Emirates airline today announced an order for 40 A330-900 aircraft, and 30 A350-900 aircraft, in a heads of agreement signed with Airbus. The deal is worth US$ 21.4 billion at list prices. The latest generation Airbus A330neo and A350 aircraft will be delivered to Emirates starting from 2021 and 2024
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The youth of this generation are facing many challenges because the Church has not kept in touch with them, President Yoweri Museveni has said. He says many decades ago, the Scripture Union used to enlighten the young people on the path to take unlike today. The President made the remarks
Read MoreMakerere University saga has taken a new twist, with the Vice Chancellor Barnabas Nawangwe blaming the current impasse at the institution on Members of Parliament, who reportedly asked him to restore sanity at the oldest University in Uganda. He says he is simply executing the MPs’ orders. Nawangwe made the
Read MorePresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has met and held a discussion with a group of Representatives from fifty-three (53) Jewish organizations, based in the U.S.A. The meeting took place on Wednesday afternoon at State House Entebbe, Interacting with his guests, the President informed them that the Ugandan view on the Middle
Read MoreCity Lawyers Advised BoU To Close Crane Bank Without Records, Earned 900m Taxpayers Money!
MPs sitting on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have noted with concern the informal manner in which Bank of Uganda (BoU) officials conducted business with their partners to fraudulently sell some of the local banks. This was after MMAKS advocates, the legal advisors of BoU
Read MoreThe Justice Bamugemereire Land Commission and Judiciary have resolved to harmonize their working relationship following clashes in the past. The decision was reached in a closed door meeting at High court in Kampala on Wednesday afternoon, URN reports. The judiciary was represented by the Chief Justice Bart Katureebe, Deputy Chief
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Read MoreUganda Welcomes 230 Israeli Tourists Aboard 1st Ever Direct Flight From Israel To Uganda Since 1976
The Uganda Tourism Board has Wednesday welcomed a group of 230 Israeli nationals who are in the country for a 3 day tour of Uganda. The tourists came aboard a direct chartered flight - from Israel to Uganda, the ELAL flight; the first direct flight from Israel to Uganda since
Read MoreIt seems Makerere University problems are not about to end. The latest is that the Vice Chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe has suspended the forthcoming guild election due to the ongoing strike by the university staff. Nawangwe told local media that he has decided to suspend the elections to provide a
Read MoreMercer, a global consulting leader in advancing health, wealth and careers, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), has announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Learning Organisation, a Ghana based Consulting firm. Through the partnership, Mercer and Learning Organisation will
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