Bags of cobalt stock pilings at Kilembe mines copper factory limited The Workers of Kilembe Mines Limited in Kasese District have gone 14 months without getting paid. The 131 members are currently responsible for caring and maintaining the defunct Kilembe mines cobalt factory. It’s also understood that the board member’s
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Grace Muliisa, Managing Director Ecobank Uganda Ecobank Uganda, a member of the leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group, is celebrating the ninth annual Ecobank Day, its flagship corporate and social responsibility annual event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across Africa. This year Ecobank Day will be held
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Kenya Airways plane taking off Kenya Airways has the most expensive tickets among airlines operating in Africa, charging more on average than carriers such as Ethiopian Airlines, South African Airways and Air France. A new study by competition authorities representing a total of 24 African countries found that KQ, as
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Ugandans are among the suspected Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels that were captured in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo-DRC. According to Captain Antony Mwalushayi, the spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) for military operations, the suspected rebels were captured on Friday
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Coffee remains a strategic crop for Uganda The Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed that Uganda coffee exporters earned Shs237bn in September 2021, further cementing the cash crop’s position as one of the leading foreign exchange earners for Uganda. In the report released last week, the Authority revealed that
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Annet Kiconco, one of the survivors of the Komamboga blast Three people who survived death by a whisker when a locally improvised bomb exploded at a small eatery in Komamboga, a suburb in Kampala have today narrated their stories. The explosion happened on Saturday, October 24 at Georon, a small
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Filbert Baguma, the Secretary General - UNATU Both public and private teachers’ unions have tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to review the transition process that has been placed to achieve the minimum qualification for teachers in the country. This month, the government embarked on implementation of the 2019
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The Uganda Police Force has revealed that the bomb that claimed the life of one person in Komamboga on Saturday night was locally improvised and therefore it is was a case of domestic terrorism. The said explosion occurred at around 9;00 p.m. at a small eatery called Georon next to
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Tumwebaze flags off the first 50 tonne export consignment of powdered milk by Pearl Diary in Mbarara to Zambia Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, on Friday flagged off 50 tonnes of Lato milk to Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Zambia.As part of its commitment to foster
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says the explosive incident that occurred on Saturday night seems to be a terrorist act. The said explosion occurred at around 9;00 p.m. at a small eatery called Georon next to the famous Digida Pork joint in Komamboga. The explosion reportedly left one person dead and
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