NUP President, Kyagulanyi Robert Ssentamu Despite having super-majorities in urban councils, the National Unity Platform-NUP party lost a couple of speakership and deputy speaker seats to independent candidates or those of the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM in polls held this week. In Lubaga Division, the NUP candidate Rehema Fugge was
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Current URA Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi This year as the 2021-22 Financial Year starts, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) marks 30 years since its creation, as part of the 1991 reforms which were aimed at improving government revenue collection. The tax body, with Edward Larbi Siaw as Commissioner General (CG),
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Energy Permanent Secretary , Robert Kasande (L) , an officer from Oranto and fomer Energy Miniister , Irene Muloni The Energy Ministry is expected to conclude negotiations with oil companies qualified to operate new blocks in the Albertine Graben. The meeting at Serena Hotel Kigo is an important development towards
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A coffee farmer tending to her garden The GIZ Employment and Skills for Development in Africa (E4D) programme has partnered with the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Uganda and Olam Food Ingredients (OFI) to improve the livelihoods of 5,000 coffee farmers in the Mount Elgon region of Uganda. Instead
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All over the World today, Cybersecurity is a top priority for each and every person using the Internet. But as the Internet advances, threats as well advance with new hacking tools and malware being created every day which makes cyberattacks more advanced and easier than ever before. In Uganda, recent
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Rachel Dumba Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has appointed three members tio its board as non-excutive directors. These include; Jane Karuku She is the current Group Managing Director and CEO of East African Breweries Limited. She was previously the Managing Director of Kenya Breweries Limited (KBL) since July 2015. She is
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The loan will boost internet services in Uganda The World Bank has yet again approved a loan worth US$200 million (about Shs708.918bn) to help Uganda expand access to high-speed and affordable internet, improve efficiency of digitally enabled public service delivery, and strengthen digital inclusion in the country. The loan will
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni during the recent swearing-in event President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has expressed his bitterness against corrupt practices which he says taints the country’s image. This was carried in his Martyrs day speech delivered by John Mitala, the Head of Public Service at the Anglican Shrine in Nakiyanja,
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A Police officer and a civilian have been arrested in Lira District in possession of an illegal firearm they were trying to sell.Emmanuel Onyanga, a PPC no_71630 attached to Bugweri police station and Isaac Ocaka 30-years old, a peasant of Teduka cell, Aduku Town council in Kwania district were arrested
Read MoreUganda’s immigrant workers have been sending less money to their families as COVID-19 continues to impact the global economy and the job market. Such remittances not only provide crucial support to individual families but the economy too.The May 2021 Migration and Development Brief shows that remittance flows to Uganda declined by
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