On March 29, 2017, Oxfam International launched a report indicating that Uganda’s income inequality is on the rise. In simple terms, the rich are getting richer and the poor poorer. The report was compiled by Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, a senior economist who is consulted worldwide on poverty eradication matters and
Read MoreUgandan activist Stella Nyanzi has been charged with cyber harassment over a Facebook post in which she referred to President Yoweri Museveni as "a pair of buttocks", a reference which her official charge sheet has described as "obscene or indecent. Unexpectedly, there is no mention in the official charges of
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The Parliament of Uganda will on Wednesday this week hold the Anti-Counterfeit Expo that is aimed at creating awareness about the adverse effects of counterfeit products on Uganda's economy. Fred Muwema, the Legal Adviser and Corporate Affairs Manager at Anti-Counterfeit Network (ANC) told the press on Monday that the expo
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Uganda’s struggling economy continues to swallow top companies, a move that is likely to make the already bad situation worse. Spencon Services Ltd, Civil engineering and Construction Company is the latest to fall victim of the wobbly economy. The heavily indebted company which is currently under receivership over has literally
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A section of the Ugandan public spent the weekend questioning whether the arrest of the country's State Minister for labor was done in good faith. The country's police on Saturday, arrested Herbert Kabafunzaki, the State Minister for labour, employment and industrial relations for allegedly soliciting a Shs30 million bribe. However,
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Uganda's Civil society budget advocacy group (CSBAG) has called upon Government to reduce what they called wasteful expenditure as portrayed in the 2017/18 financial year draft budget. Local news agency, URN, reports that in the proposed budget, items like allowances, workshops, seminars, welfare, entertainment, special meals and drinks, travel abroad,
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni has approved the setup of an investment, economic and governance reforms forum composed of public and private sector members to inject fresh thinking into the functioning of some of the institutions of government. This was approved on Saturday evening at State House, Entebbe. The forum will
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Smart farmers are increasingly earning big from agribusiness sector. Although subsistence agriculture in Uganda stands at 69.4%, a few commercial farmers are enjoying the fruits of their sweat. Samuel Mpabe is one of a few Ugandans banking clean cash from mixed farming. He grows bananas, maize, coffee and fruits such
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Following weeks of public nominations from across the continent and its Diaspora, the final nominees for the much-anticipated New African Woman Awards 2017 have been announced. The awards, in their second edition are organized by the New African Woman magazine. Uganda’s Rhoda Peace Tumusiime has made it to the list
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Details have emerged of how former Presidential candidate, Premier and Secretary General of the country's ruling National Reistance Movement (NRM) party, John Patrick Amama Mbabazi is settling in a life out of the hustle and bustle of politics. A close family source intimated to us that the former 'Super Minister'
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