Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Friday morning met with Kenyan Sports betting firm, SportPesa officials who are looking to set up shop in Uganda. The meeting that also included Youth Minister Nakiwala Kiyinji and FUFA boss Moses Magogo took place at State House Entebbe. "Met investors from the SportPesa company
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates and is now the richest person in the world, with a fortune topping $90 billion for the first time ever, Forbes reports. When markets opened on Thursday, Bezos had a net worth of $90.6 billion, putting him $500 million ahead of Microsoft
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The Members of Parliament on Physical Infrastructure Committee has commenced investigations into how Government of Uganda irrergulary awarded Switzerland based company, Societe Generale Surveillance (SGS) a contract to carry out mandatory vehicle inspections in Uganda. On Thursday, Eng.Denis Sabiiti, the former Commissioner in charge of Transport Inspection and Regulation in
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UNHR and Makerere University are seeking to recruit qualified personnel in various fields. Find out details in the job posts below; UNHCR(Real Medicine Foundation) 4 Medical Clinical Officers, 2 HIV/AIDS Counselors, 5 Registered Nurses, 4 Registered Midwives, 8 Enrolled Nurses, 3 Enrolled Midwives, Pharmacist, Driver and 2 Nutrition Assistants. Get
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Civil society activists say a move to exclude South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar from a regional peace process will ensure that South Sudan remains engulfed in war. Ministers of the East African bloc IGAD said Monday that Machar will not be invited to the next meeting for the peace
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A senior Presidential Adviser has warned Ugandan leader, President Yoweri Museveni against grooming his son to take over after him or promoting moves to lift the presidential age cap. John Nagenda, Senior Presidential on Adviser on Media made these comments on Wednesday during an interview with Nation Television (NTV). "40
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The long-running cross-border trade spat between Kenya and Tanzania has resumed barely four days after the two countries signed a pact removing restrictions that had cost traders billions of shillings by the time it was resolved last Sunday. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) yesterday said Tanzania had maintained a
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Nokia continued to be hit by a decline in its core networks sector in the second quarter with almost flat sales, and cautioned Thursday that a weakening in networks would be greater than previously expected, the AP reports. The Finland-based networks company, however, managed to trim net loss in the
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The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has dismissed media reports that they are considering placing criminal charges against Sudhir Ruparelia due to his role in the collapse of Crane Bank Ltd, a bank he founded in 1995. “There are no preferred charges because what we have received is a criminal
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of Uganda’s banking sector is increasingly being put under scrutiny. With the ongoing legal battle between BoU and real estate mogul and founder of the defunct Crane Bank, Sudhir Ruparelia, Amos Nzeyi, one of the shareholders and former chairperson of National Bank of
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