Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is the richest man in the world, according to the 2019 Forbes billionaires' list released early March. With an estimated fortune of $131bn (£99bn) he is the wealthiest man in modern history. But he is by no means the richest man of all time. That title
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A passenger has sued Kenya Airways for financial loss arising from stolen luggage worth millions. In a civil suit 126 of 2019 filed in Mengo Chief Magistrate Court, Florence Nyiramugisha, the plaintiff says her son and youngest sister lost items worth over US$2, 000 (over Shs7m) while on flight KQ
Read MoreCustomers Raise Concern Over Unfair Charges, Unsolicited Messages By Telecom Companies
Telephone users have petitioned Uganda Communications Commission-UCC over unfair charges by telecom companies. This was during the World Consumer Rights Day held at the UCC headquarters at Colville Street in Kampala. The consumers accused telecommunication companies of providing services like caller tunes to without their consent and later charging them
Read MoreThe Kabira Country Club Football Tournament that is recoganized by FUFA is back bigger and better, according to organizers. The tournament organised under the six-a-side system to enable very many companies to participate aims to promote fitness and close cooperation among corporate companies. According to Rajiv Ruparelia, the Director of Kabira Country Club, registration
Read MoreThe Uganda shilling lost ground earlier in the week on account of elevated demand from energy firms, manufacturing and importers. However, mid-week the unit stabilized on receding demand and traded in the range of 3700/3710 during the week ending 15th March 2019. In interbank money markets, overnight funds traded at
Read MoreBy Drake Nyamugabwa The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has endorsed a proposal for the review of Uganda’s procurement laws so as to ensure that 30 percent of all government contracts are reserved for women. She said deliberate action should be taken to reduce disproportionate engagement of women in productive
Read MoreEthiopian Airlines said on Saturday that DNA testing of the remains of the 157 passengers on board flight 302 may take up to six months as it offered bereaved families charred earth from the plane crash site to bury. A team of investigators in Paris also resumed work on the
Read MoreUganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned those intending to commit crimes in the country saying they will not survive. Museveni sounded this stern warning on Friday while passing out 6,239 Local Defense Unit (LDUs) trainees at Kaweweta Military Training School. "With you (LDUs) helping us watch out for criminals plus
Read MoreEAC To Engage Uganda And Rwanda On Diplomatic, Trade Dispute
By THE EAST AFRICAN More by this Author The East African Community Secretariat has sent a team to Rwanda and Uganda to find out the cause of the current hostility between the neighbours. EAC Secretary-General Liberat Mfumukeko said the bloc will “soon” engage the two countries in an effort to
Read MoreSome 170 countries gathered in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, to address the environmental impact of plastics have agreed to - as they put it - "significantly reduce" single-use plastic products over the next decade. The resolution, agreed after marathon talks at the UN environment assembly, was a watered-down compromise of the
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