MTN Launches 2017 ‘MTN Women In Business Awards’
MTN Launches 2017 ‘MTN Women In Business Awards’ By John Nanyumba For the fifth year, MTN Business has yet again launched the ‘MTN Women in Business Awards’ for 2017. This year’s awards will be hosted...
View ArticleAfrican Leadership Prize Fails To Find A Winner Again
African Leadership Prize Fails To Find A Winner Again Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong...
View ArticleAnalysis: Will Uganda’s mega-project spending spree generate growth or drive...
Analysis: Will Uganda’s mega-project spending spree generate growth or drive up debts? In a hamlet, 7km south-west of Uganda’s capital Kampala, a group of cyclists rests under the shade of a flyover...
View ArticleM7 Vows to Fire PSs Over Failing Economy
M7 Vows to Fire PSs Over Failing Economy As Textiles Giant Fine Spinners Becomes Latest firm to collapse By John V Sserwaniko Barely 6 months after posting them in different Ministries, the President...
View ArticleUSD620m Stolen From Oil Fund
USD620m Stolen From Oil Fund Parliament had ordered a probe into what sources suspect could be a massive swindle of government monies earned from oil deals. The probe was ordered after what looked...
View ArticleMTN Posts First Annual Loss In 20 Years
MTN Posts First Annual Loss In 20 Years Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator MTN Group swung into a hefty $108 million annual loss on Thursday, its first in two decades, hit by a regulatory fine in...
View ArticleGov’t Could Abandon Plan To Revive Uganda Airlines
Gov’t Could Abandon Plan To Revive Uganda Airlines Government is about to abandon its plan to revive Uganda Airlines because of a severe lack of money to activate the project. The minister of Finance,...
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Blogger Highlights Ridiculous Govt Expenditure
Blogger Highlights Ridiculous Govt Expenditure In a series of tweets a Ugandan blogger has summarized the absurdity of Government expenditure of tax payer money. Fred Tumusiime, a water engineer and...
View ArticleKCCA: We Didn’t Authorize Park Yard Demolition
KCCA: We Didn’t Authorize Park Yard Demolition KCCA has said they DID NOT give permission to Kampala tycoon Hamis Kiggundu to raze Park Yard Market. Last week the city was thrown into chaos when bull...
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MTN Uganda Pumps Shs5Bn Into Community Development
MTN Uganda Pumps Shs5Bn Into Community Development The Telecommunication giants MTN Uganda and their social development arm MTN Uganda Foundation, have committed Shs5Bn (five billion) to Community...
View ArticleBad Economy: Banks Lower Interest Rates To Entice Borrowers
Bad Economy: Banks Lower Interest Rates To Entice Borrowers By Serestino Tusingwire Players within the local financial sector are adjusting their lending rates downwards in some instances by an average...
View ArticleKazinda To Pay 77m To Bigirimana
Kazinda To Pay 77m To Bigirimana Disgraced former principal accountant for the Office Of The Prime Minister Geoffrey Kazinda has been ordered to pay sh77.3m as costs to Pius Bigirimana. The money was...
View ArticleRed Pepper Becomes Bigger, Better
Red Pepper Becomes Bigger, Better By Richard Kintu In a bid to meet our readers’ ever changing consumer demands, the Red Pepper is introducing new content. According to the Managing Editor Ben...
View ArticleEALA Mps Concerned About Uganda’s Slow Progress On SGR
EALA Mps Concerned About Uganda’s Slow Progress On SGR The legislators of the East African Legislative Assembly sitting in Kigali, Rwanda have expressed concern about the slow pace at which some...
View ArticleBack Off Nationalisation of UTL – Libyans tell M7
Back Off Nationalisation of UTL – Libyans tell M7 Eastern government has urged Uganda to back off from decision to nationalise Uganda Telecom Limited UTL, which is owned by Libya and Uganda. The...
View ArticleUEGCL Questions Quality Of Isimba Dam
UEGCL Questions Quality Of Isimba Dam Engineer Proscovia Njuki, the Chairperson Uganda Electricity Generation Company (UEGCL) has questioned the quality of work being carried out by the contractor at...
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Tycoon Muwonge Fears For Life, Hides From Traders
Tycoon Muwonge Fears For Life, Hides From Traders By Our Reporter Wealthy city businessman Bosco Muwonge is reportedly in hiding and fears for his life, after hundreds of traders at his Premium Center...
View ArticleAfrica’s Tallest Building To Be Set Up In Nairobi
Africa’s Tallest Building To Be Set Up In Nairobi Hass Group has announced that it has signed a KSh 20 billion agreement with the world’s largest Construction Company; China State Construction...
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Anti-Kavera Bill Flops @EALA
Anti-Kavera Bill Flops @EALA By Our Reporter Kigali Members of The East African Legislative Assembly yesterday failed to pass the Anti-Kavera bill. The EALA parliament sitting in Kigali failed to...
View ArticleKaruma Dam Might Never Be Perfect
Karuma Dam Might Never Be Perfect Because of the numerous structural defects which contractors have failed or refused to correct, karma Power dam might never operate at full capacity after its...
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