Barring a recent slowdown, Uganda has achieved robust economic growth over the past decade; with positive per capita GDP and a higher average growth rate than that for sub-Saharan Africa (Figure 1). Whilst, this positive economic performance is mostly attributed to domestic factors such as sound macroeconomic policies and strengthened
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has spoken out on reports that it is withholding the new Cancer Machine over Shs7m tax. Reports have been circulating on social media after Uganda Cancer Institute failed to unveil the machine toady as it had earlier been communicated. In a statement dated August16, 2017, URA
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Raila Odinga, the leader of Kenya's opposition alliance Nasa has announced that he will challenge the results of the disputed presidential election in the Supreme Court. "We have now decided to move to the Supreme Court to lay bare to the world the making of a computer-generated presidency," Odinga said
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) on Wednesday revealed that Uganda Film Festival (UFF2017) will climax on September 1. This was revealed by Fred Otunnu, the Director of Corporate Affairs at UCC while releasing the nominees for the 5th edition of Uganda Film Festival (UFF2017). He said that there has been
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Rebels from the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) have kidnapped at least ten, but possibly up to 40 people from Kunu village in the north-eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the AFP news agency is reporting. The news agency quotes local official Dungu Christophe Ikando as saying
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A battle for the skies looms in the region after Uganda licensed a larger private airline that is slated to start operations in the Kenya Airways dominated market in November. Vule Airways Limited, which will operate flights within the East African region and London, is set to run both passenger
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A six-month-old girl has died in Kenya, her doctor told Reuters on Tuesday, after her parents said she was tear gassed and clubbed by police in a security crackdown after last week's disputed election. Samantha Pendo was asleep in her mother's arms when police forced their way into their home
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Bill Gates has given away US$4.6bn (Shs16.5trillion) to charity in his largest donation since 2000. This is more than half Uganda’s national budget for 2017/18. He remains the world's richest person, despite giving away 64 million shares in Microsoft. The shares are equivalent to 5% of his total fortune, currently
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Retail chain Nakumatt Supermarket employees have joined the list of creditors and entities seeking legal redress over the company’s failure to meet its financial obligations. The employees, through the Kenya Union of Commercial, Food and Allied Workers (KUCFAW), have moved to court accusing Nakumatt of delaying their salaries, failing to
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Parliament has summoned Microfinance Support Centre (MSC) bosses to explain their refusal to hand over Shs7bn to teachers SACCO. Appearing before Parliament Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Tuesday to answer audit queries raised in the June 2016 Auditor General’s report, Alex Kakooza , the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education and
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