The Public Accounts Committee (Local Government) is facing challenges of scrutinising and recovering funds disbursed in 2014 and 2015 for the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) because of forgeries and the misrepresentation that they were donations from the central government. According to the committee chairperson, Judith Franka Akello, this has made
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Uganda Telecom Ltd (UTL) Administrator, Bemanya Twebaze has detailed the state of affairs at Uganda’s oldest telecom firm, revealing that the company is currently indebted to the tune of Shs530bn. Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) is an insolvent company whose shareholders are Ucom, a Libyan Government entity and Government of
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The Chinese have become a staple in Kenyan economics, straddling all facets from manufacturing in China, exporting, distribution and now retailing. It has been called a Chinese economic invasion, likened to the fabled camel that was permitted to stick its nose into the tent, then forced its entire body inside
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President Donald Trump has said the US military was "cocked and loaded to retaliate" against Iran, but he changed his mind 10 minutes before planned strikes. Attacks on three sites were planned in response to the shooting down of a US unmanned drone this week. Mr Trump said he had
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Uganda Telecom administrator, Bemanya Twebaze has said that auditing of the company's operations can only happen at the end of his administration. Twebaze (in featured photo) denied that he had blocked any audit, but said that it was not the right time for government to carry out an audit. "Final
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A Ugandan court has ruled that activist Stella Nyanzi must defend herself against charges of cyber harassment and offensive communication against President Yoweri Museveni. The prosecution accuses Ms Nyanzi of posting a Facebook message in September about the president and his late mother that was deemed to be obscene, lewd
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At least 5,000 women are expected to participate in the 2nd edition of dfcu Women in Business’ Rising Woman Initiative. The Rising Woman initiative which was started last year under the theme ‘Taking your business ahead’ is meant to recognize, celebrate and promote a culture of mentorship among women in
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The popular Royal Ascot Goat Races have launched to support an Eco Brick project to build toilets aimed at improving sanitation at the Good Samaritan High School in Kamwokya. The goat races are part of Ruparelia Foundation’s Corporate Social Responsibility. The Goat races which will happen on 12th October 2019
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Two Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials are set to be arraigned before the Anti- Corruption Court in Kampala to face corruption charges. Francis Kakeeto and Fred Vito Wanyama, both bankers with BoU are facing charges of abuse of office and corruption as an alternative count allegedly committed on 26th April 2019 between
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has busted a racket of human traffickers using its state of the art scanners. The people being trafficked were bundled in wooden boxes and placed inside a container, but the scanners were able to detect them. According to a statement from URA, the time was 00:49hrs
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