Isimba dam contractor, China International Water & Electric Company is financially constrained after Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) reportedly refused to pay them for now close to a year, a development that has seen the project stall. Xia Nenghai, Project Manager Isimba Dam from China International Water & Electric
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Pope Francis has ruled against ordaining married men in the Amazon region as a means of addressing the shortage of Catholic priests. Bishops backed the measure last year, but the decision needed the Pope's approval to be implemented. Catholic priests are required to abide by the rule of celibacy upon
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The leading pan-African bank, Ecobank, has signed a cross-border remittance agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, that aims to bring more inclusive financial services by providing a fast, safe, affordable and convenient way for workers to transfer money back home. The partnership will facilitate instant transfers
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Absa Group Limited’s Barclays-branded subsidiaries in seven African countries - Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania and Zambia - were renamed as ‘Absa’ today, completing the name change across the continent. Absa Group’s subsidiaries in Uganda and Mozambique were renamed in November. The renaming of the remaining subsidiaries today marks
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Three Makerere University Students have been chosen to represent Uganda in the Huawei ICT global competition which is at its regional final stage in South Africa. These top three students who were chosen on merit excelled in the preliminary and national final exams of the competition which was carried between
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Uganda’s debt will soon hit the Shs50 trillion mark going by the rate at which the country is borrowing. The latest is that Parliament has passed a motion for the adoption of the report of the Committee on National Economy to borrow up to Euro600M (about Shs2.4Trn) from both Stanbic
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Ugandan drivers who take more than two years without renewing their driving licenses will be required to sit an exam before they are allowed drive on roads across the country. This is after Parliament approved a proposal in the Traffic and Road Safety Bill 2019 that proposes in Clause 24(c)
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Businessman and politician Apollo Kibira wants to take over from Matayo Kyaligonza as the NRM Vice Chairman Western Region. Kibira told local media that he is ready to take over as the NRM Vice Chairman Western region. “Very ready to replace General Kyaligonza as NRM vice chairman Western region. I
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Uganda's Tax body, Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on Saturday arrested a man who had been allegedly posing as a customs officer. According to Julius Rwangumya, the Acting Commissioner Customs, Caleb Kakiriho (In PIC), a resident of Naalya in Kampala, was netted along Jinja road. While parading Caleb, Rwangumya revealed that
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Ugandan students in Wuhan China have revealed that there is general lack of necessities including protective masks/gear, putting them at risk of catching the deadly diseases. The students’ concerns are contained in a statement tabled before Parliament by Latif Ssebagala (Kawempe North), who said that he had been bombarded by
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