Unidentified thugs have brutally murdered a South African-based Ugandan businessman for unknown reasons. The assailants kidnapped Fred Galiwango, who has been running a vehicle mechanical workshop in Lancaster Soweto on Sunday last week. His mutilated body that was chopped into pieces was discovered at the start of this week. South
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Deputy Head of Mission at Uganda’s Embassy in Mogadishu, Maj Gen Nathan Mugisha. The government of Uganda will explore untapped opportunities with Somalia following recent agreements by the two parties. This as the two countries move to sign another four Memorandum of Understanding by the end of the year. Officials
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Prof. Mahmood Mamdani As the country marks 50 years since the expulsion of Asians from Uganda by former President Idi Amin Dada, two distinguished scholars have said there is going to be another expulsion if things continue with the trajectory they are taking. Speaking yesterday at a public lecture organised
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Government through the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economics Development is preparing to table a supplementary budget of up to Shillings 300 billion to fund the extensive food growth project with the aim of fighting food insecurity in the country. As a means of eradicating food insecurity, the government adopted
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Economics lecturer and analyst, Dr. Fred Muhumuza Experts have faulted the government for using statistics that do not give the real picture of the state of affairs to define the performance of the economy. An example is the Debt-to-GDP ratio that the government uses to determine the safety and strength
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Coffee-growing counties in Kenya have moved to court seeking to quash regulations published in June, which assigned some licensing roles to the national government. The Council of Governors (CoG) argue in a petition that other than clawing back on devolved functions, the amendments that were published on June 9 by
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The East African Crude Oil Pipeline secured lead insurers within the country with the approval of the Insurance Regulatory Authority-IRA. The IRA Chief Executive Officer, KaddunabbiIbrahimLubega told journalists in Kampala, that the insurance question around the project was already resolved. While there have been global campaigns urging international Insurance firms from insuring
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Soroti Fruit Factory has acquired five more acres of land for its expansion following an outcry from farmers over the limited production capacity. The land acquisition is geared towards addressing limited production in the next three years. By the time of its establishment in 2019, statistics suggested that Teso sub-region
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The largest markets for rhino horns are in China and Vietnam A court in New York has sentenced a Ugandan resident to more than five years in prison for conspiring to traffic millions of dollars worth of rhino horns and elephant ivory. Moazu Kromah was extradited from Uganda to the
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An Ethiopian Airlines plane. Two Ethiopian Airlines pilots that arrived at their destination while still cruising at more than 30,000 feet in the air have been suspended by the carrier. This is according to an airline official, who said they were suspended to pave way for investigations after their
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