The Attorney General, William Byaruhanga last week finally tabled the proposed electoral reforms in fulfillment of Supreme Court recommendations following the election petition filed by former Premier Amama Mbabazi after the 2016 general elections. The Attorney General tabled a number of proposed amendments in the five bills including; The Presidential
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The Consulate of the Republic of Uganda in Mombasa in collaboration with the High Commission of the Republic of Uganda in Nairobi will hold the 3rd Trade and Business Facilitation Symposium in Mombasa. Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Alfred Nnam, informed the Members of the
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The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) has revealed plans of setting up own Insurance and Investment Company, with the purpose of saving and borrowing the money from the company at a time of need to facilitate expansion of their services. Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha, the Managing Director at NWSC
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An ambitious campaign to plant 200 million seedlings in a day is under way in Ethiopia. It would be a world record if accomplished. It is part of the Green Legacy Initiative by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who has dug in with a few seedlings of his own in ArbaMinch,
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Legislators have demanded for consideration of regional balance in the appointment to the Board of Directors of Uganda Airlines. The Minister of Works and Transport, Monica Ntege Azuba, presented a list of members of the Board to Parliament on Thursday, 25 July 2019. The names were presented following a concern
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At the recently concluded 5th edition of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum, five African Presidents and thousands of young African entrepreneurs converged at the most influential gathering in the African entrepreneurship ecosystem. Job creation and youth empowermentwere the key themes tackled at the Forum. The Tony Elumelu Foundation, which
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the Kabamba Military that has for years churned out highly trained men and women in uniform will soon transform into a military university. Museveni made the revelation on Saturday while passing out 223 military graduates at the college. "Joining the UPDF is a rare
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The United Nations in Mogadishu received a new batch of Ugandan soldiers a day after the deadly suicide attack that claimed the lives of six and injured five including badly wounding the Mayor of Mogadishu. “Do your work. It is about the mission all the time. Forget about all other
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has challenged governments in Africa to play a leading role in providing jobs for Africans. President of the AfDB, Akinwumi Adesina said this at the 5th Tony Elumelu African Entrepreneurship forum in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday. “We have market failure, the current market system doesn’t
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Uganda’s Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda on Saturday spoke at this year’s Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Foundation (TEF) forum in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Rugunda who represented the government of Uganda praised TEF for addressing the mind-set of emerging African entrepreneurs. “This program is promoting Pan Africanism. It will help
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