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Further losses at Vision Group as media industry woes persist

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The loss-making trend at the New Vision Printing and Publishing Corporation Ltd, is expected to continue, reflecting the persistent hash market conditions for the media in Uganda. With several media houses still restructuring and reducing staffing levels and remuneration, the terrain seems not smoothing out …

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Drop in advertising, govt arrears sends New Vision into losses

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The performance volatility of the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Ltd continues as the management notifies current and prospective shareholders of an impending loss for the year 2022/2023. The notice issued by Managing Director Don Wanyama is based on the “preliminary assessment”  of …

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Low student loan recovery

  9% recovery rate threatens government support to needy bright students Kampala, Uganda | MUBATSI ASINJA HABATI | Maurice Muhindo was excited to get a study loan from the Government of Uganda to finance his degree in secondary education at university under the Higher Education Students’ Financing Board. Muhindo was …

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ANALYSIS: Zigy Wyne death

Bobi Wine, police and Kiwani 2021 Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE |“Kiwani” in Kampala street-speak means “something fake.” Musician Bobi Wine coined the word in 2007 as the title of his song that won that year’s award for best Afro beat single. Twelve years later, Bobi Wine (real name Robert …

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Kenyan rugby sevens duo face gang rape charges

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Two Kenyan rugby sevens players, Frank Wanyama and Alex Olaba, appeared in a Nairobi court on Monday charged with the February gang rape of a female singer. Wanyama, 23, who captained Kenya’s second sevens team to win the Victoria Sevens tournament in Zimbabwe in March, and …

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