Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government he heads has created jobs for ordinary Ugandans contrary to some anlysts' comments. The President made the remarks at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Tuesday where he opened the 4th four-day Africa Congress of Accountants that has attracted over 1,200 delegates.
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Mysterios Kampala city tycoon and socialite, Jack Pemba is in trouble for his alleged involvement in money laundering and drug trafficking. Pemba was picked up at Entebbe Airport on Sunday evening and is currently being held at Nalufenya Police facility in Jinja. Local news agency, URN reports that Police spokesperson, Asan
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Kitgum Municipality Member of Parliament, Beatrice Anywar has dismissed death rumours making rounds on social media, noting that she’s alive. “They have killed me several times with rumours but whoever they are must be ashamed of their evil thoughts. They must be political opponents," Chris Obore, the Director of Communication
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An 18-year-old student has designed a bra that can help in the early detection of breast cancer and has won top prize at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA). Julian Rios Cantu, a Mexican, said he was inspired by his mother’s battle with the disease which eventually led to both
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Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL), the oldest telecom firm in Uganda is on life support so much that it has been placed under receivership after becoming heavily indebted. Business Focus has learnt that over 400 employees at the once popular telecom firm are in fear over safety of their jobs as
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Latest reports indicates that access to electric power in Uganda stands at 20.4% despite the country boosting of having surplus electricity. This implies that over 25 million people have no access to electricity. In Uganda, the baseline consumption is 80KWh per capita while the world standard is 3,026KWh per capita.
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Uganda’s President, Yoweri Museveni got grilled over the weekend on Talk To Al Jazeera and handled the interview admirably well. Reading between the lines, it is clear that Museveni has a lot of unfinished business, a thing that may see him bounce back in 2021. “I want to see the political
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United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda has recorded a profit for the first time since it launched operations in Uganda in 2008. According to UBA’s audited 2016 full year results, the bank recorded an impressive 24% growth in total income of Shs29.7bn in 2016, up from Shs24bn in 2015, illustrating
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has called for more cooperation among oil and gas producing African countries. He was this morning addressing the joint oil and gas convention and regional expo at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The President of Equatorial Guinea, Mr. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, also addressed the convention before
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Uganda's top opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Dr Kizza Besigye has called for the resignation of the country's Inspector General of Police (IGP) General Kale Kayihura over failure to manage security in the country. Addressing journalists at his office at Katonga on Thursday, Besigye said that after the complaints
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