Members of Parliament (MPs) in a special sitting on Friday approved the Shs280.1bn meant for the purchase of the two bombardier aircrafts to be used by Uganda Airlines. MPs had earlier refused to approve the supplementary budget due to the controversy surrounding the ownership of the national airline. Although MPs
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A lawsuit against the airplane maker Boeing has been filed in a United States federal court by the family of a man who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this month, BBC reports. All 157 crew and passengers were killed in the accident. The relatives of Jackson Musoni, a
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Uhuru is trending on Twitter in Kenya as some people ask whether President Uhuru Kenyatta taking his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni on a train ride was a stunt to get more money from China. The two leaders on Thursday travelled some 480km (298 miles) on the Chinese-funded Standard Gauge Railway
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By Drake Nyamugabwa The Uganda Tourism Board (UTB), a government body charged with promoting Uganda as a preferred tourism destination, check for standards in the sector and classify facilities among other functions has started registering and licensing tourism facilities in Uganda including accommodation facilities in order to ensure quality standards.
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has expressed concern over the high interest rates charged by commercial banks even when the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for the banks has been below 10% for a long time. Currently, the average lending rate charged by
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Kenya has offered landlocked Uganda land to build a dry port in Naivasha town, about 75km (47 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said. Mr Museveni is currently in Kenya for talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta aimed at boosting ties between between the neighbouring states. The
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dfcu Bank has today joined Uganda Red Cross Society in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Sports to launch a campaign dubbed ‘Keep a Girl in school’ that will enable thousands of school going girls gain access to knowledge and support in ‘Menstrual Hygiene Management’. This was unveiled at
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President Yoweri Museveni will continue earning Shs3.6m per month, bringing his annual income to Shs43.2m, the newly announced salary structures of public servants by the Ministry of Public Services indicate. The State Minister for Public Service, David Karubanga and the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bitarakwate Musingwiire tabled the list of
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A prominent businessman in Kabale town has won a suit against Centenary Rural Development Bank-CERUDEB for impounding his property, URN reports. In May 2018, Moses Sunday obtained a loan of Shillings 25 million to increase stock in his business. He staked his Canter vehicle registration number UAY 115A and house
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The meeting held between the MPs on the Budget Committee alongside officials from the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Works, Uganda National Airlines Company Limited and Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB)on Thursday unearthed fresh details regarding the ownership of the national airline. The meeting turned dramatic after the Committee learnt
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