An Unidentified Chinese businessman has survived the wrath of charged traders after he allegedly ordered his security guard to shoot a casual labourer attached to a shop at William Street, Kampala. The Casual labourer had allegedly questioned him on for blocking their shop with a truck. Instead, the businessman ordered
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The World Bank on Wednesday cut its economic growth forecast for sub-Saharan Africa for 2019 to 2021 by 0.2 percentage points from its earlier projection, citing a slowdown in fixed investment and policy uncertainty in the global economy. The bank said the region’s economy was expected to grow 2.6% this
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Ugandan pop star and leading opposition figure Bobi Wine Wednesday made a dramatic escape on a motorbike, avoiding arrest by security forces after they barricaded his home. Wine shared a video on Facebook on Wednesday, captioned "Busabala Final Destination" of himself getting on a bike surrounded by supporters and well-wishers. Other social
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By Amon Baita The Uganda externalization sector through their newly formed Association of Uganda Federation of Foreign Recruitment Agencies (UFFRA) could be headed for greater things after the sector was forwarded to the President for funding. This happened last Saturday during the Patriotism club celebrations held at Kololo Independence Grounds.
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By Ben Sebuguzi Towards third term of the education calendar, many schools most especially pre- primary schools, begin to invite new pupils to join their respective schools. Many adverts are run on different media.This leaves many parents at cross roads on where to take their children for better education. As
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Executive Director, Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi has announced that the commission has finalized the move to crackdown all counterfeit electronic devices including phones currently being sold on the Ugandan market. He said these are being sold at a relatively cheaper price. He made the remarks on
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A number of Ugandans don’t know that one can accumulate wealth through investing in various asset classes regulated by the Capital Markets Authority. In fact, low and middle income earners as well as Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) wrongly believe that Capital Markets are designed for wealthy individuals and giant
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An American preacher who was arrested on Monday in Rwanda for holding an "illegal meeting with journalists" has been deported, New Times of Rwanda newspaper reports. Rwandan Directorate General for Immigration and Emigration Regis Gatarayiha is quoted by paper as saying evangelist Gregg Schoof (pictured right talking to journalists) was
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Crispin Kaheru, the Coordinator of Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) has resigned his position to begin a new phase in his professional life. Launched on August 19th, 2009, CCEDU is a broad coalition that brings together over 800 like-minded civil society organizations and over eight thousand individuals
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President Yoweri Museveni has asked leaders to emulate him in the fight against corruption, revealing that he has never solicited for a bribe. The President says this has made him different from the leaders at Uganda had at independence time. “I have never taken a bribe from anybody in my
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