Ugandan socialite, Zari Hassan, the wife to Tanzania's bongo superstar Diamond Platinumz, is mourning again following the death of her dear mother. Zari's mother, Halima Hassan was being treated for heart complications after her health deteriorated in June 2017. The socialite took to social media early Thursday to announce the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Wednesday launched the Uganda Giants` Conservation and Tourism Investment Forum. Uganda will be hosting the Uganda ‘Giants Club Conservation and Tourism Investment Forum’ on Friday 6th October 2017. The Forum is aimed at launching a new initiative to attract tourism into Uganda, make it
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The US and China have wrapped up contentious trade talks in Washington without agreement. The two sides did not issue a joint statement or action plan after the meeting and cancelled scheduled press conferences. The US was critical of China's trade surplus and demanded "more fair" trade arrangements. Separately, US
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MTN Uganda Foundation on Tuesday launched a partnership with SOS Children’s Villages, an international child care organization in Uganda that will see the telecom company inject Shs330m in SOS Uganda’s Retention for Completion project. The Retention for Completion project was developed by SOS Children’s Villages. Its aim is to increase
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Jennifer Musisi, the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Executive Director was on Wednesday morning grilled over the US$2.75m about9.9bn) contract signed with an international to manage street lights. Musisi and other KCCA officials were appearing before the Parliament Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) to answer queries raised
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Top managers at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and that of Local Government have resolved to take firm sanctions against District and Sub county officials cited in the defective implementation of Government Programmes. The decision was reached at during a bilateral meeting that was convened by the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has singled out the practising of subsistence agriculture by the majority of the Ugandan population as a major factor that has made it difficult for the country to reap enough from its cherished agricultural potential. The President was on Tuesday opening the 25th Annual Source of the
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Uganda's Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo is well-known for his pronouncements on homosexual and heterosexual sex, as well as what he believes are appropriate ways to dress. On Tuesday, Uganda's parliament had been debating the safety of children and, in a tweet that's been retweeted on the official Uganda parliament's Twitter
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) wants the Bonifide Occupant Law amended to allow owners of posh houses in Kampala and its suburbs start paying taxes. KCCA says bonifide occupants being exempted from paying taxes has cost government a lot of revenue. Jenifer Musisi, the KCCA Executive Director made the revelation
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By Michael Ssekyondwa Following the signing of Agency banking regulations by the Bank of Uganda, commercial banks in the country will now start offering Agency banking. These services allow banks to provide financial services virtually anywhere across the country through third parties called agents. Today’s customer is concerned about convenience,
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