EC Chairman, Justice Simon Byabakama The Electoral Commission has released the programme for conducting the by-election of Member of Parliament for Serere County Constituency, Serere District. The by–election programme will commence with an update of the National Voters’ Register from Friday 6th to Tuesday 10th January, 2023 at update stations
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Private sector activity picked up again in Uganda in December, extending the current growth sequence to five months. The Ugandan private sector ended 2022 on a positive note, with ongoing expansions in output, new orders and employment recorded, according to the latest Stanbic Purchasing Managers’ Index released today. At 52.0
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Ronald Akuayo (R), a third-year student of Information Technology and Computing at Kyambogo University, and Ivan Kisa, a second-year student at the Nakawa-based Makerere University Business School (MUBS) emerged winners of the 2022 MTN MoMo Hackathon. E-wage payment system is a web-based application that facilitates single payment of casual workers
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Musa Jallow, Absa Bank Uganda’s Retail Banking Director Following a year with an uncertain economic environment, Absa bank Uganda has announced a special financing package intended to help customers kick start the new year on a stronger foundation. The enhanced financing offering targeting salaried individuals includes a 2-month repayment holiday
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Cabbages can make money if you do the right thing By Micheal Kabenge Mugalaasi Farmers often make losses due to mistakes they make albeit ignorantly. Below are mistakes vegetable farmers should avoid to enjoy 2023 and make more money. Poor Soil Management Any Successful farmer will testify to the fact that
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Former NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba The Board of Directors of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) is set to commence investigations into the allegations of the Fund’s mismanagement by former Managing Director, Richard Byarugaba. Byarugaba’s contract expired at the end of November just after the expiry of his former Deputy Patrick
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Customers in a banking hall/Courtesy photo Commercial banks have increased their prime lending rates by one percentage point on average following the increase in the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks to the current 10%. According to Bank of Uganda’s recently released State of the Economy
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The average export price was US$ 2.39 per kilo, 6 U.S cent lower than US$ 2.45 per kilo realized in October 2022/Courtesy photo Uganda’s Coffee exports in November 2022 amounted to 447,162 60-kilo bags worth US$ 64.14 million (Shs238.3bn), Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) has revealed in its November 2022 report.
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A 2.2 Billion Shillings water project in Kanara sub-county, Kitagwenda District has been left to waste following the failure by residents to contribute money to fuel the generator to power the water pump. The piped water project that was commissioned in October has since failed to serve its purpose due
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The Police in Busoga East, have arrested a 19- year-old boy for assembling explosives. The suspect whose identities have been withheld has been transferred to the CID headquarters in Kampala. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday in an operation conducted in Busei A village, Iganga District, where he was allegedly
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