Kakyeka War Memorial Stadium The construction of the Kakyeka War Memorial Stadium has encountered setbacks due to the missing land title. While appearing before the District Public Accounts Committee on Thursday, David Muhwezi, the Chief Administrative Officer, said that when he took over the office from Edward Kasagara, he was
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The smuggler had various motorcycle spare parts Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) enforcement team in Busitema has impounded a Fuso truck Reg No. UBH877K that was found transporting smuggled motorcycle spare parts and accessories. On the afternoon of Saturday, March 16th, the team received credible information regarding a Fuso truck in
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Trucks transporting petroleum products to Uganda. File | Nation Media Group Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) has started selling petroleum products to oil marketing firms in Tanzania and Uganda as it tests the market ahead of rolling out a direct import deal with Vitol Bahrain. Officials of oil companies who
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The success of the digital revolution and innovation sector in Uganda is being slowed by the slow response of the corporate sector to change, according to experts. This is seen in the number of companies, government institutions, agencies, NGOs and other organisations that have embraced digitisation as a basis of
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Sowedi Sserwadda in coat, the Kibinge Coffee Cooperative Chairperson with another farmer in a demonstration farm The Cooperative movement in Uganda is told to forget the "old good days" when it enjoyed success due to the monopoly granted by the government. Then, until the 1980s, the cooperative societies and unions
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Michael Mukundane, a tax literacy officer at URA The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has engaged taxpayers under the umbrella of the Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) on matters of compliance, business formalization, and the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS), amongst many other things. USSIA is a non-governmental organization that promotes and
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A picture of handcuffed suspect/Courtesy The National Anti-Human Trafficking Office at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has launched an investigation into the trafficking of 14 Burundians, allegedly orchestrated by Pieri Ndayisenga and Shaban Serungaya. The duo is accused of selling the victims to a farmer in Gomba district, promising them
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Uganda is increasingly earning big from coffee exports Uganda’s coffee exports in February 2024 amounted to 434,582 60-kilo bags, worth US$ 82.56 million (Shs319.8bn). According to Uganda Coffee Development Authority monthly report for February 2024, this comprised of 372,407 bags of Robusta valued at US $ 68.58 million and 62,175
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The governing board of the Uganda Chamber of Mines and Petroleum (UCMP) and the Petroleum Authority of Uganda Officials shortly after a recent meeting to discuss issues on how National Participation of Ugandan companies can be enhanced in the oil and gas sector. In the wake of the announcement of
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Richard Kawere, Principal at Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute, appearing before Parliament’s Tourism Committee Lawmakers on the Parliament’s Tourism Committee have questioned officials from Uganda Hotel and Tourism Training Institute on demands for extra Shs8.9Bn yet at the moment, all the money the Institute collects is spent at source
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