The Uganda Police Force and sister security agencies have retrieved CCTV images showing incidents that occurred prior to and after the kidnapping of Ms Nagirinya Mariam and her driver Mr. Kitayimbwa Ronald on 28th August 2019. The images have been retrieved from an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera and
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A strange disease has attacked Mityana South County in Mityana district, with a number of children reported to have lost their lives. According to Mityana South MP, Henry Makumbi Kamya, residents in his county are living in untold fear over the disease. He raised the matter during today's plenary sitting
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African business leaders are less optimistic about the strength of the global economy and their organisations’ ability to grow revenues in both the short and medium term than they were a year ago. A quarter of African CEOs (25%) believe that the global economy will decline over the next 12
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A South African court has set aside an earlier decision to impound an Air Tanzania plane, a BBC reporter has tweeted from the court. On 24 August, the plane, an Airbus 220-300, had been prevented from taking off from Johannesburg because of a court injunction. A lawyer had argued in
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Africans have come out to boycott South Africa after days of looting and violence targeting foreigners in which five people died. Nigerian singers and Zambia's football team are among those in the boycott. South Africa's Minister of Social Development Lindiwe Zulu told the BBC the rioters feared losing their jobs
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Teachers across the country are lined up for a salary increment starting October 2019 after Government through the Ministry of Public Service secured Shs150 billion to honour an earlier government undertaking. Public Service minister, Wilson Muruli Mukasa, said that his ministry was scheduled to meet with the members of the
Read MoreTo cater towards the increasing need for data in the digital era, DataOps has emerged, fusing data and operations, representing a culture change, one that focuses on improving collaboration while accelerating service delivery through iterative practices. According to Gartner's Innovation Insight for DataOps report, DataOps is a collaborative data management
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The Stanbic Purchase Managers Index (PMI) for August posted a slight decline in its headline registering 57.5 in August, down from the reading of 58.2 in July. However, the PMI still scored above the average since the survey began in June 2016. The survey, sponsored byStanbic Bank and produced by
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has revealed that the Central Bank has stepped up efforts to address weaknesses that led to the most recent commercial bank failures. “Although bank supervision and regulatory structures broadly follow international best practices, BoU has stepped up the strengthening of commercial
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The Registrar General Uganda Registrations Services Bureau (URSB), Mr Bemanya Twebaze has been elected President of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Advisory Committee on Enforcement at its 14th session WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement in Geneva, Switzerland. Bemanya who was elected on Monday will be assisted by Ms. Elizabeth
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