A section of Ugandans are bitter after Parliamentary Commission awarded MTN Uganda a contract worth Shs197m to provide monthly 5GB data for each MP amounting to Shs30,000. MTN will also to provide monthly Over The Top Tax (OTT) aka Social Media Tax worth Shs6000 for each MP. However, Ugandans and
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Muslims have been urged to stay away from alcohol after the holy month of Ramadan. The call was made today by Sheik Mohammed Kigozi, the Secretary General in the office of the Supreme Mufti while receiving food items donated by Premier Recruitment Ltd, a labour exporting agency. The items were
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Flamboyant Kenyan businessman Jared Otieno has been arrested for allegedly defrauding foreigners in fake gold deals, local media reports say. The head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti told privately-owned newspaper The Star that Mr Otieno had been arrested at his palatial home in a suburb of
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The head of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has heaped praise on Tanzania's President John Magufuli after the country posted annual economic growth figures of 7%. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina, who was visiting the head of state on Wednesday in Dar es Salaam, said the country's growth rate is one
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament has opposed the decision by Parliament’s Contracts Committee to award contract to MTN Uganda to supply Over the Top Services (OTT) for MPs. Rebecca Kadaga made the remarks today during a meeting with journalists at Parliament. She said her office shall scrutunise the contract, arguing
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Kenya based accounting and audit firm Parker Randall, owned by former Mumias Sugar boss Coutts Otolo has won the bid to audit Nakumatt Holding’s books and report to the retailer’s creditors, Daily Nation reports. The consultancy firm has less than six weeks to prepare the struggling retailer’s books for the
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The Uganda government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has canceled over 210 certificates of title which were erroneously or fraudulently issued in different forest reverses within the districts of Wakiso, Mukono and Kayunga, URN reports. According to the list of canceled titles seen by URN, 10
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The Head of Uganda’s Mission in South Africa, Barbara Nekesa, has appealed to Ugandan MPs to push government to streamline the move towards the use of electronic passports in order for the Mission to remain relevant to Ugandans living in the country. Nekesa said that following the decision to introduce
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Kenya’s National Environmental Management Authority (Nema) has shut down 25 factories accused of discharging effluent into Nairobi River, Daily Nation reports. Nema Director-General Geoffrey Wahungu said on Wednesday that the factories illegally discharged waste into the severely polluted river that is now being cleaned. Mr Wahungu added that the factories,
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The Parliamentary Human Rights on Wednesday turned way Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) team led by Fred Otunnu, the Director Corporate Affairs after turning up without the Commission’s Executive Director, Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi(in featured photo). The MPs accused Mutabazi of undermining the importance of the Committee meeting yet he was informed
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