MPs on Parliament’s Committee of Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) have grilled top management of Uganda Railway Corporation (URC) over failure to remit social savings to a tune of Shs2.8bn to National Social Security Fund (NSSF) despite deducting the money from staff salaries. While appearing before the Committee, Stanley Ssendegeya, the
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The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader Joseph Kizza Kabuleta (pictured above) has cautioned the people of West Nile against feeling self pity due to the biting poverty in the sub region. He said the residents are not poor, but rather they just need to be economically empowered. Kabuleta made
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Left - Right: Faridah Nalubega, Manager Cards and Money Transfer; Ivan Kanyali, Uganda Country Manager at WorldRemit and Miranda Bageine Musoke, Head of Personal Banking at dfcu Bank during the launch of the partnership today at dfcu Bank Headquarters in Kampala. WorldRemit, a leading global payments company, and dfcu Bank,
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Entebbe Airport expansion works are ongoing The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) which is carrying out works for the expansion of Entebbe International Airport, has sought two years extension to complete the contract which was expected to be completed by the end of 2022. The revelation was made by Li Quinpu, Project Manager
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Hundreds of pigs in Otuke district have succumbed to suspected swine fever Over one hundred pigs in Otuke district, Northern Uganda have succumbed within three weeks to a suspected African swine fever outbreak. The cases have been reported in Olilim and Ogwete sub-counties. The disease that starts manifesting by general
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Amb. Stephen Mubiru, Head of Mission (C) Mr. Levent Davisoglu, Honorary Consul (2nd Right) Mr. Julius Mwijusya, First Secretary Economic Affairs (R)Mr. Joseph Barigye, First Secretary Consular affairs (L) The Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Turkey, officially launched the Uganda Honorary Consulate in Turkey's largest and most populous
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HIV was no longer detected in the patient's body after Cord Blood Treatment A patient in the United States of America has become the first woman and the third person ever to be cured of HIV, after receiving a transplant of umbilical cord blood in a novel treatment technique. The
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Coffee stakeholders during a sensitization meeting held in Luweero Farmers and local leaders in Luweero have welcomed the National Coffee Act 2021, describing it as timely. The Act gives UCDA powers to regulate all on-farm and off-farm activities in the coffee value chain. The Act repealed the UCDA Act, Cap.
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Uganda Airlines is positioning herself as an airline of choice by travelers Uganda Airlines has registered an increase in the number of passengers as economies across the world fully open up. Shakila Rahim Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public Relations Manager at Uganda Airlines, says that following the reopening of
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The Parliamentary Commission is set to sign a contract with one service provider to provide food for MPs at a cost of Shs2.51bn. The details are contained in a bid notice signed by clerk to Parliament, Adolf Mwesige in which the current operator of the parliament canteen has had their
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