Less than a week since Parliament passed a motion to inquire into alleged misconduct of UPDF soldiers in civil matters, artisanal miners in Busia district have appealed to Parliament to halt military deployment in the gold mines, accusing it for defending interests of a foreign investor. The Small scale gold
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The Cost effective rail freight logistics report has indicated that for Uganda to achieve a dream of becoming a regional logistics and distribution hub, a multimodal transport system should be adopted. Multimodal transportation is a combination of several shipping modes like a truck, rail, ocean or air to deliver freight
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Officials in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo say at least 22 people have been killed during a rebel attack on Saturday night in a village near Beni City. It is thought to have been carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The Congolese military recently launched
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The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU), an umbrella body for all public relations and communication professionals in Uganda has launched a 5-year strategic plan, highlighting the goals that will be achieved from 2020 to 2024. The strategic plan was launched during the end of the year event dubbed “PRAU
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Uganda’s economy has generally been stable in 2019, with inflation contained below 5% and the exchange rate despite being weak trading stable for the better part of the year. The Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks has also remained stable at 10% only reducing to
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The Ruparelia Foundation Trustee and Chief organizer of Christmas party for the vulnerable children, Naiya Ruparelia has called on Ugandans and companies the need to embrace the needy people in communities as a milestone by giving back to them in various ways. Naiya says everybody has capacity to give back
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Implementers of the Uganda Electronic Single Window have an ambitious plan of connecting 30 Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) by 2021. The Uganda Electronic Single Window is a trade platform that lets Traders, Clearing and Forwarding firms submit and process trade documents electronically. So far, 16 MDAs are actively
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Muyenga based labor recruiting company-Middle East Consultants Ltd has scooped a long term lucrative deal to supply at least 1,000 Ugandans annually to work as motor vehicle/cycle food delivery staff for the world fast food giant- McDonald's –Saudi Arabia. According to Andrew Seguya, Middle East Consultants Ltd, the Company’s Public Relations
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The Secretary General of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party, Justine Kasule Lumumba has promised to support Dr Kenneth Omona in his new role as Principal Private Secretary to the President. On Saturday, Museveni made changes to the cabinet that saw Omona, the NRM Treasurer appointed PPS. "I would
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Outgoing Principal Private Secretary, Molly Kamukama has taken to twitter to express her gratitude to President Yoweri Museveni for appointing her minister. Kamukama has been appointed Minister of State for Economic Monitoring under the office the President according to the cabinet reshuffle announced on Saturday. "Congratulations to colleague public servants
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