Sanlam Emerging Markets Proprietary Limited (SEM) on November 21 announced that it had successfully concluded the transaction whereby its subsidiary, Sanlam General Insurance Uganda Limited (SGIU), acquired close to 100% interest in the share capital of Lion Assurance Company Limited (LAC) in Uganda from Trans Industries Proprietary Limited and certain
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Makerere University College of Health Sciences has partnered with St. Augustine International University (SAIU) to host the first international Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) symposium aimed at raising awareness about the silent killer diseases. The symposium is slated for February 12th -15th 2018 in Kampala. NCDs also known as chronic or
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Vivo Energy Holding B.V. (“Vivo Energy”) Monday agreed to enter into a share transaction with Engen Holdings (Pty) Limited (“Engen Holdings”), a 100% subsidiary of Engen Limited, in relation to the purchase of shares in Engen International Holdings (Mauritius) Limited (“Engen International Holdings”) for the exchange of a shareholding in
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MTN Uganda in partnership with the Uganda Blood Transfusion has launched a ten-day blood donation drive to enable the availability of blood. The drive started on Friday at the MTN Nyonyi Gardens with staff members turning up to donate blood. The aim of the drive is to help with efforts
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government recruited fighters from a rebellion it defeated in 2013 to suppress protests by opponents of President Joseph Kabila in December last year, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. Senior Congolese security officials mobilized “at least 200 and likely many more” M23 combatants
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The ban on plastic bags by Kenyan Government in August has driven their manufacture and sale underground as black market racketeers find avenues to rake in huge profits. Investigations by The Standard have revealed that some traders are flirting with jail terms and heavy fines by secretly stocking and selling
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Do you drink sodas? If the answer is in affirmative, then you have been drinking yourself into an early grave. Prof. Moses Kamya, the Dean, School of Medicine at Makerere University encourages Ugandans to keep off sodas for it is dangerous for one’s health. “It is very unhealthy to take
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Oxfam Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima has spoken out for the first time on reports that she could be prompted to take up Uganda's most coveted office. Winnie who happens to be wife to Uganda opposition kingpin, Kizza Besigye told Steven Sucker in an interview on the BBC's Hard Talk on Monday
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A brother to renown city tycoon Godfrey Kirumira has been murdered in cold blood, reports indicate. Sources reveal that Baker Kirumira, 40, was killed on Sunday morning at his home in Kira. Kampala Metropolitan Area deputy police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigyire, confirmed the reports saying; He was attacked and killed from
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Shocking details have emerged of how Kampala's latest mysterious tycoon, Brian Kirumira aka Brian White acquired his wealth. A close family source conversant with the pencil thin money bags told us on condition of anonymity that Brian who has since taken Kampala by storm since Ivan Ssemwanga's passing, did not have
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