Kenya based accounting and audit firm Parker Randall, owned by former Mumias Sugar boss Coutts Otolo has won the bid to audit Nakumatt Holding’s books and report to the retailer’s creditors, Daily Nation reports. The consultancy firm has less than six weeks to prepare the struggling retailer’s books for the
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The Uganda government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has canceled over 210 certificates of title which were erroneously or fraudulently issued in different forest reverses within the districts of Wakiso, Mukono and Kayunga, URN reports. According to the list of canceled titles seen by URN, 10
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The Head of Uganda’s Mission in South Africa, Barbara Nekesa, has appealed to Ugandan MPs to push government to streamline the move towards the use of electronic passports in order for the Mission to remain relevant to Ugandans living in the country. Nekesa said that following the decision to introduce
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Heliochem Pty Ltd, an Australian based firm has partnered with Medcan Uganda Ltd to grow medical cannabis (marijuana) in Uganda, Business Focus exclusively reports. Heliochem is a subsidiary of THC Global Group Limited (ASX: THC), an ASX listed company, operating in the Health Care sector. It has been in business for
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Kenya’s National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) has shut down 25 factories accused of discharging effluent into Nairobi River, Daily Nation reports. Nema Director-General Geoffrey Wahungu said on Wednesday that the factories illegally discharged waste into the severely polluted river that is now being cleaned. Mr Wahungu added that the factories,
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The Parliamentary Human Rights on Wednesday turned way Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) team led by Fred Otunnu, the Director Corporate Affairs after turning up without the Commission’s Executive Director, Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi(in featured photo). The MPs accused Mutabazi of undermining the importance of the Committee meeting yet he was informed
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Parliament has awarded MTN Uganda a contract worth Shs197m to provide monthly 5GB data for each MP amounting to Shs30,000, according to documents seen by this site. MTN will also to provide monthly Over The Top Tax (OTT) aka Social Media Tax worth 6000 for each member of Parliament. The
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KCB Group chief executive officer Joshua Oigara earned KSh273 million (UShs10.2 billion) in salary, bonus and allowances in 2018, a year when Kenya’s biggest bank by assets announced a record net profit, Business Daily reports. Mr Oigara’s 6.6 percent (UShs634.5bn) pay increase mainly came in the form of a higher
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Huawei, one of the leading global Information Communications Providers Tuesday entered an agreement with Makerere University to establish an ICT Academy in Uganda. The academy will offer free certification to students with the aim to improve and cultivate ICT talent, bridge the gap between universities and the corporate world by
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On the 3rd and 4th July 2019, CryptoSavannah and the Blockchain Association of Uganda, working in collaboration with the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance will host the 2nd edition of the Africa Blockchain Conference, at the Kampala Serena Conference Centre. The conference theme “Africa 4.0: Preparing Africa for the
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