To meet or not to meet President Yoweri Museveni over Constitutional Amendment Bill (No.2) 2017? That was the question that has left MPs on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee divided. During an internal Committee meeting held on Thursday at Parliament, Jacob Oboth, the Committee Chairperson rejected the proposal to
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The nine winners of the MTN Innovation Awards 2017 have Thursday been given their cash prizes from MTN Uganda. The nine winners picked their cash prizes totaling $27,000 (Shs97.2) during a handover ceremony and interaction with the MTN Uganda Chief Marketing Officer, Olivier Prentout. The nine came top at the
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By Aloysious Kasoma National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has intensified efforts to cash in on 11 million workers in the informal sector. Speaking at the sidelines of the East and Central Africa Social Security Association (ECASSA) conference held at Serena Hotel in Kampala on Thursday, Richard Byarugaba, the Managing Director
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned residents of a village in eastern Uganda to vacate areas close to a mountain cliff. While condoling the people of Bufupa and Masaba sub county, President Museveni warned people to vacate settlements that are close to the mountain cliff, adding that government is going
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Uganda's Ministry of Education and sports has issued a set of guidelines to school headteachers on the sticky issue if school fees changes. The guidelines were issued by the ministry's Permanent Secretary, Alex Kakooza on Wednesday asking headteachers to "strictly' observe them Below are the guidelines GUIDELINES ON SCHOOL CHARGES
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The Finance Committee of Parliament has tasked Housing Finance Bank to offer thorough justification for a Shs61bn capitalization request from government. The government, with 49.18 percent shares, owns the bank jointly with National Social Security Fund -NSSF (50 percent) and the National Housing and Construction Company (0.82 percent). State Minister
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The Pepper Publications Limited Directors and Editors could be charged with treason and offensive communication, sources claim. The Five Red Pepper directors are; Arinaitwe Otim Rugyendo, Mujuni James, Johnson Byara Musinguzi, Patrick Mugumya, Richard Tusiime and the three editors include; Ben Byarabaha, Richard Kintu and Tumusiime Francis According to sources, they could be made to make charge and
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With the latest iteration of South Africa’s Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act expected to be completed by the end of 2017and the Integrated Energy Resource Plan nearing completion, South Africa is set to leverage itslargely unexplored and underdeveloped oil and gas sector to re-ignite growth able to drive broad
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Uganda has moved up 5 places in the ICT Development Index (IDI). Previously 158 in 2016, the improvement to 152 is indicative of the steady success the multifaceted approach being undertaken by the Government of Uganda and the Private Sector in driving the Digital agenda in Uganda. Additionally Uganda improved
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The 25th Joseph Mubiru Memorial Lecture will be held on December 01, 2017 and will be delivered by Dr. Ha-Joon Chang, a University Reader in Political Economy of Development, in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. The lecture is titled; “Ambition, Pragmatism, and Imagination – Rethinking the
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