Hon. Amelia Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives with Alvin Mbugua, UBL's Managing Director Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) Wednesday announced a partnership with the Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) under the Raising the Bar program which will support bars to re-open safely & rebuild customer confidence. Raising the Bar is
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Huawei released its 2020 Annual Report today, showing growth slowed, but the company's business performance was largely in line with forecast. Huawei's sales revenue in 2020 rounded off at CNY891.4 billion, up 3.8% year-on-year, and its net profit reached CNY64.6 billion, up 3.2% year-on-year. Despite operational difficulties brought about by
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Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga officiated the launch of BMK's book By Denis Jjuuko After our lunch meeting at Hotel Africana about five years ago, a waitress approached us and placed a leather holder on the table. It contained our lunch bill. I didn’t shift in my chair because Dr Hajj
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President Samia said a major reshuffle was not necessary Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has reshuffled her cabinet more than a week after she was sworn in following the death of President John Magufuli. The cabinet includes some new faces. Among them are career diplomat Liberata Mulamula who now takes
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Parliament in session Parliament has passed the National Health Insurance Bill. The Bill establishes the National Health Insurance Scheme to which all Ugandans aged above 18 will be mandated to contribute before accessing health services.This means that, if assented to by the President, there will be a four per cent
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A section of UWOPA members addressing journalists at parliament. Parliament has passed a new legislation; the succession Bill seeking to ensure equality and equity in the distribution of the deceased estates. The bill repeals that succession law traced back to 1906.The Bill's main objective is to provide for the rights
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Forbes Enterprises Ltd continues to operate illegally Labour recruitment company, Forbes Enterprises Ltd, whose license was suspended over a year ago, has come under fire for continuing to recruit desperate Ugandans for jobs abroad. A well-placed source privy to operations of the company has said that a year after Forbes’ license
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