Uganda's government is set to join Kenya in the push to terminate Rift Valley Railways' 25-year concession to run the Kenya-Uganda Railway. According to local news agency URN, sources at the Ministry of Works and Transport have indicated that Uganda is backing the Kenyan position on the way the concession
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Huawei Mobile in partnership with its distribution partners has slashed prices by up to 15% on selected devices including Smartphones during this Easter period. At the Huawei’s Experience shop run by Kinetic Telecom, Shop Manager Akisha Banugire confirmed the price reduction bonanza and added that the promotion is aimed at making quality Smartphones
Read MoreUganda’s judiciary is in untold panic following the rampant killings of top government official including prosecutors. And to beef up security of prosecutors, Mike Chibita, the Director of Public Prosecution wants Government to avail them Shs5bn in the 2017/18 national budget. This follows rampant killings that have left top government
Read MoreUganda's State Minister for Labour, Herbert Kabafunzaki who is accused of bribery was on Wednesday afternoon granted bail by the country's Anti-Corruption Court in the capital, Kampala. As part of the bail conditions, the minister was ordered to hand over his diplomatic passport and land title to court as one
Read MoreUganda’s Central Bank, The Bank of Uganda (BoU), has reduced the Central Bank Rate (CBR), a benchmark lending rate for commercial banks by 0.5% to 11% in April 2017, down from 11.5% in February 2017. This means that commercial banks are expected to further reduce on their interest rates they
Read MoreHousing Finance Bank (HFB), one of the three indigenous banks in Uganda has recorded Shs18bn net profit in 2016, up from Shs14.6bn in 2015. This represents 23.2% growth. According to the bank’s financial results for the year ended December 2016 released on Wednesday, unlike many other banks, Housing Finance saw
Read MoreUganda’s Members of Parliament (MPs) have expressed disappointment in Diana Atwine, the Permanent Secretary (PS) at Ministry of Health, noting that they expected more from her considering her past experience. Kalungu West MP, Joseph Gonzaga Ssewungu told off Atwine that she has since taken a soft stance on health officials
Read MoreFresh shocking details have emerged regarding the Shs6bn presidential handshake indicating that London law firm hired to defend Uganda during the oil tax case against Heritage Oil Company received but never remitted the US$4m (about Shs14.4bn) in costs to the Ugandan Government. This revelation follows the probe into the Shs6bn
Read MoreShell has admitted for the first time it dealt with a convicted money-launderer when negotiating access to a vast oil field in Nigeria. It comes after emails were published showing Shell negotiated with Dan Etete, who was later convicted of money laundering in a separate case. Shell and an Italian
Read MoreSmall and medium Enterprises (SMEs) are set to benefit from easy access to lending facilities from KCB Bank Uganda after the bank got an extended 10M euros (about Shs38b) loan facility from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The credit line will be available to sectors across all the SMEs with
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