Parliament on Wednesday approved government's request to borrow up to USD 140 million, an equivalent of 523.467 billion Shillings from the International Development Association – IDA of the World Bank to finance the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project - UDAP. This follows a report of the Committee of National Economy after
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Mr. Sam Bukenya (2nd right), Vivo Energy Uganda Transport and Logistics Manager, receives the ‘Top Revenue Generating AEO’ Award from Mr. John Musinguzi, URA Commissioner General, at the Authorized Economic Operators Conference. Looking on is Mr. Abel Kagumire (3rd left), the URA Commissioner for Customs. The Uganda Revenue Authority has
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Supreme Gold Corporation team getting their Letter of Intent from the State Minister for Investment, Evelyn Anite. The company is investing USD 75 million in the mining sector. President Yoweri Museveni has called on investors to consider Uganda as a top investment destination, saying there are many untapped lucrative areas.
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Israel Arinaitwe, Stanbic Bank's Executive Head for Consumer Banking explains about the 'Kikole for Less Flexipay Campaign' to a crowd during the official launch at Kalerwe market - Kampala on November 17. With a promise to perform more transactions for less, Stanbic Bank Uganda is hoping to more than double
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The Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo (pictured) has castigated the retirement of High Court Judges at sixty-five years, adding that if he had authority this is something he would change. He was addressing the seventeen judges on Wednesday who were appointed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last May, now undergoing
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The high cost of maize at the peak of harvesting comes as a boom to farmers. PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG Joseph Wanjala is a happy farmer. For the first time, he is earning a record KSh4,500 (UShs138,273) for a bag of maize at the farm in November. The
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Suspects with the decomposing meat they were selling Three people are in police custody in Fort Portal Tourism City after being found red-handed selling over 40 kilograms of decomposing meat to residents. The suspects, Bashir Rajab, Clovis Isingoma, and Majid Musisi were found with meat from three different cows and
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By Jeremy Springall, Senior Vice-President, Border Management, SITA There is a palpable buzz around the industry’s digital direction, with the UN International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) mandated as the world’s driving force and standards setter for universal and interoperable Digital Travel Credential (DTC) solutions for secure and seamless journeys across the
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The Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), John R. Musinguzi (pictured) has asked Parliament to consider the proposal of enhancing the salaries of the tax officials so as to avoid corruption tendencies. “Of course another area we have been discussing with parliament is to do with staff welfare so as to reduce the temptation
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The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataha Museveni The Ministry of Education has released the 2023 academic calendar. The calendar released on Wednesday is for Secondary, Technical, and Farm schools, Pre-Primary, Primary Schools, and Community Polytechnics. The Ministry’s Director of Basic Education, Hajji Ismael Mulindwa, says the school term
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