If you are a frequent user of taxi-hailing apps in Nairobi, Mr Samuel Gachini, who is almost completing his doctorate, is arguably the most educated driver you will ever meet. Mr Gachini (in featured photo), who is pursuing a PhD in business administration, is among the growing list of young
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Do you often drive without a license? If the answer is in affirmative, then it’s better you get one as soon as possible before the Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Bill 2019 is enacted into law. This is because the Ministry of Works and Transport is proposing to increase punishment
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The government is proposing to license online based public transport service providers in the Traffic and Road Safety Amendment Bill 2019. If passed, the Ministry of Works and Transport will license online transport service providers such as Safe Boda, Taxify and Uber among others. The move was revealed by Monica
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President Yoweri Museveni has warned the Buganda Kingdom Katikkiro to stop spreading lies about the contentions Coffee Bill 2018. Museveni sounded the warning on Thursday while speaking to journalists at State House Nakasero days after Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga criticized a proposal for the registration and licensing of coffee farmers
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said he does not mind being annoyed saying punitive laws on that are colonial. Museveni made the remarks during a televised public address about his countrywide operation wealth creation tour, "I don't mind being annoyed, I have been annoyed many times and that law is
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has revealed that on July 17, 2019 at 10:30am, the Central Bank experienced a temporary malfunction of the Real Time Gross Settlement System (RTGS). “It should be noted that this WAS NOT a system crash as has been portrayed in the media,” Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile,
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The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah has blocked an attempt by Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to remove Prof. Ogenga Latigo from the Pan African Parliament. Oulanyah said there is no rule the academic turned politician has contravened to warrant his unceremonious eviction. The Deputy Speaker’s decision followed
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Coffee traders and processors under their association Uganda Quality Coffee Traders and Processors Association want government to clearly explain the intentions of the contentious National Coffee Bill 2018. Appearing before parliament’s Agriculture Committee this morning, Amos Kasigi, Chairman of the association said that ever since news of the bill broke
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Uganda National Roads Authority-UNRA returned 3.4 billion shillings to the consolidated fund at the end of the 2018/2019 financial year. UNRA head of finance and Accounts, Kwesiga Brazza explains that the authority failed to spend 3.4 billion shillings due to failure to recruit new staff. According to a report of
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Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will this financial year return up to 4,000 land titles to persons affected by road works across the country, the head of land acquisition at UNRA, William Matovu, has said. UNRA, which keeps the titles to avoid land owners obstructing works because of their land
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