Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has stressed the need to lower the cost of production for the private sector led growth to yield positive results. The President made the observations onFriday at State House, Entebbe during a meeting with envoys of the European Union in Uganda who were led by the
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The Uganda government on Thursday presented the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Bill to Parliament, despite protests from legislators. Deputy Attorney General, Hon. Mwesigwa Rukutana, presented the Bill for its First Reading during a sitting chaired by the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 intends to
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Microsoft Has Ended Support For Its Windows 8 Smartphones The US tech giant will now focus on other segments, amid ongoing speculation about its strategy for mobile. Users of Windows-powered phones – which have failed badly against rivals from Apple and Google Android – were invited to upgrade to its
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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
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