More than 1,000 police officers from the ranks of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) to Special Police Constable (SPC) risk being deleted from the Police Force's payroll system after missing out on the manpower audit, URN reports. An internal police message dated April 24, 2019, from Police Human Resource Management
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Bank of Uganda, the regulator of the banking sector in the country is set for tough times ahead following the refusal by MPs to approve the Shs484.2bn the Central Bank had requested for recapitalization. The MPs instead reduced the figure to Shs200bn on grounds that the figure wasn’t justified and
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The world's most fertile woman has had an incredible 44 children - and now has to raise her massive brood on her own. Mariam Nabatanzi had her record number of babies by the time she was just 36 and all with the same father. Now 39, Mariam has had three sets of quadruplets, four
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Koboko district Resident District Commissioner () is among five people who died in a nasty accident along the Kampala Masaka highway on Friday morning. According to a statement issued by the police, the accident happened at Mpambire swamp along Kampala- Masaka highway three Miles from Mpiji Town. The police adds
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has partnered with selected schools and Greening Uganda in response to the environmental challenges caused by climate change and human activity. The Commission partnered with Sir Samuel Baker Secondary School in Gulu and Muntoyera High School in Kitunga to contribute to the environmental matters as
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The controversial takeover and sale of Crane Bank Ltd over two years ago must have affected tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia’s cash flow, but it didn’t break his financial muscle and business acumen. The property mogul has continued to invest in the property sector by opening up multi-million hotels and apartments. The
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Hospice Africa Uganda (HAU), a charity organization founded 26 years ago by inspirational Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Anne Merriman (Right in featured photo) has announced that it is downsizing its operations in Uganda. Dr. Merriman introduced palliative care to Uganda and Africa in 1993, initially in Kampala and expanding
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is set to officially open the international Muslim Youth conference scheduled for 26th - 27th April 2019 at Pearl of Africa Hotel in Kampala. This was revealed by the 2nd Deputy Mufti of Uganda Shk. Muhamad Waiswa during a Press Conference held at the UMSC
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By Felix Oketcho The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank has extended $1.9million (about Shs7.1bn) to Agent Banking Company of Uganda (ABC) to support growth of agent banking services in rural areas. The partnership between Agent Banking Company and IFC was officially launched this morning at
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Making comparisons of taxes Uganda collected between 1986 when President Yoweri Museveni took power and the current tax collections to justify the latest tax measures is outdated for the current generation, NRM MPs have told off David Bahati (in featured photo), the State Minister for Planning. Appearing before the Committee
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