The East African Court of Justice has validated the defence by the government of Kenya in a case in which lawyer Male Mabirizi is challenging a ban on maize and poultry products from Uganda. Mabirizi sued the Kenyan government on March 11, 2021, challenging directives issued on January 14, 2021,
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Student leaders at Makerere University led by the Guild President Robert Maseruka have started their campaign to solicit funds and support underprivileged students with tuition. Last month, the students launched the campaign dubbed "Save a Makererean" aimed at raising 1 billion Shillings. On Friday, the students organized a car wash
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Roofings Group and Absa Bank Uganda launched a partnership to plant trees in various parts of the country. In line with its citizenship pillar of environmental sustainability, Absa purposes to plant 1 million trees in the next 3 years. Roofings Group will provide 50,000 seedlings annually towards this cause. The
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George William Nyombi Thembo, the new UCC ED George William Nyombi Thembo has been appointed the substantive Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). The revelation has been made by Eng. Irene Kaggwa, who has been serving the Ag. Executive Director at UCC for the last three years. “I wish to
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Passengers going through Entebbe Airport The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has revealed that Entebbe International Airport recorded a total of 171,978 passengers in October 2023, an average of 5,547 per day. Vianney M. Luggya, the UCAA Spokesman, says this comprised of 82,317 arriving and 89,661 departing passengers. “January -
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A map showing the route of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Details of what will be the world’s longest heated crude oil pipeline, carrying oil from Uganda to the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania, have been revealed showing how a cocoon of electrical and fibre-optic cables along its entire 1,443 km length will provide heat
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Richard Liu, President of Global Carrier Marketing & Solution Sales Dept of Huawei The importance of 5G to Africa’s business success was underlined this week at the 2023 Africa 5G Summit (run as part of the sixth Southern Africa Mobile Broadband [MBB] VIP Salon). The summit was hosted by Huawei
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The awarded taxpayers in a group photo with PM, Robinah Nabbanja, Finance Minister Matia Kasaija, Secretary to the Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi and URA boss John R. Musinguzi The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has recognized the most complaint taxpayers in the 2022/2023 Financial Year. This was during the 17th edition of the taxpayers
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UMEAS organizers and sponsors in a group photo. The event where winners will be announced is scheduled for Friday December 1st 2023, at the Kampala Serena Hotel Top brands and agencies will tussle for honours at the third instalment of the Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS), after Evolve Group Africa, the
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Housing Finance Bank in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and the Buganda Kingdom, recently celebrated a significant milestone as they handed over a brand new eco-friendly in Mukono. Uganda's home ownership landscape has its share of opportunities and challenges around affordable housing financing. While urban areas are witnessing growth and increased
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