Orient Bank has partnered with Prudential and International Air Ambulance (IAA) to officially launch a combined Medical and Life Insurance cover dubbed MedLife. This is a totally new product compared to what is already on the market which separates Medical and Life Insurance into two products. Speaking at the launch
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Moses Atwine (in featured photo), the Acting Director Physical Planning at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) was wrongly appointed to the position he is currently holding,the Chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Justice Ralph Ochan has admitted. Justice Ochan made the shocking revelation while appearing before the Committee of Commissions,
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As a measure to enforce the government ban on alcohol sold in sachets, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards has closed over 167 sachet-filling machines belonging to at least 37 alcohol-manufacturing companies. The operation was conducted in Kampala, Wakiso, Mukono, Jinja and Mitiyana. UNBS staff also seized and confined packaging
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Kyadondo East lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has unveiled the team he believes will make him the country's number one. Bobi unveiled the team on Wednesday morning at his home in Magere, Kampala. The musician turned politician recently announced his intentions to challenge President Yoweri Museveni for the country's
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Russian boxer Maxim Dadashev has died at the age of 28 following injuries suffered in his IBF light-welterweight fight against Subriel Matias. Dadashev was reportedly unable to walk to the dressing room after his bout was stopped by trainer Buddy McGirt at the end of the 11th round on Friday.
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Kenya's parliament has voted to nationalise Kenya Airways, reports Reuters news agency. The country's main airline is already 48.9% government-owned and 7.8% held by Air France-KLM and is making a loss at the moment, Reuters adds. Kenya Airways Chairman Michael Joseph told Reuters the vote was "great news". "Nationalisation is
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The Ministry of Education is set to increase on students benefiting from the loan scheme fund. This is after Parliament directed the ministry to seek for a supplementary budget to increase on number of beneficiaries. Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga issued the directive after James Kaberuka, the Kinkizi West MP complained that
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Rwandan opposition activist Diana Rwigara has spoken to the BBC's Newsday programme about why she wrote an open letter to her president about the death of a prison guard. Ms Rwigara published the letter to President Paul Kagame last week about the murder of Paul Mwiseneza. In the letter, she
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FORBES WOMAN AFRICA has announced the inaugural FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Regional Forum in association with Mastercard, one of the leading Women Summit initiative, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 9 August 2019. Coinciding with National Women's Day in South Africa, the FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Regional Forum in association with
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacpb Oulanya wants Nyabushozi lawmaker, Col Fred Mwesigye to be the county's sole candidate in the 2021 general elections. The Nyabushozi crew cheers Oulanya at the event Oulanya made his wish known during a get-together between Mwesigye and some of his constituents residing in the
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