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Tina Wamala, President PRAU shake hands with Rwemereza Abaasa, Artfield representative after the MOU signing at AFID Artfield Institute of Design (AFID) and Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) are pleased to announce a collaboration aimed at promoting PR excellence in Uganda. Founded in 2010, AFID is committed to making

UCAA staff in a group photo during the pass out event The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) has partnered with the  National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwazi to train its staff in various courses with the aim of improving service delivery. “UCAA has plans to transform all its staff in partnership with

The Inspector General of Government (IGG) has identified the lack of computer skills among local government leaders and public service officers as one of the challenges experienced during the declaration of wealth to the Inspectorate of Government. The recently concluded declaration in March revealed that up to 6,222 leaders and

Pricewaterhouse Coopers Limited and the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (CPA) have warned Parliament against imposing a withholding tax on investment schemes, which also include the Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCOs), saying the move will likely discourage the already struggling saving culture in the country. While appearing before Parliament’s

Andries Brink - Founder and CEO, 42 Markets Group. 42Markets Group, the financial and capital markets fintech investment group, has secured $10 million in growth funding from Convergence Partners, a leading private equity investor dedicated to the technology sector across sub-Saharan Africa, after it recently closed its Convergence Partners Digital

  Workers arrange bags of subsidised fertilizer at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Elburgon, Nakuru County. FILE PHOTO | JOHN NJOROGE | NMG Russian fertiliser that had been confiscated in Latvia due to European sanctions will be exported to Kenya by the United Nations’ food agency. Latvia’s

Experts are concerned that Uganda may not meet its commitment to defeating HIV as an epidemic by 2030, as children living with the virus struggle to stay on treatment. Michael Byamukama, the Country Director of the Regional Psycho-social Support Initiative (REPSSI), reports that the biggest reason children abandon treatment is

The Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority (UMRA) has given a two-week ultimatum to unlicensed moneylenders in the Bunyoro sub-region to regularize their businesses following allegations of fraudulent activities. The move comes after numerous complaints were raised by members of the public in the area against some moneylenders who have been accused

The Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament has raised a red flag over Uganda’s failure to pay its annual statutory membership subscription to international bodies. The Committee Chairperson, Norah Bigirwa-Nyendwoha, says that currently, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has accumulated up to 37.06 billion Shillings from non-payment of legal contributions to different

RIP, Maj. Gen. James Kazini The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence is holding two Uganda People's Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers for obtaining money by false pretense. The two are Captain Gerald Bitindi Byamugisha attached to the Chieftaincy of Pensions and Gratuity in UPDF-COPG and Captain Lamek M.Kimula attached to the 65 Infantry Battalion