Participants in a group photo after the two-day dialogue Annually, Uganda churns over 700,000 graduates into the labor market, but only 90,000 secure formal employment, leaving hundreds of thousands to grapple with uncertainty of unemployment. Last week, the Mastercard Foundation held the Young Africa Works 2025 Dialogue, an event that
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Speaker Anita Among has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to explain why Makerere University has operated for eight years without a substantive Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Finance and Administration. The demands followed a concern raised by Eddie Kwizera (Bukimbiri County) during the 20th February 2025 plenary
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Fred Muwema, the Chairman of the Anti-Counterfeit Network Despite numerous efforts aimed towards combating counterfeit trade in Uganda, tangible results remain far-fetched. This is majorly because of the limited manpower of the regulator and ignorance of the consumers. The Anti-Counterfeit Network is taking the lead and recently unveiled the Bleep
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Officials from Tax Justice Alliance appearing before Parliament’s Finance Committee Tax Justice Alliance has rejected the proposal by Government to extend another year tax waiver to Bujagali Electricity Limited, on top of the other waivers the company has enjoyed in the past, describing the waiver on Corporate Income Tax as
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Parliament has rejected the request by Gov’t to exempt businessman Donati Kananura from paying taxes worth Shs2.69 trillion on the basis that he suffers from diabetes and prostate enlargement that left him incapacitated to pay his taxes. However, MPs say the reasons fronted for the exemption aren’t convincing. Amos Kankunda,
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The Minister of State for Education and Sports, Peter Ogwang, presenting a Statement on the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) grading system under the new curriculum, to Parliament on Thursday, 20 February 2025 Products of the new lower secondary school curriculum are confident, can communicate better and can apply the
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Dr. Aminah Zawedde (right), the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, launching the campaign and the policy. The Ministry of ICT and National Guidance officially launched the National BPO Publicity Campaign and unveiled the National BPO Policy at Mestil Hotel in Kampala. These initiatives mark
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Speaker of Parliament Anita Among has urged Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja to allocate resources within the Parliamentary Commission budget to cover medical treatment abroad and burial expenses for former Members of Parliament (MPs), citing the increasing financial burden on the institution. Among made the appeal during Wednesday’s plenary sitting in
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Parliament has approved tax waivers of over Shs9.5 billion for selected local investors for the financial year 2024/2025. This followed the adoption of the report of the Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development on approval of the waivers. The report presented by Committee Chairperson, Hon. Amos Kankunda on Thursday,
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Attendees donate blood at the I&M Bank Head Office at Kingdom Kampala. I&M Bank Uganda, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, conducted five blood donation activations, as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility, aimed at further boosting the national blood bank and help save lives. In partnership with Uganda Blood Transfusion
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