The National Unity Platform (NUP) Presidential Candidate, Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert Saturday launched his manifesto in Mbarara City (Kakyeka stadium). Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine is among the 10 presidential candidates trying to unseat the incumbent Yoweri Museveni (who’s also a candidate) who has been in power since 1986. Below is a
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Joe Biden (pictured) has said it is "time to heal" the US in his first speech as president-elect, vowing "not to divide but to unify" the country. "Let's give each other a chance," he said at an event in Delaware addressing those who did not vote for him. Mr Biden
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Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos Despite uncertainty around the results of the presidential election, the U.S. stock market had its best week since April, helping some of the world’s richest add billions of dollars to their fortunes. The market rally has made the world’s richest person, Amazon founder and
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President Uhuru Kenyatta kicked off his Official Visit to the State of the Vatican City on Friday November 6, 2020 with a meeting with his host His Holiness Pope Francis at the Vatican Palace. The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the global Head of the Catholic Church and the
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The Innovation Village in partnership with Stanbic Bank and RocketHealth has today launched a thought leadership report on the ‘Future of Retail in Uganda. The report documents the impact of the lockdown measures on businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the trends redefining the sector and opportunity
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Commercial banks are expected to maintain their price terms and conditions with a bias towards easing for average loans and prime borrowers and tightening for riskier loans in the quarter to December 2020, according to a quarterly bank lending survey conducted by the Statistics Department of Bank of Uganda. “The
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The UN General Assembly Friday elected Mrs. Caroline Nalwanga Magambo (pictured) of the Republic of Uganda as a member of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (#ACABQ) by acclamation together with Algeria and Chad. Mrs. Magambo, who becomes the second African woman and first Ugandan to serve on
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Dr. Adeodata Kekitiinwa (2nd R), Executive Director of Baylor Uganda, receives some of the personal protective equipment donated by Absa Bank Uganda from the bank's ED & CFO - Mr. Michael Segwaya Absa Bank Uganda has donated personal protective equipment (PPEs) to four medical facilities to assist in the protection
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A group of city scribes led by Award-winning photojournalist, Abubaker Lubowa are challenging a decision by the Uganda Journalists' Association (UJA) to hold polls on 12 December, saying it's a date many participants will not make. The challenge is contained in a petition filed to UJA on Friday in which
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Uganda’s private sector continued to recover during October from the downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic as demand improved following the easing of restrictions, leading to further expansions in output, new orders and employment. The headline Stanbic Bank Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) rose to 55.8 in October, up from 54.5
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