The Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia has run broke, leaving a number of frustrated migrant workers unattended to. Business Focus has reliably learnt that Ambassador’s rent has since expired and there is no money to renew it. “This puts our own diplomat in total jeopardy,” a source privy to the situation in Saudi
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Adetunji Tunde Oluwasegun must also repay the money A 45-year-old Nigerian man has been sentenced to two years in prison for spending 2m naira ($5,250; £3,835) that had been erroneously transferred into his account, the country’s anti-corruption agency says. The judge in the south-western city of Ilorin also ordered Adetunji Tunde
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Uganda’s defeated presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine (pictured) has claimed that Government has been actively trying to frustrate any attempt of National Unity Platform to go to court. “They have intimidated our polling agents, but most crudely confiscated more than 4000 of our Declaration of Results forms, which are
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Excited ladies waving farewell to Eastern Regional Representative, Micheal Ngonde before leaving Munyonyo to Entebbe airport Premier Recruitment Ltd has in a week flagged off 29 male Ugandans to work as Facility Cleaners in Qatar and 39 young ladies to work as domestic workers in Riyadh –Saudi Arabia under Saudi based
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On Friday, the High Court of Uganda ruled that the Commissioner General of Uganda Revenue Authority legally exercised discretionary powers when he issued a General Notice requiring all VAT registered taxpayers to start issuing e-invoices or e-receipts or employ electronic devices connected to the URA centralized invoicing or receipting systems
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Ian Rumanyika, the Public & Corporate Affairs Manager at URA Uganda Revenue Authority has further extended the return filing date from 20th January 2021 to 22nd January 2021, for the returns of the month of December 2020. This follows a previous extension from the law stipulated date of 15th January
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President Yoweri Museveni's victory has been received with great jubilation and enthusiasm. It has been a victory achieved with the impact of NRM useful youths who enabled Museveni to sail to victory. As a result, we have learnt that Aya Group of Companies boss, money magnate Mohammed Hamid is organising
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Makerere University has released its 2020/2021 Academic calendar indicating that the institution will open up fully to all students in February 2021, giving hint that all education institutions are likely to resume full operation following closure in March 2020. The University's Academic year will kick off with Fresher's (First Year)
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The European Union (EU) says it is concerned about the continued harassment of politicians and civil society actors in Uganda after last week's general election. The incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, won his sixth elective term. In a statement, the EU Council of Ministers
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sam Kutesa has revealed that despite requests and threats from Government, global social media giants Facebook has declined to reactivate accounts of NRM supporters who were accused of flouting the social media site's terms and conditions against spreading fake news and misinformation. Kutesa made the
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