Day: August 17, 2022

Uganda will buy power from neighboring Kenya to stabilize the supply after floods shut down the 183-megawatt Isimba plant last week. In a statement, Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa Ssentamu said the East African country will purchase 60 megawatts from Kenya and restart an idled 50-megawatt thermal plant in Kampala. Kakira sugar plant will provide an …

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To boost trade links, the UK is cutting import taxes on hundreds more products from poor countries. The Developing Countries Trading Scheme enters into force in January and builds on a scheme the UK participated in while still a member of the EU. Tariffs will be reduced or eliminated on goods such as clothes, shoes, …

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