The top management of Makerere Business School (MUBS) was tasked to explain the delays behind payment of allowances of students with disabilities and government sponsored students, arguing that the delays affected the students’ stay at the University. According to the June 2022 Auditor General’s report, MUBS was meant to receive Shs104.621Bn,
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has revealed that Uganda imported goods worth USD 867.89 million (Shs3.160Trn) in May 2023, which is an increase from USD 644.42 million (Shs2.346Trn) in May 2022. “This was mainly attributed to the increased import volumes for the non-oil private sector imports. These
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Ivan Ostojić, Chief Business Officer at Infobip Global cloud communications platform Infobip has launched Experiences, a revolutionary new generative AI-powered, no-code journey builder that helps businesses engage customers, foster loyalty, and drive business growth. Infobip Experiences helps organizations save time with a library of AI-powered journey templates from onboarding and engagement
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Uganda earned a record Shs330.5bn from coffee exports in June Uganda’s coffee exports in June 2023 amounted to 563,832 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 90.56 million (Shs330.5bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA)’s monthly report for June 2023, indicates. This comprised 489,597 bags of Robusta valued at US$73.88 million and 74,235 bags of Arabica valued at
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Daniel Nangalama, the Acting UNBS Executive Director Daniel Richard Makayi Nangalama has been appointed the Acting Executive Director of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS). Nangalama has been the Deputy Executive Director in charge of Management and Financial Services at the standards body. He replaces David Livingstone Ebiru who was
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URA Commissioner General, John R. Musinguzi The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) collected taxes to a tune of Shs3.725Trn in June 2023 of which Shs3.645Trn and Shs80.49Bn were tax revenue and non-tax revenue respectively. This meant the tax body registered overall surplus of Shs489.82Bn the Authority had projected to collect. According
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Abel Kagumire, Commissioner Customs The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) says it cannot trace the cargo that an alleged businessman claims have been held for 117 days. A video has been circulating on social media where the man claims that his two containers have been held in Customs Bonded warehouses illegally by URA
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BAP Participants pose for a picture after the tour at JKCC dfcu Bank in partnership with the Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) sponsored more than 29 enterprises that took part in the second and third cohorts of its Business Accelerator Program for a Peer Learning Visit at JKCC General Trading Limited, an
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Innocent Kihika Makerere University Joint Staff Associations are challenging the nomination of Innocent Kihika as the Uganda Law Society-ULS representative to the University Appointments Board. Kihika was nominated by the Uganda Law Society President Benard Oundo following a request by University Secretary Yusuf Kiranda to nominate a representative of the
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The National Development Plan III (NDP III) has failed to hit the required target, halfway since it was launched. NDP III is the third in a series of six development plans whose primary goal is “to increase average household incomes and improve the quality of life of Ugandans,” from 2020/21
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