BAT Uganda Directors, Candy Wekesa Okoboi (L), Philemon Kipkemoi (C), and Mathu Kiunjuri (R) joined by two of the Company’s shareholders Dr. Zaalyembikke Majanja (2nd L) and Ms. Bazalaki Robinah Walusimbi (2nd R) to cut a cake as part of celebrations to mark 95 years of BAT in Uganda. This
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According to the 2023 Tax Transparency in Africa progress report unveiled at the 13th Meeting of the Africa Initiative in Cape Town today, African countries have realised additional revenues totalling €1.69 billion (UShs6.84 trillion)thanks to voluntary disclosures, the implementation of information exchange mechanisms, and rigorous offshore investigations. From 2009 through
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has spoken out on the just concluded Oyam North by-election. Results released Thursday night show that UPC's Dr. Eunice Apio beat her closest rival, NRM's Samuel Junior Engola by a thin margin. In a statement issuedon Friday, the President congratulated the UPC’s Apio "for winning the Oyam by-election."
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Unregulated liberalization is posing a threat to agriculture, particularly crop production, in the Karamoja region of Uganda, potentially hindering the government's efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency in the area. Joh Longino, the Nakapiripirit District Local Council 5 Chairperson, expressed concerns about the distribution of substandard agricultural inputs by profit-driven dealers,
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In a significant leap towards digital innovation, the Uganda National Examinations Board-Uneb has unveiled its plan to digitize and preserve candidates' examination scripts for posterity. Until now, Uneb could only retain the examination scripts for two years and dispose them of. Dan Odongo, the Executive Director of Uneb, acknowledged the
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COSASE Chairperson, Joel Ssenyonyi, Parliament has ordered Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) to halt the purchase of 10acres land for resettlement of vendors, due to the exorbitant price quoted and the dispute on ownership of the said land in Kisenyi, a city suburb. This followed a recommendation in a report
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BAT Uganda Directors, Candy Wekesa Okoboi (L), Philemon Kipkemoi (C), and Mathu Kiunjuri (R) joined by two of the Company’s shareholders Dr. Zaalyembikke Majanja (2nd L) and Ms. Bazalaki Robinah Walusimbi (2nd R) to cut a cake as part of celebrations to mark 95 years of BAT in Uganda. This
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Parliament has ordered an audit into the cost of construction of roads by Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) after a number of lawmakers said City Hall had been turned into a crime scene and den of den of corruption where deals are cut and executed at the detriment of the
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L-R: Yossra Kallali, Chaker Essid, Alain Ndayishimiye, Wala Turki, Laure Tall, Laetitia Badolo Niyel, a leading international impact-driven campaign, advocacy, and African public affairs firm, played a pivotal role in strengthening public policy and advocacy as one of the core organisers of the inaugural AfricAI Conference 2023. The conference, themed "Advancing Responsible
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Apollo Nyagamehe commonly known as Aponye (pictured), a prominent businessman in Uganda has died. Nyagamehe who was also the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Chairman for Rukiga District died on Thursday in a road crash in Ntungamo district. The accident occurred at 9:00pm at Itojo. According to Zadock Kamusiime, the Rukiga
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