MP Paul Akamba is accused of taking Shs20m bribe The multi-billion scandal at Rural Electrification Agency (REA) has taken a new twist, with some MPs accused of being bribed to drop plans of investigating the electricity agency. It is claimed that Busiki County MP, Paul Akamba was bribed by fellow
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Ugandan banks have refused to honour the request of Britania Allied Industries (U) Ltd new Managing Director, Ahmed Elmajee to be a signatory on all bank documents including signing for cheques or any transaction. It’s only the Libyan bank, Tropical that he convinced to operate the Company’s bank account to
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Part of the land that is under contention A city businessman has rushed to court to stop Kira Municipality officials from forcefully grabbing his land to open up an illegal road. Harold B. Ssemalwadde, the Managing Director of logistics giant Globe Trotters Ltd sought court redress accusing the municipal
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The Minister of Works and Transport, Hon. Gen. Katumba Wamala, has today (June 24, 2020) inaugurated a new Board of Directors to oversee the performance of the Authority. Justice Steven Kavuma is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors taking over from Eng. Edward Mike Ndawula. His appointment and
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Mr. Ibrahim Senyonga is one of the new members on the MTN Uganda leadership team joining as the General Manager for the company’s Enterprise Business Unit (EBU), a department that focuses on driving Business to Business sales for MTN. He brings to MTN over 16 years’ experience from the banking
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The Uganda government has so far distributed 2.2 million masks to seven districts as the country fights the spread of coronavirus. This was announced by the ministry of health on Wednesday saying the consignments include 590,606 face masks for Arua District that will be delivered on Thursday. "To-date, 2,220,601 face
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COVID-19 is set to leave over 5,000 permanently closed The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to leave about 5000 private schools and higher institutions of learning permanently closed for failing to stay afloat, the National planning Authority (NPA) has warned. Appearing before Parliament’s National Economy Committee today to submit the Authority’s
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The National Council For Higher Education (NCHE) will charge all prospective political candidates Shs2M for verification of their academic documents before qualifying for any elective positions. However, a section of MPs have expressed disappointment over this decision. Leading the criticism was Lyandro Komakech (Gulu Municipality) who informed Parliament that he
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Government through the Ministry of Works and Transport, Ministry of Water and Environment and Office of the Prime Minister is seeking for Shs45bn supplementary budget to help address the impact of rising water levels in the country a few days to the end of the 2020/21 Financial Year. Appearing before
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Government is planning to halt the current designs of boda bodas and have the players in the industry adopt new innovations before they are allowed to carry passengers again. This was revealed by General Katumba Wamala, the bMinister of Works and Transport on the floor of Parliament on Tuesday. “We
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