Shocking details continue to emerge on how Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), the once popular telecom giant became financially disabled. Parliament’s ‘Select Committee on UTL on the Management and Performance of UTL’ report obtained by Business Focus, reveals that the Government of Uganda (GoU) has never earned any dividend from its shares
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Uganda's Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has called on the European Union to assist African countries deal with youth unemployment and underemployment. Oulanyah is in Ljubljana, Slovenia attending the 6th Annual International Conference Africa Day. At the Conference, panel sessions dealt with issues of mobility, youth and job creation;
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Kampala Capital Authority (KCCA) physical planning directorate has proposed a range of new taxes and also hiking the existing ones in a bid to tap potential revenue sources. The new proposed tax schedule was presented to the Kampala city authority council meeting on Thursday in Entebbe and sent to physical
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has decided not to take up an invitation from Saudi Arabia to attend an Islamic summit at which US President Donald Trump will be guest of honour. Mr Bashir, who cited "private reasons", is wanted for alleged war crimes in Darfur and the US was reportedly
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Ugandan President Museveni on Saturday assumed the chair of the East African Community (EAC), with the head of state making an impassioned plea for East African integration. Speaking at the 18th Ordinary Summit of the of the Heads of State at Dar es Salaam State House minutes after assuming the
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Davis & Shirtliff Uganda has urged Ugandans to embrace the culture of donating blood in order to save lives. The call was made on Friday during the company’s blood donation campaign held at their head offices in Kampala, where at least 50 units of blood were collected. Hadijah Lunkuse Mayanja,
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Last week, media reports indicated that MTN Uganda had switched off Africell subscribers from calling MTN numbers over what it called non-compliance. However, both Africell and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) say MTN’s actions unlawful and that MTN did not consult the regulator on the alleged “non-compliant” operators. Africell Legal team
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Fresh details have emerged on how Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL), one of the oldest telecom firms in Uganda became heavily indebted and ‘technically insolvent’. According to the latest report by Parliament’s ‘Select Committee on UTL on the Management and Performance of UTL’ obtained by Business Focus, the government of Uganda
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Cracks are emerging in the Uganda Police Force over the handling of the suspects in the torture of Kamwenge Town Council Mayor, Geoffrey Byamukama were arrested. Local news agency, Uganda Radio Network reports that police spokesperson Asan Kasingye threatened to resign on Wednesday after his colleagues, during a meeting of the
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Long queues have been forming in parts of Uganda's capital Kampala today ahead of tomorrow's deadline to verify mobile Sim cards. Hundreds are gathered at the Kololo Independence ground and Nakawa Urban Council headquarters, where ID registration has been ongoing. In April, the Uganda Police and the Communications Commission issued
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