Cabinet has approved the Physical Planning Bill, paving the way for quacks to be eliminated. The bill was approved during the weekly cabinet meeting on Monday. While addressing the media in Kampala, Government spokesperson, Ofwono Opondo said the bill would help to establish infrastructure for the better look of the
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Lending rates and Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) in Uganda’s banking industry are gradually declining, a new report has revealed. The PwC report titled ‘Uganda Economic Outlook – 2019’, Average lending rates charged for shilling denominated loans have been gradually declining. As at June 2018, the shilling denominated loans average interest rates
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has told the Central Executive Committee of the National Resistance Movement that for the party to propel the country forward and economically transform the society, the leaders must appreciate the importance of science and technology to drive socio-economic transformation. This coupled with understanding the correctness of
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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has said people should stop criticizing Dr. Kizza Besigye over the newly formed People's Government, URN reports. The People's Government and assembly were unveiled last week with Besigye as the President and Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago as the deputy president. FDC Vice President
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The Ugandan Government is projecting the economy to grow by 6.2% in the FY2018/19 going Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) latest data. This prediction is contained in the National Budget Framework Paper 2019/20 (BFP) published by the Ministry of Finance in December 2018. According to a report by PwC titled
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The South African runner, Caster Semenya, is challenging controversial plans to limit genetically high levels of testosterone in some female athletes that is said to give them an undue performance advantage. The sport's international governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), says it wants to make races fairer
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The Police and Sister Security Agencies have dismantled a self – styled criminal gang operating in Kyabisagazi II village, Kigorobya Sub County, in Hoima district. During the 13th February, 2019 operation, 78 suspects, who were recklessly using their weapons of bows and arrows to promote acts of lawlessness in the
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Ugandans are on cloud nine after a video of one of the Uganda Airlines Planes on a test flight was shared by a one Mark Brandon. Excitement among Ugandans on social media is now in overdrive as many share the video and pictures of the CRJ-900 plane. The Fly the
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A student at the Kenya Medical Training College, Embu Campus has put up his kidney for sale to be able to raise college fees. Michael Muruthi Wanjohi (in featured photo) resolved to sell a body organ after the college barred him from continuing with his training and examinations unless he
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Top military commanders of the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) said Saturday that they had agreed to launch new, targeted military operations against al-Shabab militants in Somalia. According to AMISOM, the new activities will be implemented in three phases in an effort to flush the terrorists from their hideouts
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