The business community at the Mpondwe border post in Kasese District are continuing to decry the low fish business despite the construction of the multi billion Mpondwe market. The decline of the fish business is largely attributed to the continued operations of a competitive market across the border in DR
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The Ministry of Education and Sport has decided to restart the count down for all teachers to get degrees. The government in 2019 passed a national teacher policy which among other things phased out lower teaching qualifications in preference for bachelor’s degree for all teachers right from nursery saying this
Read MoreRaising prices could drive up the cost of living even further and would hurt the least well-off most, the Bank of England governor has warned firms. "If all prices try to beat inflation we will get higher inflation," Andrew Bailey told the BBC's Today programme. He said higher inflation "hurts
Read MoreHuawei today announced its ‘Non Stop Banking’ initiative. Unveiled at the Huawei Intelligent Finance Summit for Africa 2023, the initiative calls for hand-in-hand collaboration between the ICT and banking industries and facilitate a digital future of ‘non-stop’ services, ‘non-stop’ development, and ‘non-stop’ innovation. In a keynote speech announcing the initiative,
Read MoreKenya Has Potentially Lost Its Milk War With Uganda, Only It Doesn’t Know It Yet
By Charles Onyango-Obbo There is always an egg, chicken, milk, beef, fish, or maize fight between Uganda and Kenya. Usually, it is Kenya banning these products from Uganda. Outcries about the ban being against the spirit of the East African Community will follow. A Twitter war might break out between
Read MoreKenya has been ranked as the top country in Africa by expatriates to get started and settle due to language, ease of finding housing and cost of homes. This gives the East African nation an edge as an attractive destination for companies seeking to enter the continent. Kenya was ranked
Read MoreA section of lawmakers on Parliament’s Budget Committee have questioned the rationale behind gifting Ndejje University, a private University with Shs3.8Bn for preparations of East African University Games yet there are public Universities whose students are studying under trees due to lack of funds to build structures. While appearing before
Read MorePolice in Luwero District have arrested a former head teacher of Wobulenzi Public Primary School, which is a government institution in Wobulenzi Town Council, for allegedly using the school land titles to secure a questionable loan of 100 million shillings. The suspect has been identified as Richard Mukasa. Patrick Lule,
Read MoreThe French oil major TotalEnergies has further affirmed its commitment to extract Uganda’s oil despite concerns by climate activists. The company has been under intense pressure to abandon the East African Crude Oil pipeline project as well as the Tilenga development project in the Albertine. TotalEnergie’s Chief Executive Patrick
Read MoreNakapiripirit district councilors are demanding for the transfer of the Chief Administrative officer Abdullah Awuye whom they accuse of complicity in the diversion of iron sheets from the Prime Minister's Office that were meant for distribution in Karamoja. The councilors allege that almost five thousand iron sheets that were meant
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