The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has released its annual performance report for Financial Year 2019/2020, revealing products that non-compliant to standards on the market. Delivering the report at Uganda Media Centre Monday morning, UNBS Executive Director, Dr. Ben Manyindo, said: “Cosmetics and body care products topped UNBS list
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The National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) Managing Director, Dr. Eng. Silver Mugisha (pictured) has been awarded for Leadership Excellence in public service and also recognised for his contribution to Africa's socio-economic development at the recently concluded African Leadership magazine's US - Africa Investment Forum, policy Dialogue and Business Leadership
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EC Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya The Electoral Commission will conclude the nomination of candidates for Local Government Councils Elections today, Monday 5th October 2020. The nomination exercise commenced on 21st September 2020, in all the 146 districts/cities and was scheduled to end on 1st October 2020, but was extended for four
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URA Commissioner General, John Rujoki Musinguzi addressing the graduands Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently recruited 251 staff to boost its tax revenue collect efforts and above all fulfill its mandate effectively. However, before embarking on their duties, the new tax officers had to undertake a Transformational Leaders Course at the
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The Uganda shilling tumbled to trade near a two month low undermined by a surge in corporate and importer demand as the country opened up its entry points. At the counters the local currency quoted at 3715/3725. In the fixed income market, the yields on 5 and 15 year bonds
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Patience Rubugumya, Commissioner Legal Services & Board Affairs In a move that will ensure that Ugandans are protected from the consumption of expired sugar and that the local sugar manufacturers are protected from unfair competition arising from dumping, The Tax Appeals Tribunal has held that URA’s decision to list sugar
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Justice Byabakama Mugenyi Simon, the Chairperson, Electoral Commission The Electoral Commission appointed the period 21st September to 1st October 2020, as the period for conducting nomination of candidates for Local Government Councils Elections 2021. Accordingly, the nomination of candidates commenced on Monday 21st September 2020, in all the one hundred
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Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, BoU Governor/ Daily Monitor Photo The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has warned commercial against unnecessarily increasing lending rates, revealing that banks with higher interest rates tend to have higher Non-Performing Loans (NPLs). This is contained in the State of the Economy report for September released by BoU
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Farmers who are into piggery business should be smiling all the way to the bank, thanks to the ever rising pork prices. A kilogram of pork averages Shs15, 000 across the country. John Malinzi, an agribusiness Consultant attributes the soaring pork prices to a number of factors including swine fever
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Uganda is the 3rd country with best coffee globally, if 1,229 professional coffee tasters from around the world are to be believed. According to beanpoet, the best coffee country in the world is Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s coffees, as a group, fell higher on the scale than those of any other country.
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