The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has come under fire in recent weeks. First, Kasaija disowned the controversial 1% Mobile Money tax before swallowing his pride by apologizing to Parliament for the remarks. He said the passing of 1% was in error, noting that it was
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By BBC An aspiring prophet has been arrested in Ethiopia after he failed to bring a dead man back to life. Getayawkal Ayele had tried to revive the corpse of Belay Biftu by lying on top of him and repeatedly yelling "Belay, wake up". It was not successful, and his
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The demand for pork is increasing in Uganda, thanks to the increasing population and townships. A kilogram of pork ranges between Shs8,000 and Shs10,000 depending on location. This has made pig rearing lucrative. Dr. Rogers Kalanda, a veterinary Doctor working with Bulemeezi Agrovet Ltd interacts with piggery farmers almost on
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The visit of Indian Prime Minister Norendra Modi to Uganda scheduled for July24, 2018 has been marred by scandals. Modi, who will be hosted by President Yoweri Museveni, is expected to meet the Indian community in Uganda at Kololo airstrip. He will fly in the country with a delegation of
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UNAIDS is issuing countries with a stark wake-up call. In a new report, launched July 18, 2018 in Paris, France, at an event co-hosted with Coalition PLUS, UNAIDS warns that the global response to HIV is at a precarious point. At the halfway point to the 2020 targets, the report,
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President Yoweri Museveni has revealed that the ruling NRM party is creating more new districts and municipalities because it believes in people power. “The NRM believes in the power of the people, that is why we are bringing administration closer to you by creating municipalities,” Museveni said. He made the
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Mobile phones in Kenya are like bank accounts - some people keep all their savings on their phone - and fraudsters are trying to hack into them to steal the money. Sammy Wanaina received a text message on Sunday asking him to provide the secret personal code so that his
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Government Thursday labored to convince MPs why it increased electricity tariffs despite the fact that government had extended corporate income tax exemption to Bujagali Energy Limited and the reason was to bring down the cost of electricity in this country. This is after Patrick Nsamba Oshabe, the Kassanda North MP
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By IAN RUMANYIKA After successful roll out of the SCT processes for all Imports into Uganda in December 2017,Uganda Revenue Authority is now set to roll out the SCT procedures for UgandanExports that are destined to the world all over. The roll out is effective 19th July 2018, and will
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The Kawempe North Member of Parliament, Latif Ssebagala has thanked Ugandans who have shunned family planning methods and opted to produce many children. The lawmaker made the remarks on Friday during the debate on statement tabled by David Bahati, the State Minister of Finance for Planning on World Population Day.
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