While Africa looks to accelerate the development of its significant oil and gas resources – particularly as the continent struggles with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and energy poverty crisis – significant investment is needed in the upstream and midstream sectors. Rather than abandon fossil fuels in the name
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Uganda Airlines is committed to promoting Uganda’s tourism sector Uganda Airlines is positioning itself as the carrier for tourists regionally and globally in the long term. In an interview with this website on how the national carrier intends to promote Uganda’s tourism potential, Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public
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Uganda’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia has announced that consumers in Kampala and Entebbe will enjoy free next day delivery on the Jumia express orders effective immediately. The free delivery offer is aimed at incentivising more consumers to shop online daily and is in line with the company’s vision to make
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Parliament has passed into law The Succession (Amendment) Act 2021 that will allow separated spouses to claim right over property of the deceased’s assets, ending the colonial archaic law that barred the same. The Chairperson Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, Robina Rwakoojo while presenting the report informed Parliament Chairperson of
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The NDA spokesperson, Abias Rwamwiri, displaying some of the Stronger Weekend Adulterated Wine and Beer The National Drug Authority has banned the sale of three batches of drinks namely Stronger Weekend, Stronger Pineapple Wine and Stronger Beer after tests carried out revealed the products were laced with Viagra, and aphrodisiac.
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Okurut (Left) was arrested by URA Enforcement team headed by Assistant Commissioner Enforcement Julius Nkwasire (Centre) Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Enforcement team has arrested a Uganda Peoples’ Defense Force (UPDF) deserter over impersonation. The suspect has been identified as RA/ 209499 Sgt. David Okurut. Assistant Commissioner Enforcement, Julius Nkwasire Mponoka
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The heat is unbearable; the haze merges the sky, lake and land; kingfishers dive and rise as if playing with the wind coming off Uganda's Lake Albert, under which vast oil reserves like. This section of the Rift Valley - a geological scar which runs through East Africa - is
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Part of Karuma Hydropower Plant The commissioning of the 600-megawatt hydropower station by the end of 2022 is in doubt as several related programs are far from being concluded. These include substations in different parts of the country as well as transmission lines that are supposed to evacuate the electricity
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Deputy Bank of Uganda Governor Dr. Micheal Ating-Ego (pictured) has been named among the high-level panelists to headline Stanbic Bank’s annual Economic Outlook Forum slated for this Friday at Kampala Serena Hotel. Held annually, this year’s Stanbic Economic Outlook Forum is scheduled for February 11, to run under the theme-Uganda- A Tale of
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A photo montage of UNOC top management team Uganda National Oil Company Limited (UNOC) is a limited liability company solely owned by the Government of Uganda. It was established under Section 42 of the Petroleum (Exploration, Development, and Production) Act and Section 7 of the Petroleum (Refining, Conversion, Transmission and
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