Youths activists from several political parties and civil society have embarked on a campaign against the removal of the presidential age limit from the constitution. Led by Anna Adeke, the National Youth Member of parliament, the Youth activists, say they will traverse the entire country to campaign against the removal
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Scores of complainants and suspects are stranded in courts across the country as State Prosecutors laid down their tools over low pay and poor working conditions. Currently the lowest ranking State Prosecutor earns a gross salary of 645,000 Shillings while those at the rank of Senior Principal State Attorney earn
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Uganda's Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hajat Janat Mukwaya has given Isingiro district authorities a two-day ultimatum to release funds meant for women entrepreneurship groups. The Minister, who is on a monitoring exercise of Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP) and Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) projects in the Western
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The UK-based company British American Tobacco (BAT) has again been accused of using unjustified practices to dilute plans to limit the sales of its products in Uganda and Kenya. For the second time in two years, an exposé in the newspaper, the Guardian, says that BAT, along with other multinational
Read MoreMembers of Parliament on the Parliamentary Accounts Committee have grilled officials from the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development over funds remitted from Missions abroad that disappeared from Consolidated Fund. The officials led by Secretary to Treasury/Permanent Secretary, Keith Muhakanizi appeared before the Committee on Wednesday morning to answer
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Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said Migingo Island is in Kenya. Speaking in Mbita, Homa Bay County, on Wednesday, the President said officials are mapping out the island’s boundary. "Who does not know Migingo is ours….even if it is ours, we do not go making noise…we do our things with
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Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulator of Uganda’s telecoms sector has asked MTN Uganda to explain its recent changes in pricing. This is after a number of MTN subscribers petitioned the regulator over what they termed as unclear and exorbitant changes. In a letter dated Jul7, 2017, UCC Executive Director,
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Regional Supermarket chain, Nakumatt Holdings’ financial woes have reached unprecedented levels, with the regional retailer failing to attract the highly needed funding.. Business Focus has reliably learnt that the Kenyan based Supermarket is seeking a bailout from the Government of Uganda to survive the current financial storm. A source privy
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John Collison, the Irish cofounder of Stripe, the payments processing company now powering many in-app purchase systems, was a few months ago proclaimed the world's youngest self-made billionaire by Forbes in its new world's richest list. Collison, 26, is two months younger than Spiegel, the cofounder of Snapchat, which went
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The Government of Uganda seems determined to away with unnecessary loans burdening Ugandans, Business Focus reveals. The latest is that President Yoweri Museveni has rejected 11 loans that he says will not add value to Uganda’s economy. “We are burdening the country with so many loans many of which don’t
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