President Yoweri Museveni has intervened and brought the two parties embroiled in the fight over the ownership and management of Rhinos at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Nakasongola to a round table. Sources reveal that Museveni met Captain Charles Roy’s family led by his daughter Bonnie Wendy and lawyer Richard
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Uganda’s power distributor, Umeme Limited has revealed that it will scale down use of wooden poles going forward in favour of concrete poles. This was revealed by the Umeme Managing Director, Selestino Babungi on Thursday while addressing the press at Kampala Serena hotel immediately after the company’s Annual General Meeting.
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Property mogul, Sudhir Ruparelia continues to change Kampala’s skyline. The latest is the US$320m (Shs1.2 trillion) Kingdom Kampala Mall that finally opened to the public on Thursday. It is yet to be officially launched but tenants can now take up spaces. Inside the twelve floored multibillion and multipurpose complex is
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Victoria University Vice-Chancellor, Assoc. Prof. Krishna N. Sharma on Thursday 9th May 2019 released his latest paperback book Advanced Techniques in Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy (ISBN 9789388958509). Prof. Sharma, who recently bagged the record of Youngest Vice-Chancellor in the world, said that the 246 paged book is for physiotherapy and
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The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Pius Bigirimana, has today morning met budding music sensation, Patrick Ssenyonjo alias Fresh Kid, and his promoter to discuss modalities of engagement to ensure that the young talent’s interests are safe guarded. During the meeting held at the Ministry headquarters
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Companies under the umbrella organisation of the Internet Service Providers Association of Uganda (ISPAU) are set to benefit from up to 30% discount when they sign up for space at the upcoming RAXIO Data Center. This was announced recently by James Byaruhanga, RAXIOs General Manager, at a breakfast event hosted
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Five new oil blocks have been put up for the second licensing round in the Albertine Graben. The announcement of the new five blocks was made by the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Eng. Irene Muloni (in featured photo) on Wednesday. This was during the 9th East African Petroleum
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The leadership of the People's Government led by Dr. Kizza Besigye and People Power's movement led by Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine, have resolved to join forces to expedite the end president, Yoweri Museveni's 33 year rule. This is contained in a joint statement issued signed by Besigye and Kyagulanyi
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Francis Ogwang (in featured photo) is the new Country Manager at East African Development Bank (EADB). A visionary thinker with a global perspective and entrepreneurial drive, Ogwang has over 17years of banking experience, 8 of them at middle management and senior leadership levels. His banking experience ranges from Corporate and
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Uganda’s banking industry continued to recover from turbulent times in 2018 by posting generally impressive results. According to industry figures analysed by Business Focus, out of 24 banks, 19 banks recorded net profits of Shs790.092bn in 2018 compared to the 17 banks that posted a profit of Shs785bn in 2017.
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