Tanzania was on Wednesday July 1 declared a middle income country, a feat that has been achieved five years ahead of schedule. President John Pombe Magufuli (pictured) responding to the World Bank announcement congratulated Tanzanians on the new achievement. “I congratulate all my compatriots for this historic achievement. We had
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Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has asked Parliament’s Finance Committee to investigate circumstances under which Ministry of Finance watched on as Vision Group headed by Robert Kabushenga (pictured) as CEO closed three regional newspapers despite Parliament passing a supplementary budget that hugely benefited the media empire during COVID-19 bad times.
Read MoreThe office of the President has returned to the Treasury over Shs2bn that was allocated to it to fight COVID-19. The revelation was made by Secretary to the Office of the President, Yunus Kakande while appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today. Kakande said they failed to utilize the
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The Uganda High Commission in Pretoria South Africa has successfully seen off a total of 62 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who have been stranded in the Southern Africa region (South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana and Zimbabwe) following closure of Entebbe international airport to passenger flights on 22nd March
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Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA), the law firm representing city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia have responded to a statement issued by the Bank of Uganda’s Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile criticizing Court of Appeal’s decision dismissing the case in which BoU (Crane Bank in receivership) sued the businessman. In a
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Drama ensued at Bweyogerere-based logistics giants Globe Trotters Ltd premises when Kira Municipality Mayor Julius Mutebi admitted inciting violence before court. Mutebi made the bold confession Monday as he labored to justify before High Court Registrar Flavia Nabakooza why Globe Trotters Managing Director Harold. B. Ssemalwadde should surrender his land
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The Ugandan High Commission in London has successfully seen off a total of 92 Ugandan Nationals and legal residents who have been stranded in the United Kingdom and Ireland following closure of Entebbe international airport to passenger flights on 22nd March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The High Commission
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President Yoweri Museveni has congratulated the people of Jinja, Arua, Gulu, Masaka, Fort Portal, Mbarara and Mbale, whose towns today became cities. Uganda now has eight cities and more will follow. “The elevation is an acknowledgement of the growth these towns have experienced but importantly a move to ensure more
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Uganda closed its borders in March to control the spread of coronavirus Uganda is temporarily opening part of its border to allow at least 3,000 Congolese refugees into the country. They are believed to be fleeing inter-communal violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uganda hosts more
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The deadly COVID-19 pandemic cannot guarantee a declaration of state of emergency in the country and therefore there is no need to postpone the upcoming 2021 general elections, the Government of Uganda has revealed. This was revealed by Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu, the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs while appearing
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