As Uganda moves to into the oil production stage, opportunities in the oil and gas sector investors can tap into is one of the hot topics. Agriculture, hospitality and tourism are among the sectors that have been tipped to tap into the opportunities oil and gas sector presents. Health sector
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Uganda’s banking sector is yet to fully recover from high Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) that has left many banks counting losses as a result of high loan defaults. This state of affairs has also left a number of business people and companies financially distressed. The latest is that Standard Chartered Bank
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Seventy percent of the food sold on Ugandan streets is contaminated, according to Dr. Benon Kwesiga, an epidemiologist with the Health Ministry, URN reports. In his study published in the International Journal of Food Contamination in June, Dr. Kwesiga, says a large sample of food consumed from the street contains
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To all those in the job market, thousands of professional jobs in Uganda will phase out and be replaced by machines before the end of year 2025, experts predict. In less than eight years, Uganda’s population will hit 55 million going by the current fertility and population growth rates, with
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The High Court in Kampala on Thursday placed an injunction on two construction companies, blocking them from evicting Roko Construction company from the construction site of the Lubowa Specialised Hospital. According to court ruling delivered by Justice Andrew K Bashaija of the High Court Civil Division, construction companies FINASI/ROKO CONSTRUCTION
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has met with the leaders of the Sudan Transitional Military Council and discussed ways on how to bring peace to the country. The meeting took place on Friday in the eastern Ugandan district of Mbale. "At the Mbale State Lodge today, I met with members of
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Uganda's First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Museveni has thanked Belgium for her support to Uganda especially the education sector. Janet made the remarks as Belgium's Ambassador Hugo Verbist paid her a courtesy farewell visit at her office last Friday. Ambassador Verbist is putting final touches to
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The European Union-EU has committed 8 million Euros (34 billion Shillings) towards mitigating the effects of Climate Change in districts in the central cattle corridor, that experience semi-arid climatic conditions. Under the project, the EU will scale up agricultural adaptation activities in the districts of Nakasongola, Luweero, Nakaseke, Mubende, Kiboga,
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Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the Auditor General to carry out a forensic audit on Namboole National Stadium. The directive by PAC Chairperson Nathan Nandala Mafabi followed a submission of a document by the Finance Ministry indicating that Mandela National Stadium has domestic arrears of 875.3 million Shillings
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has held talks with officials from the United Nations led by country coordinator Rosa Malango. According to a tweet by the president, the two parties met on Thursday and discussed a wide range of issues but mainly how to resolve bottlenecks that block Africa's transformation. "At
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