Fairway Hotel that is located in the heart of Kampala is expanding to accommodate the increasing number of customers as a result of its superior services and customer care. Speaking at the sidelines of the Independent Online Journalists Association (indoja-U) retreat hosted by Fairway Hotel, Anthony Sifuma, the Food &
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Uganda's state minister for transport, Aggrey Bagiire, has highlighted the country's maritime potential saying it cab be tapped to boost development. Bagiire made the remarks in a Keynote address at the 31st Session of the Ordinary General Assembly of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). This year's Assembly which is currently
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The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija has said Uganda’s economy is growing although some regions in the country are not growing. “There are some areas where poverty is still biting hard despite (he fact that) some parts have already achieved middle income status,” Kasaija said without
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The National Planning Authority (NPA) Executive Director, Dr. Joseph Muvawala (pictured) has threatened to resign his position over Government’s continued failure to implement the Authority’s plans. “I should retire from the National Planning Authority because we don't make sense to plan, plan and plan. We never implement what we plan.
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A pilot in Zambia performed a heroic feat on Monday when he managed to safely land a Dash 8-300 plane, with 41 passengers on board, after it was hit by a hailstorm and lightning. The incident happened as the plane, which belongs to local airline Proflight, was approaching the capital,
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Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has made its inaugural flight to Kigali, officially becoming the first low-cost carrier to fly the route. The airline, which recently expanded their fleet with two brand new De Havilland Dash 8 - 400 to cater to their expansion, will be flying once daily from its
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The Ministry of Finance is set to release Shs20 billion for emergency response to areas which have been recently hit by flooding. The Minister of State for Finance (Planning), Hon David Bahati who was responding to a Shs43 billion request from the Ministry of Disaster Preparedness, said that all that money
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Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has been recognized as the most innovative institution in East Africa at the regional Chief Information Officer (CIO) 100 East African Awards 2019. URA’s Assistant Commissioner- IT James Kizza was also awarded the Chief Information Officer (CIO100) of the year 2019 in East Africa for his
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It is now three years since violence erupted on 26th November 2016 in Kasese when Police raided the Rwenzururu Kingdom before being beefed up by UPDF under the command of then Major General Peter Elwelu, who has since been to Lieutenant General for handling the Kasese massacre. Following the raid,
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Former employees of Nakumatt Supermarket have petitioned Parliament over their unpaid entitlements following the closure of the store two years ago. The employees led by Dennis Angura, presented their petition to the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Monday, 25 November 2019. The petitioners said that Nakumatt Uganda registered a
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