Members of Parliament on the Finance Committee are seeking for ‘special’ treatment from telecom companies on the amount of mobile money transactions, saying they are some of the biggest customers in the sector. The call was made by Henry Musasizi, Chairperson Finance Committee while interfacing with Telecom operators from MTN,
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The second season of the prestigious Corporate Games League 2020 (CGL) will kick off at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole on Sunday March1, 2020. The Corporate Games Uganda Ltd is a registered Sports management company that organizes Corporate Games, Corporate Runs, Team Building, Kids League and Corporate Social Responsibility in Uganda
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is increasingly reaching out to more schools with the aim of instilling in students values related to voluntary tax compliance and their social responsibility as citizens. This is premised on the fact that human beings world over don’t want to pay taxes. However, with URA’s initiative
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The Algerian health minister has confirmed the country's first case of the coronavirus in an announcement on state-owned ENTV on Tuesday evening. The minister Abdel Rahman Ben Bouzid said the patient is an Italian man who arrived in the country on 17 February, Reuters news agency reports. The patient has
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $10m (UShs36.8bn) to help fight locusts in the East African region. The contribution will be given to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) that appealed for funds to fight the locust invasion that is threatening food security. FAO Director-General QU Dongyu
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Members of Parliament are concerned about the poor standards of Uganda’s medical schools, arguing that recent report findings are alarming to Uganda’s health sector. This follows a report by technical health experts from the East African Community (EAC) that inspected medical and dentistry schools of various universities in the region
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Kasule Sebunya (R) chaired the Trade committee which met the bus manufacturers Ugandan investors have called on Members of Parliament to support their efforts of developing the local industries and promoting local content. According to Metu Katabazi, the Chairman and Founder of Metu Zhongtong Bus Industries, Ugandan service providers have
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International soccer star Didier Drogba (pictured) has helped his birthplace, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), strike gold by helping to collect MOUs for a total of $15 billion (UShs55 trillion) in commitments to back tourism projects in the West African country. The breakthrough comes ahead of the UNWTO Forum for Africa,
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The Executive Council of the African Union has supported Dr. Akinwumi Adesina’s candidacy for a second term as President of the African Development Bank. The decision was taken during the thirty-sixth Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council, held during the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 6-7 February 2020.
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Uganda could lose up to US$ 218.3million (803.4bn) per annum potential revenue from just four crops if desert locusts that are already spread in 28 districts aren’t handled very well, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja (pictured), the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, has said. Addressing journalists at Uganda Media Centre
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