The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni indicated that SDF comes at a time when government cannot compromise on skills development and would seek to operationalize the fund faster now that pilot has proved successful.
The incident which happened along Kasaija road in Kisenyi cell in South Division of Fort Portal municipality was caused by a Fuso truck registration number UAW 038N that was carrying plastic drums with fuel.
In its report, the Finance committee of Parliament that was scrutinizing the bill recommended that Parliament approves the proposal to write off the billions of shillings in tax arrears.
The move which seeks to curb money laundering and terrorist activities is entrenched in an amendment to the anti-money laundering law presented by state Minister for Finance David Bahati to parliament this afternoon.
The traffic lights were installed last month as part of the 30.1 billion shillings road works under the Uganda Support to Municipal Infrastructure Development-USMID project.
The initiative works in such a way that community groups are introduced to alternative sources of livelihoods as incentives for protecting forest resources. Such enterprises include piggery, beekeeping, eco-tourism and Nursery Tree planting amongst others.
The Government of South Sudan has established a committee to verify the authenticity of Ugandan traders, who supplied goods to South Sudan before civil war broke out.
Jennifer Bamuturaki, the Commercial Director Uganda National Airlines, says they are still awaiting clearance and operating certificate from Civil Aviation Authority-CAA.
