Dr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President The Uganda Medical Association (UMA), has started a process of helping medical workers secure jobs abroad. Speaking to our reporter in an interview on Thursday, Dr Herbert Luswata, the UMA President said the decision to send colleagues to the neighboring Rwanda and the United Kingdom comes
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The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development has revealed that Uganda has finally left the grey list after fulling some requirements needed to counter money laundering in its banking system. The pronouncement was made by the Ministry of Finance on its official X formally Twitter handle where the Ministry
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Haji Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega, the IRA Chief Executive Officer Uganda's insurance industry grew 11 percent in 2023, in terms of Gross Written Premiums. Overall, GWPs, which refers to the total value of insurance policies that clients bought during the period, grew from 1.44 Trillion shillings in 2022 to 1.6 Trillion
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Anne Juuko Anne Juuko is set to leave her position as Stanbic Bank Uganda's Chief Executive Officer, after exactly four illustrious years, for another role in the Standard Bank Group. According to the information available, she will be heading to Nairobi, Kenya where she will take up the new role
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Smuggling and selling restricted cigarettes in Uganda is still happening despite the dire consequences and losses that come with the vice. However, two smugglers met their fate after they were caught in a strategically set ambush and covert operation respectively. URA enforcement spent the better part of Monday waiting for
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The Ministry of Health has been cleared to recruit critical staff in national and regional referral hospitals despite the ban on recruitment. The Public Service Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Catherine Bitarakate in a letter to her counterpart at the Health to Health Ministry, Diana Atwine said only hospitals with a surplus
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Officials from Uganda Bankers' Association, Bank of Uganda, Ministry of ICT and bank CEOs in a group photo after the launch of the BIGF/UBA Photo The Uganda Bankers’ Association has issued guidelines on how to mitigate fraud within Uganda’s financial sector, with one of the proposals entailing all commercial banks to
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Finance PS, Ramathan Ggoobi. The Secretary to Treasury, Ramathan Ggoobi has issued the Budget Call Circular for 2024/25 in which he announced the revision of the 2024/25 national budget from earlier Shs52.7Trn to now Shs53.337rn. “The preliminary resource envelope for FY 2023/24 issued in the first budget call circular which
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Road safety awareness will move forward on Monday, February 26, 2024, when Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU) partners with the Joe Walker, Kampala to Fort Portal Walk. The 12-day trek aims to shine a light on the crucial issue of road accidents and advocate for responsible behaviour on Ugandan roads. As
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A Ugandan Citizen, Brian Kasajja, has petitioned the High Court in Mukono seeking a declaration to abolish all the Uganda Shilling notes and coins in circulation. In a petition before the Civil Division of the High Court in Mukono, Kasajja is seeking a declaration that the continued circulation of bank
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