UNBS warns manufacturers, importers and stockists against substandard iron bars/Courtesy photo The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has revealed that substandard Iron Bars are flooding the market with many unsuspecting individuals falling victim. “The sale of substandard iron bars deprives the customer of the value for their money, promotes
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Ian Rumanyika, Ag. Assistant Commissioner, Public and Corporate Affairs at URA. In yet another move to further simplify tax compliance, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has made a major upgrade to its contact centre offering with the rollout of state-of-the-art Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology. “With this service support enhancement, we
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Children listening to a radio lesson. With schools closed again, because of the second wave of COVID-19, the Ministry of Education has revived radio lessons to ensure continuity of learning. The Ministry is broadcasting lessons on 15 radio stations across the country targeting primary four and five classes. The stations
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Millions of vaccine doses are needed Africa is in the middle of a full-blown third Covid wave and there is need for more vaccination, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The total infections have crossed the five million mark and at least seven African countries have run out of
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NSSF Building in Kampala/Courtesy photo Savers with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) can now partially access their savings should they be undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at an intensive care unit (ICU). The NSSF says that they have already facilitated the treatment of some members, and urge those in such
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One of the winners receive seed capital to further inject in their business. Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced finalists for the National Schools’ Championship (NSC) programme and given out seed capital to all semi-finalists amounting to UGx12.5million. The finalists were picked from four regions of Uganda namely, Central, Northern, Western
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BOU Governor Mutebile wants banks to reduce cost of loans further The Bank of Uganda has given a mixed view of the economic performance in the short term, with a high likelihood of either a slowdown in economic growth or a decline in activities generally. This is largely due to
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Dr Diana Atwiine, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Health The government plans to hire up to 700 health workers to handle COVID-19 cases at the various public health facilities across the country. Prof. Pius Okong, the Chairperson of the Health Service Commission says that the Ministry of Health has already
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Director-General of Nairobi Metropolitan Services Maj-Gen Mohammed Badi. FILE PHOTO | NMG At least 18 illegal building approvals were made early this month after Nairobi County’s online development plan system was hacked into, Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has said. NMS Director-General Mohamed Badi said the hackers were City Hall staff
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BoU Governor Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile The Bank Lending Survey results for March 2021 shows that, overall, banks expected lending rates to remain unchanged, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has said in its latest Monetary Policy Report. Although the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks has
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