Gilbert Sendugwa is the Senior Regional Manager, CoST International and Executive Director, AFIC. Local contractors have been urged to form joint ventures with foreign firms to strengthen their capacity to engage in procurement processes and deliver quality services. This follows failure of many contractors at district levels to participate in
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Johnbosco Sebabi, the Head Teacher at St. Mary's SS Kitende has set his eyes on coffee farming The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world but teachers are one of the groups that have been hit most by the deadly disease. Indeed, one of the key lessons the disease has
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Suubula Stores SMC (www.suubula.com), one of Uganda’s leading marketplace, has unveiled its new e-commerce website following a 3-months rebranding process. The site gives the public an amazing shopping experience with local products such as arts and craft, books, foodstuffs, garments, beverages, home use supplies and electronics being prioritized. Shoppers will
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José Filomeno dos Santos, also known as Zenu, was head of Angola's Sovereign Wealth Fund from 2013 to 2018 The son of Angola's former president has been jailed for five years for fraud from when he was head of the oil-rich country's Sovereign Wealth Fund. José Filomeno dos Santos, 42,
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KAY Salt is supposed to be sold only in Kenya but is widely sold on Ugandan market Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) customs staff and National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) officials at Uganda’s borders have been identified as top perpetrators of smuggling. For a while now, the officials in question have
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By Rukh-Shana Namuyimba The role of effective, consistent, localized and recurring communication in the fight against the coronavirus cannot be underestimated. Governments, health organizations, brands and even individuals have for the past 8 months used every avenue at their disposal to help communities prepare for and adjust to a world
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The Health Ministry is engagement in a campaign to rid the country of malaria. As part of the activities, government is distributing free mosquito nets across the country. The Health Ministry PS Dr Diana Atwine met with teams distributing the nets in a morale boosting exercise. "With Director General, Dr.
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President Yoweri Museveni today morning visited the site of St Peter’s Church in Ndeeba that was recently demolished by unscrupulous people. The President said that he was saddened by this incident and gave the church assurances that those complicit will be punished. “Even if the church was in the wrong,
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The Uganda shilling remained stable as demand was dented by mid month tax payments that kept corporates out of the market during the week ending August 14, 2020. Bid and ask held at 3670/80. In the fixed income market, relatively good yields continued to lure both local and foreign investors
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Hope Ekudu (pictured above) has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer at dfcu Bank. Hope joins the Banks senior management team and will provide strategic leadership to the Operations function with a focus on driving operational excellence. With a banking career spanning over 13 years, she has held several
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