Workers MPs have expressed doubts regarding a decision taken by Speaker Jacob Oulanyah (pictured) to collapse the National Social Security Bill, 2019 -NSSF Bill that had been passed by the Tenth Parliament. On Thursday last week, Oulanyah guided the House that all business of the Tenth Parliament that remained incomplete,
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State Minister for Health Margaret Muhanga standing beside Ambassador Natalie. They witnessed the delivery of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines Uganda has received a consignment of more than 1.6 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a donation by the United States government. This is the second consignment of COVID-19
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The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) has published industry performance for the period April-June 2021 (Q2) with Bancassurance recording a 54% growth dominated by Stanbic Bank Uganda which consolidated its market-share to 21.2% from 19.1 between January and March. According to IRA, the insurance industry registered impressive growth in
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Jenkins Joel Kabi In the Bible, there is a story of the stone that was rejected by the builder but later became the cornerstone. This is exactly the story of Jenkins Joel Kabi, 19, a student who was rejected at Uganda Martyrs' SS Namugongo for poor performance but ended up
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Grace Muliisa is new the Managing Director of Ecobank Uganda Ecobank Uganda, a subsidiary of the leading pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, (‘ETI’), and parent company of the Ecobank Group, is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms. Grace Muliisa as the Managing Director of Ecobank Uganda. The announcement
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Captain Kokoro Janda (in white shirt Left) will fly Uganda Airlines' Airbus Captain Kokoro Janda will fly Uganda Airlines’ Airbus A330 on long-haul routes such as Dubai and London. Captain Kokoro as he is popularly known, is a Ugandan from Arua district in West Nile Sub-region. Education Janda is an accomplished
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Airlink South Africa has launched its operations in Uganda. State Minister for Transport, Fred Byamukama presided over the colorful launch ceremony at Entebbe International Airport on Sunday, September 19. Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) Ag. Director General, Fred Bamwesigye, was represented by the General Manager, Up- country Aroderomes, Samuel Wonekha,
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Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja (pictured) has ordered the termination of the contract of a 42-kilometre road The 1.8 Billion Shillings road that connects from Kakabara Sub County in Kyegegwa District to Nabingola in Mubende was constructed under the Development Response to Displacement Impact Project-DRDIP. The program that is under the
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Hellen Adoa, the State Minister in Charge Fisheries The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has linked the poor quality of fish to the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020 and flooding. Hellen Adoa, the State Minister in Charge Fisheries made this revelation in a media address at the
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The Kiira region election officer, Emmanuel Matsiko has said that the Electoral Commission-EC will blacklist all their staff implicated in election malpractice related tendencies. Speaking to political leaders and civil society organization-CSO actors, during the post-election evaluation meeting held at Iganga district headquarters last Friday, Matsiko said that they have
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