in Science and Technology to support advancement of Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in East Africa. The scholarships were awarded by the Chinese government, as part of the tripartite partnership between the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), the People’s Republic of China through...

August 17, 20200 CommentsRead more...

Treat Us Fairly- Fish Traders

The First Deputy prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs in Uganda Rt. Hon Dr Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga (MP) has this morning chaired a Meeting between Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries , Uganda Revenue Authority and the Kenyan Fish Traders who are complaining of Uganda impounding their fish trucks in transit to DRC. The MAAIF was represented by the Minister of Fisheries Hon. Hellen Adoa. The Kenyan Fish Traders allege that the fisheries officers at Busia boarder...

January 21, 20220 CommentsRead more...

The Ministry of EAC Uganda Staffs Start Kiswahili Lessons.

The government in 2020 endorsed the establishment of the Uganda National Kiswahili Council, whose main objective was to guide the introduction of Swahili as the second national (official) language. On Monday, July 4, 2022, the Cabinet passed a resolution on implementing the 21st EAC Summit directive, which adopted Kiswahili as the community's official language and It was also agreed that training programs for Parliament, the Cabinet, MDAs' and the media. This afternoon, the Ministry of EAC Uganda started training its...

October 6, 2023Comments OffRead more...