Parliament has approved motion seeking the parliamentary approval to audit the Auditor General for three years in a deal that will see Kisaka & Company Certified Public Accountants conduct the audits at a cost of Shs265.8m. This followed a motion by Keefa Kiwanuka (Kiboga East) seeking approval of Parliament to
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A Patient Sleeping on the floor at the UCI adult ward Lying on the floor in the corridor of the Uganda Cancer Institute, Resty Nakabito writhes in pain with a drip attached to her wrist. She lies still as she stares up in the air. She is sleeping on a
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Sarah Opendi, UWOPA Chairperson The Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) have called for the increased funding to the health sector to curb the increasing cases of maternal mortality rates in the country, saying the meager funding has put lives of expectant mothers at risk. While addressing journalists at Parliament, Sarah
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A mark-stone that separates Uganda and Rwanda (Photo Credit Samuel Amanya) The Rwandan government has finally agreed to re-open its border with Uganda, three years after its closure. The Uganda-Rwanda borders were closed on February 27, 2019. At the time, Rwandan President, Paul Kagame accused Ugandan authorities of spying on Rwanda,
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Alex Nyombi (4th right) during Minister Nankabirwa's visit to Tilenga Industrial Area By Alex Nyombi Following consistent and resilient efforts, Uganda made its first commercial oil discovery in 2006. Since then, Government has worked with licensed oil companies to study and further define the petroleum (oil and gas) fields within
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Part of Mutebile road that was back-filled with fresh murram on Wednesday evening Authorities of the Northern Division in Kabale Municipality on Wednesday evening rushed to rehabilitate Mutebile road ahead of the burial of Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, the Bank of Uganda Governor who died in Nairobi on Sunday. At
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The late Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebil MPs have approved an amendment to the motion mourning fallen Central Bank Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, urging Government to construct a house for the family of the great economist. MPs say this will save the family from the pending eviction from the Governor’s home in Kololo. The
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PM Nabbanja talking to President Museveni Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has told President Yoweri Museveni that a section of ruthless mafia is badly fighting Uganda Lands Commission (ULC) Chairperson Beatrice Byenkya, who is praised by a couple of Ugandans as a committed civil servant and corruption free. The Prime Minister
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Some of the former Post Bank officials who have lost the case The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application by five Post bank officials challenging their suspension without a fair hearing. They are Stephen Mukweli, the Managing Director, Safina Wabuna Nakiyemba, the Executive Director for Information
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Three of Africa's richest people (from left): Johann Rupert of South Africa, Aliko Dangote of Nigeria and Nassef Sawiris of Egypt. Africa’s billionaires are richer than they have been in years, despite the global pandemic. As a group, the continent’s 18 billionaires are worth an estimated $84.9 billion – a
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