The Bank of Uganda is not done with Crane Bank Ltd (CBL) owners despite the Supreme Court ruling that the bank’s management should be returned to the shareholders. In dismissing the Civil Appeal No. 07 of 2020 Crane Bank Limited (In Receivership) Vs. Sudhir Ruparelia and Meera Investments Ltd, the
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The burial of the former government Bank of Uganda, Gideon Nkojo has been set for next month. Nkojo died in November 2020 in Virginia, USA after being ill. Family members immediately started arranging for the return of the body back home to its resting place in Mirongo Village, Hakibale Sub
Read MoreCocoa farmers in Bundibugyo District are concerned about a significant decline in production. The decline according to farmers is due to the impact of climate change, theft, and the use of bad agrochemicals. Bundibugyo is the leading producer the produce in Uganda. Cocoa is harvested twice a month throughout the
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni has reiterated his commitment to support the developmental and humanitarian efforts of the Orthodox Church in Uganda. The President was this afternoon meeting a 22-member delegation of the Uganda Orthodox Church at State House Entebbe where he welcomed Metropolitan Jeronymos Muzeeyi, the new Archbishop of the Metropolis
Read MoreKampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has decided to register street vendors and hawkers in Kampala. This was announced by Hajjati Minsa Kabanda the Minister for Kampala and Metropolitan Affairs on Friday while meeting KCCA officials and leaders of vendors from different associations. She said that the registration will help the
Read MoreThe Acting Leader of the Opposition, Muhammad Muwanga Kivumbi has revealed plans to publish names of Members of Parliament who have so far signed on a motion seeking to censure the Minister of Security, Maj. Gen. Jim Muhwezi for allegedly abdicating responsibility in the face of torture of Ugandans by
Read MoreThe government of Uganda has revived plans to vaccinate over 16 million children aged from five to17 years against COVID-19. Vaccination of children in the said age group was first mooted in August last year as one of the conditions that had been tagged on school reopening. Experts rebuked the
Read MoreSix African countries have been selected to receive technology that will enable them manufacture COVID-19 vaccines locally. The countries that have been selected include; Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia. The technologies that the countries will receive will enable them manufacture mRNA vaccines. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines
Read MoreThe government of Uganda has explained that the decision to stay away from the International Coffee Agreement (ICA) extension was inevitable for the good of the local industry, a position agreed to by some private sector players. The ICA is an instrument for international cooperation between the coffee consumers and
Read MoreMP Francis Zaake Members of Parliament mainly from the ruling National Resistance Movement -NRM party are secretly signing a motion seeking to drop Mityana Municipality MP, Francis Zaake from the Parliamentary Commission. Sources indicate that more than 200 legislators have already appended signatures on the document that is reportedly being
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