Total Uganda Limited and Stanbic Bank Uganda have this morning announced a partnership that will see customers with prepaid Total Fuel Cards top-up more conveniently at over 1,500 Stanbic Agents across the country. While launching the partnership at Total headquarters in Industrial Area in Kampala, the Total Uganda Managing Director,
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There has been public concern on why Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) will release the 2019 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results tomorrow Friday 17th January 2020 at Kampala Parents’ School. Some Ugandans said the choice of venue raises conflict of interest questions since Kampala Parents. The same issue was raised
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A final deal to end a long dispute over a mega dam using the River Nile waters is on the brink, but who is winning? In public, negotiators from all sides say the initial agreement is a win-win for both Egypt and Ethiopia. But Ethiopia seems to be pretty much
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The Government of Uganda on Wednesday 15th January 2020 afternoon issued a Protest Note to the Government of Kenya expressing deep concern about illegal seizures of Ugandan made milk and milk products under Lato brand, causing heavy financial losses to the company. The milk in question is valued at over
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Government has created a number of Town Councils in the last five years which should be financially independent from the districts from which they were created in line with Section 79 of the Local Government Act. However, out of 583 Town Councils created, only 228 have been approved by the
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Tullow Oil has written off $800 million (UShs2.9 trillion) of its exploration costs in Kenya and Uganda after lowering its forecast for long-term crude oil prices, Business Daily reports. Oil firms recover their exploration costs over years once production and sale of the commodity start, with lower oil prices indicating
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A new Auditor General’s report has revealed that Uganda Prisons are overcrowded to a tune of over 2000%. The Auditor General, John Muwanga’s December 2019 audit report says whereas the Uganda Prisons Services (UPS) Strategic Investment Plan 2016/2017-2019-2020 made a commitment to build more prisons to decongest the existing ones
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Government of Uganda’s properties are increasingly being sold to pay off, the December 2019 audit report compiled by the Office of the Auditor General has revealed. Handing over the report to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga yesterday at Parliament, Auditor General, John Muwanga (pictured) highlighted that in the FY 2018/2019, a total
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Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have reached an initial agreement on the filling and operation of a mega dam being built on the River Nile. A joint statement by the three countries, along with the US and the World Bank says negotiators had agreed to fill the reservoir of the Grand
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Sudan's army has quelled a rebellion by former elite troops loyal to ousted leader Omar al-Bashir. Shooting broke out on Tuesday in the capital Khartoum and the city's airport was briefly closed amid the clashes. The violence was sparked by a row over severance pay for officers in a much-feared
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