Richard Byarugaba is fighting to renew his contract at NSSF The Former Managing Director of the National Social Security Fund-NSSF Richard Byarugaba has petitioned the Civil Division of the High Court challenging a decision not to renew his contract. Byarugaba is also seeking an order directing Gender, Labour and Social
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URSB boss, Mercy Kainobwisho The Uganda Registration Service Bureau (URSB) has deregistered 186,000 companies over failure to comply with provisions of the Companies Act 2012. In a statement published on the URSB official website by the Registrar of Companies, Mercy Kainobwisho, she relied her decision on Section 134(5) of the
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Players in the Micro-finance Deposit Taking Institutions (MDIs) have backed the proposal by Government to increase their minimum paid up share capital requirements from 25,000 currency points (Shs500M) to 500,000 currency points (Shs10Bn), saying the changes will enable them engage in more products like insurance, agent banking and mobile banking
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Associate Professor Saudah Namyalo Birabwa during an interview in her office at Makerere University. Dr. Saudah Namyalo Birabwa has broken through the proverbial glass ceiling to become the second Muslim female Associate Professor in Uganda. With her promotion last month, Professor Namyalo, who is the Dean of the School of
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Nathan Igeme Nabeta, the Jinja East Municipality Member of Parliament has asked the Speaker of Parliament to apply the rules of the House allowing debate of the Capital Markets Authority Amendment Bill without a certificate of financial implications. The government, through the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has
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Civil society groups in Uganda have warned on the likely effects of the World Bank move to suspend new loans to Uganda, saying it is time to be more frugal and reprioritize public expenditure. The Bank is the largest single lender to Uganda accounting for more than a fifth of
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A man herds long horned Ankole cattle breed in the disputed Aswa Ranch in Pader District/Photo By Julius Ocungi Leaders in the Acholi Sub-region have resolved to suspend the sale of customary land to cattle keepers commonly referred to as ‘balaalo’. The resolution is part of nine key action points
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Florence Muranga, the director of Banana Industrial Research and Development Centre with Tooke products/ Courtesy photo Officials from Bushenyi the district-based Banana Industrial Research and Development Center-BIRDC on Friday flagged off the sale of their finished products in the open market. During their commercialization launch at their model farm and
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The Judiciary is headed for yet another understaffing gap following the official retirement of it's five Judges and eight lower cadres who include Deputy Registrars and Magistrates. The Judges who were officially retired from the Judiciary on Friday night at a Dinner held at the Judiciary headquarters include Supreme Court
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The Anti Corruption Court has halted the trial in which Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu Kimono is accused of causing loss of public property after her alleged involvement in the diversion of iron sheets. On Friday, High Court Lady Justice Jane Okuo Kajuga halted the trial pending the determination
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