Angela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank Housing Finance Bank recently launched the Kingdom Development Organ aimed at stimulating community-based resource mobilization in partnership with the Church of Uganda. We caught up with Angela Ndawula, the Head Business and Institutional Banking at Housing Finance Bank
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Minister Ssempijja handing over a bicycle to a farmer By Francis Otucu The 2014 Population and Housing Census figures indicated that close to 80% of the households in Uganda are involved in agriculture sector. This means that the sector is the biggest employer of Ugandans. The Minister for Agriculture, Animal
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Bobi Wine at press conference The National Unity Party has dismissed claims that its leader, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine plans to hold a parallel presidential swearing in ceremony. The party describes the allegation as a cheap trick by security operatives to steal money from President Museveni.NUP spokesman and MP Elect
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Sam Cheptoris, the Minister for Water and Environment By Francis Otucu The Minister in Charge Water and Environment, Sam Cheptoris, has said 48, 338 villages in Uganda have access to safe and clean water, representing 70.3% coverage. This, he said, is out of a total of 68, 740 villages across
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Oil pipeline/Courtesy photo The partners in the oil and gas industry in Uganda intend to supply solar energy to power the East African Crude Oil Pipeline in transporting crude from Hoima in western Uganda to Tanzania’s Tanga Port. The energy will be used at the six pump stations along the
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Patience T Rubagumya, the URA Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs The Tax Appeals Tribunal has affirmed that the lease of equipment amounts to a taxable supply and ordered Multiple ICD Ltd, a Freight Forwarding Company to pay VAT amounting to Shs2.86bn to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). Multiple ICD Ltd instituted an application
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The Katikkiro of Buganda Charles Peter Mayiga. Buganda Kingdom has asked President Yoweri Museveni to ensure the return of all kingdom property in his new five-year term.This comes ahead of Museveni's swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday. The president-elect secured a sixth term in the 14th January 2021 general election in which
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A Jumia Rider ready to deliver food Online food platform Jumia Food Uganda has announced the return of its mega online food festival known as Jumia Food Fest running from 10th to 23rd May. The online campaign which was launched last year makes its return this year with even more discounts and
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Speaker Rebecca Kadaga A letter written by Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Rugunda about the dates for the election of the new Speaker of Parliament was unnecessary, according to the current Speaker Rebecca Kadaga. The Clerk to Parliament last week released the swearing-in program of the MPs to the 11th Parliament indicating
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Mountain Gorillas in Uganda/Courtesy photo There is hope for the hospitality industry and bookings in Uganda's hotels start recovering from near zero during the months of the Covid-19 lockdown to well over a quarter of installed capacity today. Bradford Ochieng, the Deputy Chief Executive Officer Uganda Tourism Board revealed in
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