President Yoweri Museveni's former tutor has spoken about the character of President Yoweri Museveni during his university days. Dr Graham Mytton described him as a bright but fierce, forceful, frightening and intimidating student during his days at the University College, Dar es Salaam. Mytton, a veteran scholar, author and media
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Leading digital money transfer service WorldRemit has raised $40m to drive its next phase of global growth, aiming to serve 10 million customers connected to emerging markets. Half of these customers will be in Africa. As part of the expansion, WorldRemit will enable customers in Africa to transfer money to
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President Yoweri Museveni has said he is optimistic that the economy of Uganda will grow sustainably as government has now got the facts. The President was speaking at the opening and review of the 5th phase of the Presidential Investors’ Round Table (PIRT) that took place on Wednesday at State
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Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of Forex bureaus has said Amin Forex Bureau Exchange Ltd is no longer allowed to transact business after its license expired and wasn’t renewed. In a statement issued on Wednesday December 6, 2017, BoU Deputy Governor Dr. Louis Kasekende said: “Amin Forex Bureau Ltd
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African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) condemns the high-handed manner in which the state has treated the directors and editors of Red Pepper, who have been in detention for two weeks. In a press statement issued on Thursday, ACME says the continued shutdown of Red Pepper and its affiliate titles
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Plastic Recycling Industries, run by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) Uganda in Nakawa, Kampala, Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a Plastics Collection Centre in Masaka to cover Western Uganda. The PRI Factory has processed more than2,000 tonnes of plastic waste so far this year alone. Signing on behalf of
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Uganda’s Health Ministry has revealed that it is true that Cabinet discussed the issue of hiring doctors from Cuba at the time Doctors were striking. State Minister for Health-General Duties Sarah Opendi made the revelation on Wednesday while appearing before the Parliament Committee on Health. This is after e MPs
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Conflict has forced 1.7 million people to flee their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo this year, causing "a mega-crisis", aid agencies say. This means that for the second consecutive year, DR Congo is worst-affected by conflict displacement in the world, the agencies add. DR Congo has been hit
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Ugandan judge, Solome Balungi Bossa was on Tuesday elected to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, The Netherlands. Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, Uganda’s Permanent Representative to the UN broke the news of her election on twitter praising the efforts of the East African nation's team to have scoop
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By Farhad Khan The African Development Bank projects that Uganda’s GDP will grow from 5.1% in 2017 to 5.8% in 2018. Among other factors, the government has highlighted the role of information communications technology (ICT) as key enabler for this trend toward growth. As key stakeholders in the country continue
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