The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has joined the ‘mushrooming’ radio business in Uganda. Karuguuza Development Radio (KDR) is airing on frequency 100.3fm. It went on air last month. There are unconfirmed reports that he owns it with two other businessmen. Appearing on the station for
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Prior to his appointment as Executive Director-Supervision at Bank of Uganda (BoU), Dr. Tumubweine Twinemanzi was a little known fellow. Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile appointed Twinemanzi to succeed Justine Bagyenda better known as the Iron Lady at BoU and banking industry at large on February 7, 2018. The appointment took immediate
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The owner of Cafe Pap, a leading chain of popular Kampala city coffee shops on Thursday succumbed to cancer. Jolly Ngabirano, passed away in Germany where she was receiving treatment. She was the wife of Henry Ngabirano, the former Executive Director of the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). There has
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The Police Disciplinary Court has further remanded former Buyende District Police Commander Muhammad Kirumira to Railway Police cells for another four days pending a ruling on his bail application. Kirumira had applied for bail on grounds that he had learnt his lesson, would abide by the directions of the court
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Doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambu County, the Standard Newspaper reports. Thairu's arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved
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London-based oil explorer Tullow on Wednesday said it had pumped additional $2.9 billion (KSh293 billion) into the operation targeting full-scale export of Kenya’s oil to begin in four years’ time, reports the Daily Nation. Tullow, which has already spent more than $1 billion (Sh101 billion) in exploration activities over the
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dfcu customers and the general public can now purchase a wide range of insurance products including motor vehicle cover, fire and burglary, Child Education, goods in transit and so much more from dfcu Bank. This after the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda granted dfcu Bank a license to offer bancassurance
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The former Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers talisman is keen in following Weah's steps by leading the people in his country. Senegal legend El Hadji Diouf has revealed his newly found career in politics as he hopes to change things in his home country, a number of media agencies have reported. Inspired
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Hope came in with a new sport for Kisenyi, the largest Kampala slum that has for long been notorious as a violent enclave for drug distribution and abuse, prostitution as well as all forms of thuggery. The noisy chatter, tired unplanned cribs, smelly drainage and dusty narrow roads is the signature tune
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MTN Group Ltd. plans to raise about $500 million (Shs1.8 trillion) from the sale of shares in its Nigerian business during the first half of the year, fulfilling the terms of a deal struck with the West African nation to settle a record fine, according to people familiar with the
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