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(L-R) ARIPO Administrative Council Chairperson Adelyn Cooper, ARIPO Director General, Bemanya Twebaze, 3rd Deputy Prime Minister & Minister without Portfolio, Hon. Rukia Nakadama Isanga, Deputy Attorney General Hon. Jackson Kafuuzi & Registrar General, Mercy Kainobwisho pose for a group photo with delegates at the 11th Extraordinary Administrative Council Meeting at

Electricity distributor, Umeme has decided not to pay out any dividends to their shareholders despite the significant recovery in business over the last one year, according to the performance indicators. The unexplained decision comes amidst what the company calls uncertainty created by the delayed government decision on the renewal of

Member-countries of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, including Uganda started receiving their new Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation, under a program aimed at helping the countries out of a financial crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic has led to different levels of strain on the resources of different countries, with some even

Eleven-year-old Jerom Bwanika is a primary six pupil at Lohana primary school in Kampala. During normal weekdays, Bwanika would spend his days at school studying with his peers. He told URN that with the experience he has gained, he could easily get employment in a medium-sized ice cream parlour. 16-year-old

Maj. Gen. Kasura-Kyomukama, the new Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) Permanent Secretary (PS) has said his focus will be geared towards the transformation of the Agriculture sector in order to stimulate and drive the agenda of socioeconomic transformation in Uganda. One of the tools, he said, will

African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) Member States last week held a meeting at the Speke Resort Munyonyo as part of the sessions leading up to the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of the Draft Protocol on Voluntary Registration of Copyright and Related Rights to be held on 27th and

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, through its Plastic Recycling Industries initiative (PRI), yesterday expanded its World Without Waste partnerships in Uganda to increase plastic waste collection efforts countrywide.The Company signed two separate Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Kampala-based recycling companies FengHuang Plastics Industries and Aquila Investments Limited, committing to work

Travels at Entebbe International Airport dropped by 14,000 passengers between June and July mainly due to the nationwide lockdown and global travel restrictions. Although president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni announced a total lockdown in June that ran for 42 days, he left Entebbe International Airport open. Despite this, Vianney Luggya, the

Kampala City traders under the Kampala Arcades Advocacy forum have partnered with Mild May testing laboratory to carry out massive Covid-19 screening at a subsidized cost. This is meant to control the spread of Covid-19 among the business community. Suleiman Mpagi, the forum’s organizing secretary says that as leaders, they