Umeme has resumed operations on illegal power connections Umeme Ltd, Uganda’s leading power distributor, has posted a net profit of Shs41.1bn in 2020, down from Shs139.2bn in 2019. This represents a decline of 69%. According to financial results for the year ended 31st December 2020 released yesterday, Umeme’s energy losses increased to 17.5%
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His Lordship Alfonse Owiny-Dollo, the Chief Justice of Uganda The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the Buganda Road Court Chief Magistrate to take over the private criminal proceedings against Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo.The proceedings were instituted by lawyer Male Mabirizi on Monday arising from Owiny-Dollo's conduct on March 18th
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Smuggled rice hidden in the chassis of a truck carrying steel rolls Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) is using NII scanners to effectively and efficiently inspect over 1400 consignments daily, Ian M. Rumanyika, the Ag. Assistant Commissioner Public and Corporate Affairs at URA has revealed. “The equipment detects concealed, undeclared and
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Kenya Airways has made a record net loss of $332m (UShs1.2 Trillion ) in 2020, compared to $118 million the previous year. The 179% increase in loss has been attributed to a complete shutdown in international air travel due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The national carrier reported that passenger numbers
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President Museveni (left)and his Tanzania counterpart John Pombe Magufuli (RIP) sign a pact for the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project in Tanzania in September last year. PHOTO | Daily Monitor The launch of the Tilenga Development Project and the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project, which was
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Kadaga(C) in a meeting where she received a petition from domestic workers Domestic workers under their umbrella body the Domestic Workers Association Uganda have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebbeca Kadaga seeking parliament’s urgent intervention in passing the Employment Amendment bill. The house helpers said that the 10th parliament should pass the Employment Amendment Bill
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The speaker of parliament, Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga She has been dragged to court in a bid to drag her out of parliament. We set out to establish of the new court proceedings against the Kamuli Woman MP-Elect who has represented the district since 1989, should make her worried about
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Richard Byarugaba (L), the NSSF MD and Tony Glencross, the Nation Media Group Uganda Managing Director addressing the press The National Social Security Fund (NSSF)-Monitor Career Expo will be carried out online this year, with focus on equipping university students with employment and entrepreneurial skills to survive in the “new normal”
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The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has released a list of certified maize milling companies as at 22nd March 2021. This is in line with the UNBS mandate of consumer protection, aimed at protecting Ugandans from buying substandard maize flour which could be harmful to their health. The updated list
Read MorePolice in Kagadi district is investigating an attack by armed men who raided Bukwara Trading Centre on Sunday night and robbed up to 32 million Shillings from two different people.Julius Hakiza, the Albertine Region Police Spokesperson told Uganda Radio Network that the two armed men disguised as clients who needed
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