The Ugandan government has awarded Gemalto, in cooperation with local partner SCINTL, the contract for the supply of a Border Management System (BMS) including airport self-service eKiosks) at Entebbe International Airport, creating a faster and more convenient border-crossing experience for travelers and strengthening homeland security. The said e-Immigration solution uses
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Makerere University will this year launch a 10- year strategic plan that will transform Uganda's premier higher learning institution into a research led university, URN reports. The university vice chancellor, Prof Barnabas Nawangwe says the strategic plan development team will complete the document in March 2019. Prof Nawangwe says
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Makerere University’s Appointments Board has fired over 30 senior lecturers on charges of insubordination and use of abusive language, sexual assault, financial fraud, abscondment, refusal to perform official duties, inciting violence and failure to complete studies among others. Among those fired is controversial lecturer and activist, Dr Stella Nyanzi, who
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The Ugandan government has revised its oil volumes to 6 billion barrels, down from 6.5 billion barrels earlier reported. Addressed the media today on the latest updates in the Oil and Gas sector at Amber House in Kampala, Energy Minister, Eng Irene Muloni said that the resources in these fields
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Recent pledges of $2 billion (UShs7.4 trillion) in investment for South Sudan’s oil may be just the start, with the war-torn nation expecting further agreements in early 2019, its petroleum minister said. Ezekiel Lul Gatkuoth’s prediction comes as the African nation’s warring sides prepare to form a power-sharing government in
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By Santos Mugisa Atwooki, Concerned Citizen I write this commentary in response to a story published by New Vision on 20th November 2018 titled “Bunyoro Rejects Kingfisher Tilenga names for Oil Fields”. The Bagungu want the Tilenga oil project renamed to Tilenga-Bungungu. First of all, I appreciate their valid reasons
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Archbishop Stanley Ntagali has applauded President Yoweri Museveni on corruption fight, noting that he is let down by corrupt officials in key institutions like the health sector. “I thank the President (Museveni) for speaking against corruption. You find NMS (National Medical Stores) delivering drugs, but you’ll never find them in
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Leading pan-African telecoms group Liquid Telecom has announced that it is investing 8 billion Egyptian Pounds ($400m US Dollars) in Egypt over the next three years. This is part of a major partnership with Telecom Egypt which includes network infrastructure and data centres. The investment was made during a signing
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Dar es Salaam An initial plan for Tanzania and Uganda to have first oil flow in 2020 through the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline is under threat as investors have been delaying to make final investment decisions, the Ugandan minister for energy and mineral development, Ms Irene Muloni, has revealed. “Indeed,
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By xinhua The Rwandan Government has blacklisted 1,343 skin bleaching products containing high levels of hydroquinone, which exposes users to skin cancer, Health Minister Patrick Ndimubanzi has said. The issue of substandard skin bleaching products, which are especially popular, has been in the news recently after President Paul Kagame said
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