Minister of State for Investment, Evelyn Anite endorsing DTB Mastercard. Second left is DTB Managing Director, Varghese Thambi. Diamond Trust Bank has announced its partnership with Mastercard to increase financial inclusion in the eleven districts of Uganda’s West Nile region. These districts include Arua, Koboko, Yumbe, Zombo, Maracha, Nebbi, and
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Part of the land that is under conflict. More than 2,000 families are threatened with forcefully eviction from their ancestral land in Kitoba sub-county, Hoima district. The affected families are from Kitoba, Kihweeza, Nyakafunjo, Kisonde, Kiryangobe, Bukwaara and Rwampanga. One Richard Juuko, a Hoima and Kampala resident, claims ownership of
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President Yoweri Museveni has opened up Mubende and Kassanda districts which have been under lockdown following a surge in cases of Ebola Viral Disease (EVD). In a message read by Vice President Jessica Alupo (pictured) on Saturday, there are no more admissions in the two districts which recorded the majority of 142
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Sharon Kalanzi, the ADC Central business advisor awards certificates to SAO- Ngogwe SACCO members alongside DFCU officials The Agribusiness Development Centre (ADC) together with its partners DFCU Limited and Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) have awarded over 50 SACCO beneficiaries with certificates after completing a thirteen-weeks training in financial literacy and management,
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St Mary's college Kisubi, one of the catholic founded schools/Courtesy photo The Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) has begun taking steps to regulate and even reduce the amount of money students must pay in school fees and other forms of payment at institutions affiliated to the Catholic Church and its linked
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Police and army in Soroti are watching over a 30-year-old businessman who is undergoing treatment at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital after jumping off from Soroti Main Market. Allan Onyait, a resident of Orungo Sub County in Amuria district climbed to the second floor of the new market and decided to
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One of Africa's most celebrated singers, Tshala Muana, who died last week aged 64, was equally known for her soulful voice and raunchy dancing which led to riots and calls for her to be banned. Such calls always failed in the face of popular demand by those desperate to see
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Arthur Ankankwasa, Franchise Manager Uganda, Coca-Cola East and Central Franchise and Newton Lee Ogong, Channel Execution and Trade Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda flagging off the caravan yesterday. Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda last evening launched its 'Magic On Wheels' campaign at Akamwesi Mall in Kampala. The campaign is aimed at giving
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Dr. Oledo (with the microphone) leading a team of medics to beg President Museveni to stand for Presidency for another term in 2026. The President of the Uganda Medical Association, Dr. Samuel Oledo has petitioned the High Court in Kampala seeking to block plans of censuring him. Dr. Oledo says
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Officials of Equal Opportunities Commission Joel Cox Ojuku (L), Safia Nalule Najuuko (C) and Habib Seruwagi after addressing the journalists at Uganda Media Centre. The Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) has tasked the Ministry of Education and Sports to enforce no increment of school fees in private and public institutions of
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