Uganda is clamping down on imports of gold so that processors have to certify the precious metal is not from an area of conflict, BBC reports. The move follows a United Nations report which concluded Kampala is a hub for gold traded illegally from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The
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The Stanbic monthly Purchase Managers Index (PMI) has continued to project a healthy performance in the private sector for the 26th month running. Although the PMI for March registered a score of 51.7 in March down from 54.4 in February, the reading still points to improvement in business activity which
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The recruitment of Chris Ariko Obore (in featured photo) as Director of Communication of Public Affairs at Parliament was based on an illegality. This is contained in a March 5th, 2019 termination letter to Obore by the Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige, URN reports. She explains that this is part
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On my first field visit as head of the Kenyan Ministry of Health's Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) unit, my team and I traveled through Pongwe-Kidimu, a picturesque coastal region of Kenya, holding focus group discussions with health workers and members of the community to understand the challenges they were facing
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The Inspector General of Government, Justice Irene Mulyagonja has cleared the Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda (BoU) Dr. Louis Kasekende and the former Executive Director, Banking Supervision (BoU), Justine Bagyenda (in featured photo) have been cleared of illicit accumulation of wealth after investigations revealed that the wealth of the two
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Pearl Dairy Limited, through the LATO Milk Brand, has launched an ambitious project to provide medical and corrective surgery to the disabled children in Uganda. A study done in Uganda discovered that over1.4 million children are living with some form of disability and face discrimination and marginalization in society. Partnering
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This year’s Good Friday 19th April 2019 is going to be lit as Bishop Isaiah Mbuga shares his life with the world in music. He will be launching his latest Album and also premiering videos to some of the songs on the album. Bishop Isaiah is the founder of Christ’s
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The police in Kampala have launched further investigations to a group of rights activists headed by a one Hadijah Ndagire, 30, in above photo, a resident of Najjanankumbi village Quarter Zone , Rubaga division Kampala . She is a known social worker and a human rights activist and her group
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President Yoweri Museveni has written back to Parliament explaining why he has not signed the Sugar bill into law. Museveni says the legislation in its current form has already created anarchy in Uganda’s sugar industry. The President’s position was communicated by Deputy Speaker, Jacob Oulanyah, who read Museveni’s letter during
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A Ugandan man, who was only six years old when his father lost his land in a legal dispute, has finally won it back 23 years later, after becoming a lawyer, BBC reports. Jordan Kinyera (in featured photo) went through 18 years of education and legal training before taking on
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