Following stepped-up efforts to enforce compliance with the usage of digital tax stamps, many proprietors are getting caught on the opposite side of the law. The latest culprit is Able Beverages Ltd., the manufacturer of Eden Light Mango juice. Early this month, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) got wind of information about
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The Young African innovators The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations and Speak Up Africa have announced the winners of the second edition of the Africa Young Innovators for Health Award Mrs Teniola Aderonke Adedeji (Nigeria) and Dr. Ochora Moses (Uganda) have been announced as first prize winners and
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BoU Deputy Governor, Michael Atingi-Ego The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has decided to maintain the Central Bank Rate (CBR) at a high 9.5 percent despite further drops in inflation rates in the month of September. The CBR is a tool that the central bank uses to direct the cost of money (commercial
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A team of YLP program implementers during the tour to program beneficiaries in Lwengo district Members of the Local Governments Public Accounts Committee have urged the government to consider writing off loans that were given out under the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP)and Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programmme (UWEP). The government undertook to
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Embattled PS at the Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperatives, Geraldine Ssali Geraldine Ssali, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Co-operatives, has been dropped as Accounting Officer to the ministry over financial queries worth eight billion Shillings. This arose from a parliamentary probe into alleged financial
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Some of the NUP supporters arrested in one million match Several of the NUP supporters in Kampala have been arrested by the Uganda Police Force. This was done as the security forces engaged in the dispersing of Ugandans who engaged in the one Million match to Entebbe International Airport. The
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The tech giants Huawei Technologies have launched the DigiTruck in Teso Sub-region in eastern Uganda to equip youth, farmers and local district officers with digital skills to enable them engage in e-commerce and market their produce. The Vice President said that the Digitruck project would create sustainable livelihood opportunities for
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The bank’s Acting Managing Director Sam Ntulume led from the front, by paying a courtesy visit to the Entebbe I&M Bank branch I&M Bank have set aside this year’s Customer Service Week to engage in activities aimed at maintaining peak customer service experience at their different branches across the country.
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PM Nabbanja (centre) is joined by other officials to check on the progress of Entebbe Airport expansion works The Prime Minister of Uganda, Robinah Nabbanja is satisfied with the progress of Entebbe International Airport expansion project. The PM on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on Entebbe Airport to assess the readiness of
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Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda Country Management Team pose for a photo with some of the graduates of the first cohort of Frontline Leadership Development Program A group of 15 employees at Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) has completed six months of leadership training designed to equip them to take the next step
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