Absa Bank Uganda has announced the appointment of Musa Mai Jallow (pictured) as Retail Banking Director, effective 1st July 2021. Musa has a wealth of experience gained over a 23-year career in the banking industry. He joins Absa Bank Uganda from Absa Bank Mozambique, where he was the Retail Director and subsequently Head of Portfolio Banking. He has vast
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Over 30,000 artisanal and small-scale miners, pit owners, mineral processors and dealers face yet another mass eviction from Kassanda district. The group under Kitumbi Small Scale and Artisanal Miners’ Association has been given up to November 3, 2021, to voluntarily vacate the place or be forcefully evicted. They are operating
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Three nurses of Kawempe Hospital have been arrested for allegedly stealing drugs. They were arrested on Thursday by a team of detectives from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit and the Police. The head of the Statehouse Anti-Corruption Unit, Col Edith Nakalema identified the suspects as Resty Namulindwa, an assistant nursing
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Even after borrowing one billion dollars from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Uganda will continue borrowing. IMF Uganda Country Representative Izabela Karpowicz has told URN in an interview that Uganda still has a financing deficit of another one billion dollar about 3.5 trillion Uganda shilling at the current exchange rate.
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party Central Executive Committee has named a section of Members of Parliament to sit on the Parliamentary Commission and others to chair Standing and Sectoral Committees of the 11th Parliament. The development is confirmed by the party Secretary General, Richard Todwong who in a
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed the Health and Education Ministries to use the Army Construction Brigade to undertake government construction projects. In his July 1st, 2021 letter addressed to the Minister of Education and Sports and Minister of Health, Museveni notes with concern that many government projects are taking
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Uganda has received a combined US$5.6 million (about Ushs20 billion) from Sweden and Germany, as contribution towards the emergency needs of the refugee community in Uganda. The government of Sweden provided US$1.2 million (4.3 billion shillings), while US$4.4 million (Ushs15.7 billion) to support the World Food Program (WFP) in Uganda’s
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Parliament is set to test all the 529 Members of Parliament and staff for covid-19 ahead of its opening next week. This is according to a letter by the Clerk to Parliament, Jane Kibirige to all MPs and Staff of the Parliamentary Service. "As you may be aware, Parliament is
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Coronavirus infections in the country are on the rise A hospital in Tanzania's Mwanza city has reported a oxygen shortage as the country records new coronavirus cases. The officer in charge of Bugando hospital, Fabian Masaga, said there had been an increase in the usage of oxygen. He said the
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The Mobile Money industry on the whole has continued to thrive over the past 15 months compared to most other sectors of the economy, taking advantage of the opportunities created by the measures to contain COVID-19. The evolution of mobile money services in the year 2019/2020 was phenomenal partly driven
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