Speaking at the @Shell_Uganda Gas champions event, the Minister of Energy, Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa, said the @GovUganda supports efforts to drive adoption of clean cooking energy for both home and commercial usage, which have proven health and environmental benefits.
@Shell_Uganda @GovUganda Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa: The @GovUganda supports efforts to scale-up access to clean cooking to provide alternatives to the usage of wood fuels which have damaging consequences for our environment.
Hon Nankabirwa: @GovUganda is keen on working with the private sector to make clean cooking more accessible for the population.
Hon Nankabirwa: The @GovUganda also implemented tax reforms in the 2020/21 Financial Year to exempt cooking gas from Value Added Tax (VAT) to drive affordability.

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Uganda Media Centre

Uganda Media Centre Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @UgandaMediaCent

20 Aug
The First Lady @JanetMuseveni and Minister of @Educ_SportsUg is due to release the #UACE2020 results.
All is set as guests in their different capacities arrive at @StateHouseUg Nakasero for the #UACE2020 results release.
Dan Odongo Executive Secretary @UNEB_UG: Ninety eight thousand three hundred ninety two (98,392) candidates registered for the 2020 UACE examination from 1,952 centres compared to 104,476 candidates from 2,094 centres in 2019. This is a decrease of 6,084 candidates #UACE2020
Read 32 tweets
20 Aug
The Executive Director of the National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO Bureau) is addressing the Press on Halting the Operations.
Okello Stephen: The National Bureau for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO Bureau) under the Ministry of Internal Affairs is mandated to register, regulate, monitor, inspect, coordinate and oversee all NGO operations in the country.
Okello Stephen: As a result of its monitoring and investigation functions the NGO Bureau has found that 54 NGOs are non-compliant with the NGO Act 2016.
Read 7 tweets
19 Aug
NOW: @henrymwebesa the Director-General @MinofHealthUG is responding to the @DailyMonitor Monitor Story, "Health Officials Hide Offer for Covid-19 Jabs" #HealthUG
@henrymwebesa: A technical inter-ministerial committee also known as the ‘Vaccine Acquisition Committee was approved by a Cabinet sitting of July 19th 2021 #HealthUG
@henrymwebesa: The committee was established to guide decisions with respect to the direct sourcing of vaccines. This committee is chaired by the Director-General of Health Services and assisted by the Chair of the Vaccines Advisory Committee #HealthUG
Read 15 tweets
19 Aug
@MinofHealthUG officials are addressing the press about regional Cancer centres, the East Africa Oncology Centre of Excellence and the surge of cancer in children #HealthUG
@CNamulindwa Public Relations Officer @UgandaCancerIns: Everyone in the country whether young or old is not immune to cancer. So we should all come out to fight cancer #HealthUG
@CNamulindwa notes that out of 100 cancer cases reported 80% die due to late presentation, and limited diagnosis #HealthUG
Read 8 tweets
30 Jun
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 @MinofHealthUG 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜?

[THREAD] #StaySafeUG
𝐈𝐂𝐔 𝐁𝐄𝐃𝐒

@MinofHealthUG installed ICU beds in Mulago NRH and Regional Referral Hospitals of Lira, Jinja, St. Mary's Lacor, Mbale, Entebbe, Kawempe, Mbarara, Soroti, Naguru, Kabale, Hoima, Arua, Bombo, Fort portal, Moroto, Mubende, & Gulu to support critical COVID cases.
𝐎𝐗𝐘𝐆𝐄𝐍 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐒

All Regional Referral Hospitals have installed oxygen plants (15Nm3/hr) producing about 30 to 48 cylinders of 6800 litres of oxygen per day. #StaySafeUG
Read 20 tweets
30 Jun
DAY THREE: The IGAD Regional #WomensLandRights Conference for the past two days has strived towards establishing accountability mechanisms for monitoring implementation of IGAD Member States Women’s land Rights Agenda.
Today the conference aims to establish and strengthen a multi-stakeholder platform on gender and land for knowledge sharing and peer learning that is grounded in the experiences and realities of each country of the IGAD Region. #WomensLandRights
VIDEO: Women’s Land tenure security system in one of the IGAD Member States, South Sudan #WomensLandRights
Link: bit.ly/igad-south-sud…
Read 7 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(