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NGO’s Accuse Maria Kiwanuka of Promoting Inequality
Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) say the 2013/2014 budget if passed in its current form will lead to greater inequality. Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka This includes inequalities in gender, social...
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Sugarcane farmers Want Road Maintenance Fund Scrapped
Farmers Transporting Sugarcane to the factory are charged a road Maintainance fee Sugarcane growers under Busoga Sugarcane Growers Association – BSGA have joined the chorus demanding that road taxes on...
View ArticleWork yet to start on Fuel Reserves
A government plan to build reserves to ensure sufficient stock of petroleum products on the market has failed to start, five years after it was announced. In 2008, government announced a 150-million-US...
View ArticleUN names Uganda top Investment Destination
Uganda has emerged as a favourite destination for foreign investors in the East African region ahead of traditional rival, Kenya, according to a new report by the United Nations. The World Investment...
View ArticleGinnery Owners and Operators To Blame For Anomalies – CDO
Officials from the Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) have put the blame of anomalies in Ginneries on the Ginnery owners and Operators. They said that CDO carries out annual inspections of...
View ArticleKibaale Farmers Count Losses As Rainstorm Devastates Gardens
Farmers in Kasambya Sub County Kibaale district are counting loses following a heavy rainstorm that devastated their crop gardens. The Monday evening downpour wrecked havoc in the villages of Kikamba,...
View ArticleDRC Oil Companies Seek ‘Refuge’ In Uganda
Insecurity in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is forcing oil companies to operate from inside the Ugandan territory to conduct surveys on the probable existence of oil,Red Pepper Online has...
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URA in Fresh Dilemma As Smuggling Escalates
Uganda Revenue Authority-URA officials in Arua district are puzzled with the escalation of smuggling in the region. URA boss Allen Kagina They claim some of items that had been kicked off the list of...
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Uganda Wins For Africa At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2013
Uganda was the only country that managed to take a place at the Microsoft Image Cup held Thursday in St. Petersburg Russia. Microsoft on Thursday announced the winners of the 11th annual Microsoft...
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Uganda Govt Wants Chinese-Built Infrastructure Repaid With Oil
Uganda will offer most of its infrastructure projects to Chinese companies because they can be repaid from future oil revenue, unlike Western businesses that expect advance payment, the Prime...
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Samsung Electronics Introduces 2- year Warranty In Africa
Robert Ngeru, Samsung Electronics East Africa Chief Operating Officer The on-going national anti-counterfeit drive has received an extra boost with the confirmation by Samsung Electronics that its...
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Petroleum Graduates Jobless
The head of Uganda Petroleum Institute, an institution established to provide training on the necessary skills required in the oil industry has announced that their graduates have failed to get jobs....
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MTN Rewards Entrepreneurs In ‘Cash Hour’ Competition
Mobile Telecom giants MTN has rewarded participants of the ‘sawa Ya Cash’ business competition with start-up capital. MTN Boss Mazen Mroue After 15 exciting weeks of intense competition involving over...
View ArticleUNBS: PVoC Guidelines Operational Despite Strike
Uganda National Bureau of Standards-UNBS says the Pre-Export Verification of Conformity of Standards-PVoC is in force despite the three days strike last month by Kampala City Traders Association....
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Govt, China To Jointly Fund Karuma Power Dam Construction
The government of Uganda and China are to jointly provide funding for the construction of the 2 billion dollars Karuma hydro electricity project, according to a Ministry of Energy official. Irene...
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Russia Breaks Into Top 5 World Economies, Displacing Germany
Russia has overtaken Germany as the fifth largest economy in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the latest World Bank ranking that measures 214 economies based on their 2012 GDP...
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Tax On Tourism, Water Necessary – NRM Caucus
The ruling National Resistance Movement party on Tuesday held a caucus to discuss the relevance and implication of the new introduced taxes in this year’s budget. The caucus meeting held at parliament...
View ArticleMicro Finance Centre Stuck With Shs3Billion
The Microfinance Support Center-MSC in Rwenzori region is stuck with 3 billion shillings meant to be loaned out to Savings and Credits Cooperatives-SACCOs. The centre is a government institution...
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Accounting Officers To Blame For Budget Indiscipline – Economist
The financial advisor to the Minister of Finance and Economist Fred Muhumuza has noted that budget indiscipline in the country is the major cause of supplementary budgets that come up after the...
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Stanbic Bank Branch Faces Closure Over Shs4m Debt
The Masaka Stanbic Bank branch faces closure over a 3, 839, 640 million shillings property tax arrears. The bank has been given seven days to clear the accumulated debt or face closure. Stanbic Bank’s...
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