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Kampala assures UK on uses of debt write-off

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    Treasury secretary Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile has reassured Britain that the benefit Uganda is to accrue from the UK's 100 percent debt write-off for the most highly-indebted poor countries would be used to tackle poverty and improve education. British Chancellor Gordon Brown announced details of the scheme on Tuesday and Uganda was among one of the first four countries due to benefit from the $70 billion scheme, which is expected to be by the end of January 2000.

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