British American Tobacco (BAT) Group has pledged an enhanced set of parental benefits to support new parents every step of the way across the world. As part of the wider business transformation, we aim to shape our workplace to drive diversity and inclusion. We are incredibly proud that new
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Under Kiwani Women Value Addition and Marketing Group found in the eastern district of Kibuku, women are reaping big from processing fresh cassava tubers into high quality cassava flour. This women group has received funding from the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship programme (UWEP) to implement enterprises of their choice. The women
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Single motherhood and limited means, coupled with unlimited demands is such a challenge to many women that some abandon their children while others resort to unbecoming social activities, some of which can endanger their lives. The need for decent living in an ever challenging economic atmosphere which is characterized by
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The Budget Committee of parliament has ejected Kenneth Mugambe (in featured photo), the Director Budget in the Finance Ministry for failure to justify a supplementary expenditure of Shillings 1.1 trillion in the 2018/2019 financial year. Shillings 403.5 billion of the Shillings 1.17 trillion that appears under the Supplementary Schedule 2
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By AFP KINSHASA, DR Congo's recently elected president, Felix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila on Wednesday said they had decided to form a coalition government following talks. Despite Tshisekedi's election -- the first peaceful transition of power since the Democratic Republic of Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960
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Originally discriminated against for being HIV/AIDS positive, 570 women in Karusandara Sub-county in Busongora South Constituency, Kasese District have reinvented themselves by forming a Crafts Making and Selling Group. The group chairperson, Donata Komuhangyi, says Karusandara Women Crafts Making and Selling Group was established in 2004, as a community development umbrella
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Following the liberalization policy by government in the 1990’s, Rene industries, a pharmaceutical plant was founded in 1996 and currently is one of the leading in the industry producing about 90 various pharmaceutical products on the market. Their products range encompasses various therapeutic categories which include; Anti-allergic, Anti-amoebic, Antibacterial,Antibacterial, Anti-fungal,
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Thousands of passengers have been stranded at Kenya's main international airport after a strike caused major disruption to flights, BBC reports. The military has been deployed to try to break the industrial action at Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta airport. The situation has now eased slightly and a few flights have taken
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The local media has reported that the border standoff between Rwanda and Uganda has been escalated by Kampala’s outright refusal to close businesses owned by Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa (in featured photo) ,a multi-millionaire Rwandan national running a string of enterprises in many African countries including Uganda. The Rwandan government believes
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The Pan African Parliament has commended Uganda for its progressive policies in the management of refugees. Uganda’s open door policy to asylum seekers was lauded as one of the most generous in the world because it grants refugees relative freedom of movement, the right to seek employment and also accords
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