On 28th August 2019, at a press conference held at the Provincial Secretariat, Namirembe, the Rt. Rev. Edison Irigei, Dean of the Church of Uganda, announced that the Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Samuel Kaziimba was elected the 9th Archbishop of the Church of Uganda. The election was held during a
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Airtel Africa, a leading telecommunications services provider with operations in 14 countries across Africa, today announced that it has crossed the 100 million customers mark across its operations. Airtel Africa is the second largest mobile operator in Africa by number of active subscribers. Commenting on this milestone achievement, Raghunath Mandava
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The State Minister for Finance, David Bahati, has accused corrupt government officials for interfering in the procurement of bicycles that were meant for Local Council (LC) chairpersons. “Government committed to buy bicycles for LC1s and we all know what happened to the first consignment where money was misappropriated and the
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The State Minister for Microfinance, Haruna Kasolo has accused of reportedly being part of the group that is defrauding civil servants with fake loans on their bank accounts. This was raised by Agago Woman MP, Franca Akello during yesterday’s plenary sitting. She was responding to David Bahati, State Minister for
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Fifteen teams of emerging African social entrepreneurs have been selected as winners of the 2019 Resolution Social Venture Challenge. A total of 31 teams of Mastercard Foundation Scholars competed in the Resolution Social Venture Challenge for a fellowship that includes seed funding, mentorship, and access to a network of young
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Crane Bank (in Receivership) intends to appeal against the whole of the decision given by Hon. Justice David Wangutusi on August 26, 2019, as per Notice of Appeal Application 320 of 2019 filed in the High Court today, a statement issued by the Bank of Uganda (BoU) says. The High
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African enterprises are excelling in their efforts to establish Intelligent Enterprise capabilities and take advantage of the immense opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This was one of the key outcomes at the 2019 SAP Quality Awards, which were held in Johannesburg on Wednesday evening, and which recognised some of
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Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Managing Board of Rabobank, a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company and global leader in food and agriculture financing and sustainability-oriented banking, was in Uganda last week for a two-day visit as part of a regional tour of East Africa. The visit reaffirms Rabobank’s
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President Yoweri Museveni has written to the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, informing Parliament why he declined to assent to the Minimum Wage Bill. Museveni informed Kadaga and Parliament that there are no gaps in the current law to warrant a new legislation. Museveni’s position was communicated by Kadaga to
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The Speaker of Uganda’s Rebecca Kadaga has no kind words for Ministers who are found of dodging Parliament to respond to questions raised by electorates through their MPs. The Speaker requested the MPs to settle for the few ministers willing to respond to the questions, warning that the electorates will
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