By Denis Jjuuko In the early evening of the second day of this year, a video started trending on various social media platforms in Uganda. A guest attending a house warming party had recorded the video while narrating what the amenities were in the house. He concentrated on the visitors’
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Budget Committee Chairperson, Isiagi (R) shares a light moment with Musasizi (on his right) as the debate on the NBFP goes on Concerns on the increasing public debt burden continue to dominate debate and this time, Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa has directed the Committee on National Economy to make an
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Legislators have put the Ministry of Trade, Industries and Cooperatives to task over the low pricing of some of Uganda’s cash crops including cotton, which they say is adversely affecting farmers. According to Isaac Otimgiw (NRM, Padyere County), the Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) set the purchasing price for a kilogramme
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Minister of State for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo making remarks at the launch State Minister for Finance Haruna Kasolo has instructed the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) to stop issuing operating licenses to online money lenders until the government establishes a mechanism to regulate them. The instruction was part of the minister's response
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Managing Director of Uganda Development Bank, Patricia Ojangole, Group Chief Executive Officer African Guarantee Fund, Mr. Jules Ngankam exchange agreement after signing during the ceremony at Kampala Sheraton Hotel. Uganda Development Bank (UDB), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has signed a Loan Portfolio Guarantee agreement with the African Guarantee
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Kenya has yet to start exporting mangoes to the European Union. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenya has yet to start exporting mangoes to the European Union (EU) more than two years after it lifted a self-imposed ban on shipments to the key market, officials said, citing low demand for
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Aircraft parked at the Entebbe Airport Airside/CAA photo The Minister of Works and Transport, Katumba Wamala tabled the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill 2024, in which Government is proposing the harshest punishment of life imprisonment for anyone found liable upon conviction of hijacking or indulging in acts of violence on an
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L-R: Aaron Akampa HeadEnterprise Banking Stanbic Bank,Israel Arinaitwe-Head Personal Banking-Stanbic Bank,Yiga Albert-Head Education Sector- Stanbic Bank,Dogo Singh-Bancassurance Manager-Stanbic Bank To stimulate economic activity, Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced a new lending campaign dubbed Oli Sorted, aimed at facilitating Ugandans to access affordable credit to finance their personal and commercial needs.
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Minister Cheptoris during the launch of the circular economy system In a bid to address plastic waste in the environment, which comes with associated consequences such as clogged drainage channels and polluted water bodies, environmental enthusiasts have asked the public to embrace a circular economy as opposed to a linear
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Hon. Ngompek (left), Minister Peter Ogwang (C) and Minister Martin Mugarra in consultation following debate on the ADB funding scare The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa, has directed a house committee to intervene in a likely crisis, where the African Development Bank (ADB) may possibly suspend funding for the
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