Regional retailer Tusker Mattresses has announced plans to unveil a training exchange programme for Ugandan nationals seeking to advance their careers in retail management. Commencing January next year, the retailer’s Tuskys Uganda subsidiary will nominate and send a cohort of entry level and mid-level management trainees to undertake an all-expense
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A new solar company, Mwafrika Solar has launched in Uganda with promise to shake the energy sector. Speaking at the launch event held at Selas House in Bugoloobi on Wednesday, Peter Mubanda, the Executive Director at Mwafrika Solar said that they started the company to get involved in providing solutions
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Members of Parliament Wednesday voted to remove Presidential age limits from the 1995 Constitution. There were 2 abstentions, 97 voted against, 317 voted in favour. This means Presidential age limits have been removed from the Constitution and President Yoweri Museveni stands a chance to be on the ballot paper in
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Bughendera County Lawmaker Christopher Kibanzanga on Wednesday joined majority of his colleagues in parliament in voting to lift the Presidential Age cap from Uganda's constitution. Kibanzanga is a brother to embattled Rwenzururu Kingdom Omusinga, Charles Wesley Mumbere who is facing various charges following the clashes at his palace in November
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The fashion industry in Uganda is mourning the death of celebrated fashion writer, Keturah Kamugasa. According to reports we have gathered, Keturah who plied her trade with Vision Group passed away on Wednesday after she suffered a heart attack.
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The case against oil giants ENI and Shell on allegations of corruption in Nigeria could be one of the biggest corporate corruption trials in history, says Global Witness. The anti-corruption watchdog reacted after a judge said the case is going to be heard in an Italian court next year after
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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that Uber is a transport company and not a digital service as the ride-sharing firm had argued. Uber argued that it was an information society service - providing a way for people to make contact with each other electronically - and not
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Rev. Fr. Gaetano Batanyenda, the Chairperson of Kigezi Inter-Religious Council has condemned security operatives for desecrating places of worship in parliament. Father Gaetano's comments come only a few days after opposition members of parliament protested the presence of soldiers inside the Catholic and Anglican chapels found in the basement of
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Uganda's speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has ordered an investigation into allegations that soldiers were camped in parliamentary chapels, and that plastic bottles of urine and food utensils were found in the places of worship. Earlier, Kadaga had been forced to adjourn a debate about a controversial bill aimed at
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Uganda and Kenya's Presidents, Yoweri Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday met and committed themselves to strengthening ties between the two countries. The two leaders met in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi where Museveni was visiting for an official visit. "Was in Nairobi, Kenya today on an official visit at the
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