The controversial contract signed between the Government of Uganda and Societe General Desurveillance (SGS) in 2015 to inspect vehicles in Uganda in order to reduce on accidents continues to suffer credibility. The latest is that Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has denied ever issuing a certificate, certifying the equipment
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For many Ugandans, the gold found deep underground in the hills of Mubende District was a lifeline. Over the past five years, an estimated 70,000 people have left their homes and moved to the gold fields, seeking - if not their fortunes - a way of feeding their families. When
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Uganda’s economic recovery may take a little longer going by the rate at which private sector credit is growing. Latest statistics from Bank of Uganda (BoU) and Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development indicate that lending to the private sector has been subdued since 2017 started despite easing in
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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga rejected early results of a presidential election on Wednesday that showed he was losing to incumbent and long-time rival Uhuru Kenyatta, stoking fears that his disgruntled supporters could take to the streets. As of 0300 GMT, the election commission website put Kenyatta ahead by 55.1
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Fake cancer medicines have hit the Ugandan market, putting patients of the deadly disease in more danger. Uganda’s National Drug Authority (NDA) says they have impounded some unregistered and counterfeit medicines; Avastin® (Bevacizumabi) tablets packed in plastic jar on the market with features Avastin® 400mg, Batch no: NC 2001, Expiry
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One of former President Idi Amin Dada's sons has hit out at Ugandan opposition leader over statements the latter made regarding the ex-leader. Hussein Lumumba Amin took to his Facebook page to bash FDC strongman Kizza Besigye after the former presidential candidate tweeted that President Yoweri Museveni was campaigning for
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Uganda's Members of Parliament on Tuesday questioned the country's education ministry officials over why the ministry has been operating for two years without a strategic plan. This emerged in a meeting between parliament's education committee chaired by Mbale Woman MP Connie Nakayenze and the ministry officials that the sector's strategic
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Robert Frederick Oliver Mwesigwa Nviiri, a Ugandan has founded Vule Airways, a privately-owned Ugandan registered airline that will hit the skies come November 2017. According to available information, the objective of the new airline that was founded in March this year is to fill the vacuum in the Ugandan air
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President Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga are both confident of winning the General Election. Speaking after casting his vote at Mutomo Primary School in Gatundu South Constituency, President Kenyatta said that he is confident that he will beat Mr Odinga, saying he believes that he has run a
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A group of Members of Parliament have accused State House workers of hiding their letters addressed to President Yoweri Museveni and in the process denying them an opportunity to meet him. This was revealed by Rose Mutonyi, the Chairperson of Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday while meeting Okello Oryem,
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