Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Parliament of Uganda will on Tuesday honour Team Uganda that finished 15th at the just ended 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia. Chris Obore, the director of Communication at Parliament confirmed the development to URN on Monday. ” The Ugandan team members will …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataaha Museveni has cautioned the Makerere University community against resorting to strikes as a means of expressing their grievances. The First Lady was speaking at the Makerere – Sweden Bilateral Research Programme (MAK-SIDA) Annual Planning Meeting 2018 …
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Uganda participates in the Berlin Energy Transition dialogue 2018 Berlin, Germany | THE INDEPENDENT | Energy and Mineral Development Minister Irene Muloni has called on potential investors from Germany to consider investing in Uganda’s well-regulated and highly liberalized economy. Muloni told investors that Uganda had now overcome the supply side and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Bank of Africa’s Managing Director, Arthur Isiko, has tipped Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) on access to finance as a key aspect for business growth. Isiko was speaking at a business forum hosted by the Bank at Tick Hotel in Kawempe, a Kampala suburb on …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At the Uganda Securities Exchange 20th anniversary celebrations that took place in Kampala recently, brokerage firm, Crested Capital was awarded the “Broker of the Year”. This meant it was the overall best broker in 2017 for key performance indicators of turnover, deals and volumes …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University bursar Augustine Tamale has resigned. In his notification, dated April 20, 2018, Tamale said that he will leave office at the end of June this year. “The purpose of this letter is to give a notice of resignation from the position …
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Remittance payments hit record in 2017: World Bank Washington, United States | AFP | Payments from immigrants back to their home countries rebounded to reach a new record in 2017 but the costs of transferring funds also increased, the World Bank said Monday. Uganda’s remittance inflows improved from $1.1 billion …
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Agreement seen as a key step towards the construction of $4bn facility Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | On April 10, Uganda moved closer to building a $4bn oil refinery in Hoima following the signing of an agreement between the government and a consortium of companies led by U.S giant, General …
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Auditor General spills secrets of Coop Bank, Greenland Bank Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | On March.23, Auditor General (AG) John Muwanga wrote a confidential note to the Governor of the Central Bank, Emmanuel TumusiimeMutebile. The note a copy of which The Independent has seen is titled Draft report of the …
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Why the failure of a third force has locked us in a choice between Museveni and Besigye THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | In debating whether President Yoweri Museveni should go or stay we are not indulging in an abstract theoretical exercise but a challenge of practical politics. …
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