The late Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebil MPs have approved an amendment to the motion mourning fallen Central Bank Governor, Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, urging Government to construct a house for the family of the great economist. MPs say this will save the family from the pending eviction from the Governor’s home in Kololo. The
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PM Nabbanja talking to President Museveni Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has told President Yoweri Museveni that a section of ruthless mafia is badly fighting Uganda Lands Commission (ULC) Chairperson Beatrice Byenkya, who is praised by a couple of Ugandans as a committed civil servant and corruption free. The Prime Minister
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Some of the former Post Bank officials who have lost the case The High Court in Kampala has dismissed with costs an application by five Post bank officials challenging their suspension without a fair hearing. They are Stephen Mukweli, the Managing Director, Safina Wabuna Nakiyemba, the Executive Director for Information
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Several bars around Kampala registered a good turn up of revelers on Monday night following the full reopening of the economy after 22 months of closure resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The government allowed all places of social gatherings to resume their operations on January 24th, 2022, two weeks after
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Museveni at Ndeeba church after its demolition by the landlord Government through the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is seeking Parliamentary approval for Shs57Trn to pay off all landlords so as to end land evictions in the country. Government’s plan was revealed by Robert Kasolo (Iki-iki County) who
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Police using tear-gas to disperse protesters A section of Opposition MPs have asked Government to deal with political grievances if the Shs20bn Uganda Police Force spends on quelling a single riot is going to be diverted to other productive sectors. The remarks were made by Muwanga Kivumbi, Shadow Minister for
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Uganda’s Opposition is calling for an audit into the Shs73Trn public debt to save the economy from plunging into turmoil. While reading the opposition response to the National Budget Framework Paper 2022/2023 before Parliament’s Budget Committee on Tuesday, Moses Kyaligonza, Principal Policy Analyst Office of Leader of Opposition revealed that the stock of
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GAVI, the Vaccines Alliance is seeking 5.2 Billion Dollars to address uncertainties and risks in the virus’ evolution and be able to continue supplying vaccines to reach countries that are most in need and yet cannot afford to buy vaccines. In their latest statement, the global vaccines entity says once
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Private sponsored students at Makerere University on Tuesday flocked the Senate Building after they failed to download their provisional admission letters. On Monday, the university announced the release of admission letters and issued guidelines to private sponsored students to access their copies online, while government-sponsored students would pick their forms
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At least 930 billion Shillings is available for possible lending as cheap long-term capital for small and medium enterprises from the collective investment schemes, CIS, according to the Capital Market Authority. This is the value of the Assets Under Management, which has grown from just Shillings 13billionfive years ago when
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