Uganda tariffs have hit Pwani Oil Company’s range of products hard, slowing down the firm’s bid to establish presence in the region, Daily Nation reports. Uganda imposed a 10 percent excise duty on manufactured goods from Kenya, making them relatively expensive in its market and uncompetitive against local products. Pwani
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga, has sought assurance from the government that Murchison Falls will not be tampered with. Kadaga, in her communication to the House on Tuesday, 18 June 2019 said that the waterfalls are a major tourist attraction. “I want an early assurance from the government that
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Ugandan MPs have demanded that all buildings erected in wetlands around Kampala are demolished, noting that these have caused unprecedented fatal flooding in the city. The MPs' remarks were in response to a statement by the Minister of State for Kampala Capital City Authority, Benny Namugwanya on the state of
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Equity Bank clients were on Tuesday gripped with fear after it emerged that unscrupulous people had accessed the bank system and made transfers. According to reports, the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon. Some clients who were affected by the hack received SMS on their phones indicating that money had been
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The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (International Relations) of the Republic of Uganda, Okello Oryem has hailed the existing Bilateral Trade relations between Uganda and Turkey. Oryem made the remarks during a meeting held today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where he met a 12 man Delegation of
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Uganda Revenue Authority has revealed that the process of disposing of Ugandan bound used motor vehicles abandoned at the Port of Mombasa is underway. The Commissioner Customs at URA, Dicksons C Kateshumbwa says that over the years, several Ugandan bound used motor vehicles have been abandoned at the Port of
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Uganda's government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has asked the public to disregard statements made by the country's police in relation to the probe into the Bank Of Uganda procurement saga. Ofwono made the remarks on Tuesday at the Uganda Media Centre during a press conference saying Police spokesperson, Fred Enanga lied
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Health workers in Uganda have received clearance to start using experimental vaccines for the Ebola disease. Last week two people who had travelled from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo died from Ebola in Uganda. People who came into contact with them have already received experimental vaccines. The head of
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Emirates has made a network-wide commitment to reduce single-use plastics on board its aircraft. As of June 1st, eco-friendly paper straws have been introduced and all Emirates flights will soon be plastic straw-free. The airline has been working on various long-term sustainability initiatives. In addition to plastic straws, plastic swizzle
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Safaricom has announced the availability of its “Reverse Call” feature enabling its more than 31 million customers to pay for calls for loved ones. The service enables a caller to transfer the cost of a call to the receiver by adding ‘#’ before the number they are calling. For instance,
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