Belgium's Ambassador to Uganda and South Sudan, Hugo Verbist has revealed that Uganda stands to benefit from more cooperation with the capital of Europe in the near future. Ambassador Verbist made the revelation while speaking to guests at the Belgium Kings Day celebrations held at Kampala Serena Hotel last Friday,
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There is a common saying that every finishing line marks the beginning of a new race. And that is the case with the Federation of Uganda Football Associations (FUFA) after the Uganda Cranes sealed qualification to the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. In a press briefing held on Wednesday at
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Fuel pump prices in Uganda have hit through the roof, causing fears that it may result into a rise in commodity prices and ultimately trigger inflation. Currently, a liter of petrol in Kampala is averaging Shs4,400 up from an average of Shs3, 800 in January this year. Diesel prices are
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The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja has said, the long awaited Soroti Fruit Factory is now ready. While touring the factory premises yesterday in Soroti District, the Minister said the $7 million (Shs26bn) fruit factory is ready for commissioning, and it will soon be opened
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On 14th November, Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) with support from the Uganda Police Force, carried out a market surveillance operation at the Energy Centre on Market Street. UNBS says the objectives of the operation were; To identify specific businesses involved in the sale and distribution of substandard electrical
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By AFP Interpol announced Wednesday that Kim Jong-yang of South Korea had been chosen as its new president, beating a Russian official whose candidacy had unnerved Western nations. The US-backed Kim, acting president of the global police body, was picked at a meeting of delegates from member nations in Dubai
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The Ugandan government is planning to ban all doctors in public hospitals from working in private health facilities, Sarah Opendi, State Minister for Health in charge of General Duties has said. “We thought we should come up with clear laws banning public servants [from] working in private facilities at the
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In a shocking revelation, it has emerged that Bank of Uganda overthrew the Constitution and laws of the land and instead used United Kingdom law while selling three defunct banks. BoU officials made the revelation on Wednesday while appearing before the Committee of Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE)
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Troubled former Executive Director in charge of Supervision at Bank of Uganda, Justine Bagyenda Wednesday stunned Parliament’s Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) when she said the MPs should ask BoU current team about the seven controversially closed banks. Bagyenda, was dropped from Financial Intelligence Authority board
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Makerere University, Uganda’s leading institution of learning has come under fire over its discriminative appointments that have seen men occupy most of the top leadership positions. And as such, the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has ordered the Parliamentary Education Committee to investigate why the University has sidelined women in
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