Dr. Chris Baryomunsi Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, the Minister for Information Communication Technology (ICT) and National Guidance was on Saturday night airlifted to Kampala for medical attention after fainting while in his constituency Kinkiizi East in Kanungu district. Baryomunsi fainted on Saturday evening at around 06:00 PM while on his way
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High Voltage electricity Pylons in Mutukula. Some of the energy losses occur during transmission and distribution. Theft and vandalism are some of the reasons why Uganda’s electricity sector has failed to bring down energy losses blamed for high electricity tariffs. Energy losses are the difference between the energy produced and
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Road safety experts are calling for an inter-ministerial approach in dealing with road carnage in the country. They say that there is no magic bullet to end the road carnage instead, a set of measures needs to be adopted and implemented religiously so as to put an end to the
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Ghana’s December announcement that it was suspending debt payments to selected creditors heightened the debate over the sustainability and risk levels of African debts. The announcement took many by surprise, that the economy was so bad it needed such drastic measures. Lest we forget, and specifically for Uganda; Ghana is
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Michael Francis Kalyango and his co-developer emerged third with their M-pay app in the MTN MoMo Hackathon. M-Pay is a web application service that will enable MTN Uganda subscribers to make bulk payments to different clients with a single click of a button. The app emerged as the third in
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Marijuana/courtesy photo The Operations Commander of Kakiri Policing Division Hannington Asiimwe is detained at Railway police in Kampala on the accusation of selling six sacks of marijuana exhibits. Asiimwe, according to police sources, conducted an operation in areas of Masuulita, on Christmas eve, where he intercepted sacks of marijuana that
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By Jill Martin Wrenn Sherene Headley got a big surprise when she checked the invoice from her manufacturer in China this past autumn. The founder and chief executive of Mokkah, a London-based company that makes shoes in large sizes for women, had ordered 57 pairs of black suede boots to
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Juba: A new report released by a Washington DC (US) based investigations Organization, The Sentry indicates that nearly one billion US dollars vanished in a massive bank credit scam that had devastating, deadly impacts on communities across South Sudan. These monies, according to the investigators, exchanged hands among the high
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A section of MPs have urged the government to restore the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) to save MPs from the burden of overwhelming demands from voters. Lawmakers claim voters gave them sleepless nights over the Christmas holidays as they beg money for food, meat, alcohol and other items for the festive season. They believe
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Nearly 90 percent of local private sector firms do not expect a rise in business activities in 2023 amid fears of a slowdown in the global recession. The output expectations contained in the December Stanbic Bank Kenya Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey, which was published on Thursday is among the
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