Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has distanced itself from alleged reports that its staff connived with ‘UPDF’ soldiers to extort money from a city businessman. Reports indicate that ‘UPDF’ soldiers purportedly used URA’s name in an attempt to fleece a city businessman dealing in computers. URA says they used fake URA
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The Uganda shilling stood tall supported by sizeable dollar inflows mainly from NGO’s and commodity exporters making the supply side stronger to match the pockets of demand from the manufacturing and telecom sectors during the week ending 2nd November 2018. Trading was in the range of 3735/3745. In the Interbank
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While people will always need banking and other financial services, how they interact with and access these services has changed dramatically with the advent of technology. We spoke to William Sekabembe (in featured photo), Chief of Business and Executive Director at dfcu Bank who gave us key take aways from
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The District Health Officers (DHOs) under their umbrella body, the Association of District Health Officers of Uganda (ADHOU) have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga demanding for salary increment. Led by David Ivan Kamya, Chairperson of the Association, the team called for increment of their monthly pay to Shs4m,
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Legislators meeting in Kigali, Rwanda want African governments to give women more leadership positions as a solution to curbing corruption. They say women tend to behave more honestly than men and are concerned about fairness in their decisions. “Several studies suggest that women are less corrupt, and that companies with
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Government has been tasked to scale up its family planning efforts if it is to achieve the 2040 vision. Speaking at Hotel Africana yesterday during the Public Health Youth Symposium organized by Public Health Ambassadors Uganda (PHAU), Hope Nzeire (in featured photo), the Senior National Program Officer National Population Council
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President Yoweri Museveni Thursday commissioned six industries in Namanve Industrial Park. He noted that those with eyes can see Uganda is on right path to development. Below is his statement; I have commissioned six industries; Orion transformers, Alfasan limited, Steel and Tubes industries, Interior Technologies, Luuka Plastics and Toyota motors
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By Mirror: Arsenal manager Unai Emery has revealed he used to bet on his teams to lose as a player. Spaniard Emery forged a career as a midfielder in his homeland between 1990 and 2004 - playing Real Sociedad, Toledo, Racing Ferrol, Leganes and Lorca Deportiva. But it was during
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Government and telecom companies have revealed that effective November 1, 2018, the validity of daily Over-the-Top (OTT) tax of Shs200 has changed from midnight to 24 hours. Ian Rumanyika (in featured photo), the Manager Public & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), says that the decision follows engagements with
Read MoreUSD$2M fund to make giving back to community a cornerstone of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program TORONTO, Canada, 1 November 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Mastercard Foundation today announced a new fund that will enable young changemakers to seed and kick-start promising social ventures and community projects, creating economic opportunities
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