Ugandans are dubiously earning millions from Kenyan coffee. The coffee is either stolen or bought cheaply by exploiting the poor farmers, according to an investigation by the Standard News Site. Below is the story as reported by the Standard. It is 7.30pm on a Saturday at Bumbo market in Uganda,
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Arua Municipality MP, Abraham Abiriga was on Tuesday morning set free by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) court after paying Shs40, 000 fine. He was charged with committing a public nuisance by urinating in public after pictures of the incident were widely shared on social media. According to prosecution, on
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By Livingstone Mukasa If you observe carefully, poor people have one thing in common: the ability to coin perfect excuses. They are able to lay it out why things are not working out for them or why they were born in the wrong country. In today’s column allow me to
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dfcu Bank is in trouble after the High Court in Kampala granted permission to over 400 ex-employees of Crane Bank to sue the Bank for wrongful termination. They want dfcu to pay them Shs6bn in damages for wrongful termination. The Deputy Registrar in charge of Civil Matters at the High
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Kyadondo East lawmaker, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has called for the unconditional release of opposition leader, Kizza Besigye who is detained at Nagalama Police Station in Mukono. Bobi Wine made this call after visiting the incarcerated Besigye who has since been charged with murder. Besigye, was arrested and charged with
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Equity Bank Uganda has opened its 32nd branch across the country; an exclusive banking outlet along Buganda Road dubbed the ‘Supreme Banking’. The branch was launched in an exquisite cocktail event attended by selected businessmen and influential fellows of the corporate community. The branch has a classy lounge with free
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Uganda's National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Chief Financial Officer, Patrick Ayota has been named the organisation's new Deputy Managing Director, replacing knifed Geraldine Ssali, Business Focus reveals. Ayota had been discussed as possible replacement for Ssali even before her sacking late last week. Inside sources reveal that NSSF will soon
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In a show of solidarity, Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party President, Retired General Mugisha Muntu has suspended his campaigns to focus on efforts aimed at freeing Kizza Besigye and two other party officials. Besigye, was arrested and charged with murder, police said on Friday, after they broke up a
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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni's spokesperson has spoken out on reports that the country's Junior Water Minister has been knifed. Social media has been awash that the president reportedly 'fired' Ronald Kibuule after he made his way to parliament with a gun, something that angered the latter. "I have no official
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Details have emerged how Uganda's tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) intercepted people transporting fake Ugandan currency to the country from neighboring Kenya. Social media has been awash with reports of how URA made the intercept of the fake notes disguised as dog food. Below is what URA posted of
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