BoU’s Kasekende Blames SMEs For High Bank Rates
The Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda Louis Kasekende has put the blame of high interest rates charged by Banks in Uganda squarely on the shoulders of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. Kasekende made...
View ArticleEntebbe Zoo Imports Cheetah To Breed
The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in Entebbe has imported into the country a female cheetah from South Africa. UWEC says the main reason for the importation was to breed with the existing male...
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MTN Boss: ‘We Were Arrogant, We Lost Market Share’
The CEO MTN Uganda Wim Vanhelleputte has in a stunning interview admitted how the telecom giant let success get to its head leading to a big loss in market share. Vanhelleputte told a local daily in a...
View ArticleKenya Lifts Ban On Ugandan Poultry
The Kenyan government is set to lift the ban on poultry products from Uganda in totality after a 15-month ban. Kenya slapped a ban on Ugandan poultry products after an outbreak of avian influenza...
View ArticleGovt Seeks 60bn For Police Cameras
Finance State Minister David Bahati has tendered a Shs910b supplementary expenditure request before Parliament’s Committee on Budget, which among others include a Shs60b request to procure CCTV...
View ArticleBoU Warns On Ballooning National Debt
Uganda’s national debt has nearly trebled in the last three years to $15.1 billion, equivalent to more than 50 percent of GDP, the central bank said in a report. Two thirds of that debt was external,...
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Minister Kamya, MP Nambooze Trade Insults
A war of words has erupted between Kampala Minister Beti Olive Kamya and Mukono Municipality MP Betty Bakireke Nambooze over government plans to expand Kampala metropolitan area to cover some parts of...
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Kampala Bests Nairobi Again In Top Cities Ranking
For a second year in a row, Kampala has beat Nairobi in a world wide survey of the best cities to live in. Nairobi might be attracting all the tycoons in Africa who buy second homes in the Kenya, but...
View ArticleEnergy Activists Want Muloni Censured Over Umeme
An energy activist group has said non-renewal of the UMEME’s concession as electricity distributor will not end what it calls endemic corruption and mismanagement of the electricity sector. While...
View ArticleSANCTIONS: US Tightens Noose Around South Sudan’s Neck
The United States on Wednesday placed sanctions on 15 South Sudanese oil-linked operators it said were substantial sources of revenues for the government, aimed at increasing pressure on President...
View ArticleBoU’s Kasekende Blames SMEs For High Bank Rates
The Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda Louis Kasekende has put the blame of high interest rates charged by Banks in Uganda squarely on the shoulders of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. Kasekende made...
View ArticleEntebbe Zoo Imports Cheetah To Breed
The Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in Entebbe has imported into the country a female cheetah from South Africa. UWEC says the main reason for the importation was to breed with the existing male...
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MTN Boss: ‘We Were Arrogant, We Lost Market Share’
The CEO MTN Uganda Wim Vanhelleputte has in a stunning interview admitted how the telecom giant let success get to its head leading to a big loss in market share. Vanhelleputte told a local daily in a...
View ArticleKenya Lifts Ban On Ugandan Poultry
The Kenyan government is set to lift the ban on poultry products from Uganda in totality after a 15-month ban. Kenya slapped a ban on Ugandan poultry products after an outbreak of avian influenza...
View ArticleGovt Seeks 60bn For Police Cameras
Finance State Minister David Bahati has tendered a Shs910b supplementary expenditure request before Parliament’s Committee on Budget, which among others include a Shs60b request to procure CCTV...
View ArticleBoU Warns On Ballooning National Debt
Uganda’s national debt has nearly trebled in the last three years to $15.1 billion, equivalent to more than 50 percent of GDP, the central bank said in a report. Two thirds of that debt was external,...
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Minister Kamya, MP Nambooze Trade Insults
A war of words has erupted between Kampala Minister Beti Olive Kamya and Mukono Municipality MP Betty Bakireke Nambooze over government plans to expand Kampala metropolitan area to cover some parts of...
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Kampala Bests Nairobi Again In Top Cities Ranking
For a second year in a row, Kampala has beat Nairobi in a world wide survey of the best cities to live in. Nairobi might be attracting all the tycoons in Africa who buy second homes in the Kenya, but...
View ArticleEnergy Activists Want Muloni Censured Over Umeme
An energy activist group has said non-renewal of the UMEME’s concession as electricity distributor will not end what it calls endemic corruption and mismanagement of the electricity sector. While...
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Teso Region Gets Shs 50 Billion Fruit Factory
President Yoweri Museveni will commission Teso Fruit Factory in Soroti district this week. For the start, the factory will be processing between 12,000 to 25,000 tonnes of fruits per year as it drives...
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