Uganda's Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA) has asked Equity bank for the account details of 13 non-governmental organizations to establish their source of their funding. They are Action Aid International Uganda, Citizens' Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda, Alliance for Campaign Finance Monitoring, Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda, National Non-Governmental Organisation Forum,
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A proposal by Government to tax savings of workers at the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has been met with uproar from members of the public who have described the move as disheartening and pathetic. Florence Nakiwala, State Minister for Youths yesterday took to the floor to table The National
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More than one million people have been infected with malaria in Uganda in the last two months, officials have said. The health ministry has attributed the rapid rise partly to climate change, with the disease now appearing in regions that were previously malaria-free thanks to a mild climate. This time
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Members of Parliament from Kenya have asked their Ugandan counterparts to back a proposed law that will give lawmakers immunity from powers of bailiffs that have left many MPs having sleepless nights over the skyrocketing debts from financial institutions and individual lenders. The proposal was brought forward by lawmakers on
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Members of Parliament on the Select Committee investigating the manner in which Asian properties were handled has ordered for the arrest of former Executive Secretary of Departed Asian Custodian Board (DACB), Bernard Tumusigirwe after he failed to handover the seal belonging to the body. Earlier, Tumusigirwe, a UPDF Officer had
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Equity Bank Uganda has broken the silence on claims that it (the bank) humiliated its ailing customer who was brought to the Bank to withdraw his money but the financial institution dilly dallied on the life saving matter. It is reported that the family wanted to transfer the patient (John
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Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (in featured photo) has said security personnel involved in alleged human rights violations will suffer the consequences of their own actions. Rugunda was responding to MP Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine (IND, Kyaddondo East), who said his supporters are suffering unexplained abductions and tortures, allegedly at
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Four Kenya based companies have announced nearly 1,700 job cuts in just about three weeks, shinning a spotlight on the worsening unemployment crisis in the country, Business Daily reports. The four firms - East African Portland Cement Company (EAPCC), Telkom Kenya, Stanbic Bank of Kenya and East African Breweries Limited
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People Power, a pressure group led by Kyaddondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi, has unveiled a coordination team that will spearhead its activities in Bunyoro region, ahead of the 2021 presidential elections. The Bunyoro People Power district coordinators were unveiled on Saturday afternoon by Barnabas Tinkasiimire, the Chief Coordinator of People
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President Yoweri Museveni has listed a number of agribusiness enterprises that will help 68% of Uganda’s population get out of subsistence farming and join the money economy. In his commentary on his just concluded wealth creation countrywide tour, Museveni says leaders should help the 68% of Ugandans who are still
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