Janet Museveni (Right), the Minister of Education and Sports receiving PLE results Janet Museveni, the Minister of Education and Sports, has said that the government is going to scrap automatic promotion policy with the aim of reducing the number of ungraded candidates in final national examinations. Mrs Museveni made these remarks on
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Smart Pole Street Light Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has deployed the city's first-ever smart pole street lights totaling 87. The lights which are anchored on telecom infrastructure have been placed around various places in the city. Thirty-three of them are deployed along Kololo Hill Drive, thirty along Nile Avenue,
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Left to Right: John B. Kaweesi (Head of Mortgages and Consumer Banking), Doreen Nyiramugisha (Head of Marketing and Communications), Patience Bayenda (Head of Products) and Annet Ssebuggwawo (Head of Microfinance)during the Fuuka Don launch. In a re-affirmation of its commitment to enabling financial independence and sustainable home ownership, Housing Finance Bank
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Air Tanzania is offering cargo charter services to various destinations Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) has turned the history from nonstop regional and international passengers’ flights operations to a whole new world of cargo solution by using its Boeing 767-300F. ATCL Country Representative in Uganda, Khalfan Lugendo, confirmed the
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EFC Uganda head office before it collapsed EFC Uganda Limited, a Microfinance Deposit-Taking Institution, had run bankrupt at the time of its collapse, Business Focus reports. It’s understood that customers would go to withdraw money but return with nothing, necessitating the Bank of Uganda to take action of liquidating it and
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Members of Parliament sitting on the Budget Committee have asked government to consider non-taxed areas and those with revenue leakages, as part of its sources of income. According to the MPs, these areas would bridge the budgetary gaps that have kept several key priorities unfunded for years. The committee is
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Unilever, a beacon in the consumer goods industry, is proud to unveil its Back-to- School campaign, an earnest endeavor to illuminate the path to a brighter future for all Ugandans. Beyond the array of high-quality products, Unilever is making a tangible investment in education and hygiene by offering a complimentary
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The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi (pictured) has asked Parliament to consider allocating funds meant to offer medical treatment to top Government officials abroad and have it injected into Uganda’s health sector. “There are very few Ugandans who go abroad, maybe we need to think as leaders, going forward, these monies we
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A goods truck at the Kenya-Uganda’s Malaba border point. FILE PHOTO | NMG The value of Kenya’s exports to Uganda crossed the KSh100 billion (UShs2.34 trillion) mark for the first time in November 2023, owing to a weak currency that had made the local goods cheaper in the neighbouring country.
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Participants posing for a photo with their certificates after the training at Kabalega Resort Hotel in Hoima city on Wednesday Several small and medium enterprise (SME) owners have been recently placed in a better position to win contracts along the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) after completion of
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