Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister for Agriculture Government has proposed a fine of Shs5M or jail term of 5years for anyone found liable of dealing in adulterated or contaminated animal feeds. The proposal is contained in the Animal Feeds Bill 2023, that was tabled before Parliament by the Minister of Agriculture,
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Michael Atingi-Ego, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego, has urged Ugandans to save with regulated financial institutions, noting that they (regulated financial service providers) ensure the security of customer savings and help to preserve value by paying interest on the deposits. “Saving money without earning a
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Geoffrey B. Baitwa (Left) and Daniel Pettersson, both Co-Managing Directors at Threeways Shipping Services (Group) Ltd, during the interview Threeways Shipping Company, a flagship brand of Bro Group Limited, is successfully battling its way to business recovery after undergoing financial distress that threatened the survival of the logistics solutions giant. Bro Group
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has called upon the public to purchase fuel from gazetted areas to avoid consumption of adulterated fuel. According to the UNBS Acting Executive Director, Mr. Daniel Richard Makayi Nangalama, fuel sold in Jerrycans and bottles is adulterated. “We regulate fuel at gazetted dispensing
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PAU Officials inspecting the EACOP Pipe casings at the PCK Pipe Mill workshop at Lianyungang, jiangsu Province. Panyu Chu Kong (PCK) Steel Pipe Co., Ltd, the company contracted to supply line pipes to the East Africa Crude Oil pipeline (EACOP) has said the first batch of 100 kilometres of pipes
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The Increased cases of examination malpractice in Vocational and Technical institutes have been attributed to poor payment of teachers. This is according to a report by the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). While disseminating the findings to principals and academic registrars of Institutes from South Western Ankole, at
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The 12 students that reached the finals in a group photo with UBA officials and Ismael Mulindwa (in suit-front row), the Director Basic and Secondary Education at the Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education and Sports has applauded United Bank for Africa Uganda (UBAU) for supporting the country’s education sector
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By Christopher Burke-Managing Director, WMC Africa Africa is experiencing a demographic revolution with youth constituting the vast majority of its inhabitants. According to the United Nations, 70% of people in sub-Saharan Africa are under the age of 30. Uganda has one of the youngest populations in the world with approximately 50
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Stanbic and BoU received their awards from Dr. Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Stanbic Bank Uganda has been awarded for ‘Outstanding Contribution to Safe Motherhood-Alternative Health Financing’ at the recently concluded 3rd National Safe-Motherhood Conference held in Kampala during midweek. The two-day conference was organised
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The organisers and sponsors of UMEAs in a group photo Evolve Africa, the organisers of the prestigious annual Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAs), have extended the deadline for submissions for the 2023 awards to next week. The organisers announced on Wednesday October 25th, that the deadline for entries from the different contenders
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