Ugandan importers have accused Uganda Revenue Authority - URA of making it hard for them to trade after it said some goods, including footwear, motor vehicle tyres and garments of any kind would not be eligible for customs warehousing. URA said in a notice last Friday that more ten goods
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has urged underprivileged youth to use their humble beginnings as a stepping stone to better themselves and take advantage of any opportunity handed to them. Oulanyah made the remarks while visiting the Watoto Suubi Children's Village, a child based community for orphans and
Read MoreCautioning that hate speech runs the risk of being devalued as a term, David Kaye stressed the real dangers posed by a lack of consistent policy when it comes to monitoring and stamping out hate speech in the digital age. “The prevalence of online hate poses challenges to everyone, first
Read MorePresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has left for Sochi to attend the Russia-Africa summit. The Summit will focus on actual and potential relations between Russia and the nations of Africa, in the political, economic, humanitarian, and cultural fields among others. Slated to kickoff on the 23rd October 2019 at the Sirius Park of
Read MoreThe Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya, Dr. Patrick Njoroge (pictured), has been named the Central Bank Governor of the Year for Sub-Saharan Africa by Global Markets magazine, a world-leading financial journal. The Governor received the award for the second time in four years, having first received it in
Read MorePresident Yoweri Museveni has advised dairy farmers in Uganda’s cattle corridor to carry out a clear and well-researched analysis on the prices of milk on the international market to arrive at a collective and informed decision on the price of milk in the country. While meeting dairy farmers from the
Read MorePeter Lokeris, the Minister of State for Minerals, today re-asserted government’s commitment to having the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project delivered as planned. “I know many of you had started thinking that the project has stalled but this Public Hearing should now take away all doubt since it
Read MoreProperty mogul, Mohan Musisi Kiwanuka (pictured left) has questioned and protested Police’s deployment at his properties, describing the act as unlawful. The properties in question are on plots 10A and 10B Akii Bua Road, Nakasero, and 21-29 Golf Course Road, Kololo. They are owned by Visa Investments, one of the
Read MorePutin: We’re Ready To Offer Africa Help Without Strings Attached Unlike Exploitative West
President Vladimir Putin stepped up Russia’s push for influence in Africa days before he hosts a summit with African leaders, saying on Monday that Moscow could offer help without strings attached unlike what he cast as the exploitative West. The Kremlin has said it expects 47 African leaders to converge
Read MoreA passenger plane in Kenya, operated by local airline Rudufu Air, is stuck in the mud at Takaba Airstrip in Mandera West after skidding off the runway on Sunday, the Daily Nation reports. An employee of Khadija Buko, a local flight booking agent, told the Nation that the plane (pictured)
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