John R. Musinguzi, the URA Commissioner General addressing the press Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) registered net revenue collections of UGX 5,418.60 billion against a target of UGX 5,132.17 billion from July to September 2022. This resulted into UGX 286.44 billion surplus. The revelation was made by John R. Musinguzi, the URA Commissioner General while sharing with the
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Binance Charity, the philanthropic arm of Binance, the world’s leading cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructure provider has partnered with Utiva, a technology education company in Africa that helps young people learn tech skills. The new partnership is set to educate 50,000 young people in technology and provide scholarships for 1,000 Africans
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Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija The Government is intending to borrow 1.73 trillion Shillings to finance the country’s development and infrastructure budget for the current financial year. Our reporter has learnt that the Minister of Finance, Matia Kasaija has already submitted to Parliament a formal request to borrow money from
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Makerere University Main Building/Courtesy Picture The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application in which four Makerere University Students wanted an interim order restraining the institution from continuing to enforce its decision to suspend the students’ leadership. The students are: Joshua Muhwezi, Shamim Nambassa, Kelvin Joshua Luyombya
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A teacher in class Districts denied the Education Service Commission (ESC) access to their payrolls to determine the number of ghost staff in post-primary institutions during the recent nationwide staff validation exercise, a report by the commission has revealed. “Some of the District Human Resource Managers deliberately declined to share
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Jenifer Bamuturaki, the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda Airlines, has won the coveted Africa Travel 100 Award which recognises exceptional women in the travel and tourism sector. She has served as the Commercial Director of Uganda Airlines, responsible for Commercial, Sales & Marketing, scheduling and network planning end-to-end management and
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Minister Amongi (centre) with other delegates The Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom, has delivered a keynote speech on the second day of the Uganda-European Union Business Forum (#UEUBF2022) at Speke Resort-Munyonyo. She spoke widely about the opportunities government has created to spur youth and
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Minister for Agriculture, Frank Tumwebaze administers the first anti-tick vaccine for field trials at MBAZARDI Uganda has officially launched the final field trials for the Anti-Tick Vaccine developed by scientists at the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO). The event took place at NARO’s Mbarara Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MBAZARDI) in Mbarara. The
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Bukwo district officials have fled their offices following the arrival of a team from the Parish Development Model secretariat after Shs78million is believed to have been siphoned from the programme. The team has already picked up the Chief Administrative Officer, Andrew Bukose, who is believed to have received news about
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President Museveni arriving with Anite Evelyn, the State Minister for Investment & Privatization President Yoweri Museveni has called upon European businesses to take advantage of Uganda’s profitability to invest in Agriculture and value addition. The President made the remarks during the 2nd Uganda- EU Business Forum in Munyonyo yesterday. “Our assurance
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