Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi has insisted that they will not pay Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago salary arrears which accumulated during the time when the latter had been impeached. In a June 14th affidavit, Musisi says government can't pay Lukwago salary arrears amounting to over Shs560m
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Uganda's Inspector General of Police Gen Kale Kayihura says that he will not allow politicians to take the debate over whether the age limit of the president should be raised to universities and villages. Gen Kayihura told a local newspaper that he had got intelligence reports that some opposition leaders
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has spoken out on the ongoing media reports about the controversial Crane Bank collapse . Crane Bank was last year on October taken over by BoU after it became 'significantly undercapitalized.' Crane Bank was controversially sold to dfcu Bank early this year. As the Receiver
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Police have explained circumstances under which Geoffrey Massa, the former Uganda Cranes Captain was shot at in the wee hours of Thursday. In a statement issued this morning, Kampala Metropolitan Police Spokesperson, Emilian Kayima explains that Police patrol personnel saw a Toyota Prado Land Cruiser vehicle registration number UAY 627B
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Youths activists from several political parties and civil society have embarked on a campaign against the removal of the presidential age limit from the constitution. Led by Anna Adeke, the National Youth Member of parliament, the Youth activists, say they will traverse the entire country to campaign against the removal
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Uganda's Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hajat Janat Mukwaya has given Isingiro district authorities a two-day ultimatum to release funds meant for women entrepreneurship groups. The Minister, who is on a monitoring exercise of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) projects in the Western
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The UK-based company British American Tobacco (BAT) has again been accused of using unjustified practices to dilute plans to limit the sales of its products in Uganda and Kenya. For the second time in two years, an exposé in the newspaper, the Guardian, says that BAT, along with other multinational
Read MoreMembers of Parliament on the Parliamentary Accounts Committee have grilled officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over funds remitted from Missions abroad that disappeared from Consolidated Fund. The officials led by Secretary to Treasury/Permanent Secretary, Keith Muhakanizi appeared before the Committee on Wednesday morning to answer
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Migingo Island is in Kenya. Speaking in Mbita, Homa Bay County, on Wednesday, the President said officials are mapping out the island’s boundary. "Who does not know Migingo is ours….even if it is ours, we do not go making noise…we do our things with
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Stanbic Bank has been recognised as the country’s best financial institution at the 2017 Euromoney Awards, the world’s most recongised accolade in the Global Banking Industry. Accepting the award on behalf of the Bank, Cathy Adengo, Stanbic Bank’s Corporate Communications Manager noted that, “We owe this accomplishment to our esteemed
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