Equity Uganda, a wholly owned subsidiary of Equity Group Holdings has today unveiled a new identity in line with Equity Group Holdings’ ongoing transformation journey. The new identity is aimed at creating a sustainable growth path and service delivery in today’s dynamic financial services environment. Going forward, Equity Uganda will
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By Amon Baita Over 200 Local external recruitment agencies are in trouble over failure to externalize domestic workers to Saudi Arabia yet they received advance payments from Saudi agencies before Covid 19 lockdown came into force early this year. The revelation was made by Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies
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The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of health has revealed that her department is working round the clock to ensure all medical staff are cleared. Dr Diana Atwine revealed this on Wednesday evening saying the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development had released the funds. "We are glad to
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A litigant is entitled to a fair hearing before a judge who is not biased or prejudiced. However, High Court Judge His Lordship Justice Boniface Wamala, shocked the public when he rejected recusing himself from hearing cases involving Simbamanyo Estates and Equity Bank, despite request for recusal written to him
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By Hassan Kitenda Lately there has been a huge uptake of Investment Clubs in Uganda .Well, this can be attributed to a certain hunger to invest, grow and succeed and one of the fastest ways to meet these goals is by setting up investment clubs. Here, members pool financial resources
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URA and South Sudan National Revenue Authority have agreed to strengthen stakeholder and trade relations between the two partner states. This was during a bilateral meeting between the two revenue authorities at Elegu OSBP yesterday. Representing the URA CG, Abel Kagumire, the Commissioner Customs, shared URA's 5-year corporate plan and revenue performance over
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The Electoral Commission has appointed Tuesday 22nd and Wednesday 23rd December 2020 as the dates for nomination of candidates for election of Member of Parliament representing Workers, Youths, Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons. According to Paul Bukenya, the Acting EC Spokesperson, the nominations shall be conducted at the Electoral
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has written to the country's Land Commission boss asking her to secure land for the Uganda Heart Institute in Naguru, a suburb in the capital Kampala to set up Cardia centre of excellence. The Letter seen by this publication is dated 14th October and addressed to
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As diplomats gathered at the African Union’s headquarters earlier this year to prepare for its annual leaders’ summit, employees of the international organization made a disturbing discovery. Someone was stealing footage from their own security cameras. Acting on a tip from Japanese cyber researchers, the African Union’s (AU) technology staffers
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Uganda's health ministry has released a statement explaining some of the issues raised by the Budgetary Monitoring and Accountability (BMAU) “COVID-19 INTERVENTIONS REPORT FINANCIAL YEAR 2019/20.” In the statement issued on Wednesday, the ministry says BMAU hurriedly released "an incomplete and unsigned report in October 2020 to social media without
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