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Water Tax To Affect the Rich – Kamuntu
The Ministry of Water and Environment has defended the recent tax that was reinstated on water saying it will not directly hurt the poor as alleged. This followed a recommendation by the Parliamentary...
View ArticleUEPB: Preferential Tax Rates a Good Incentive for Local Exporters
Uganda Export Promotion Board (UEPB) is encouraging local exporters to take advantage of the Preferential Trade Agreements that give opportunities to traders and allow them to access regional and...
View ArticleUTODA Buses Begin Operations Today
Following the signing of a 12 month contract with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), Uganda Taxi Operators and Drivers Association (UTODA) Bus Company Awakula Ennume say they are ready to begin...
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MPs Task Minister to Explain Loadshedding
Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources Committee have tasked the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development Irene Muloni to explain why most parts of the country are experiencing load shedding....
View ArticleMAK DON: Govt Should Invest In Commercial Agriculture
There is need for the Agriculture sector to invest in industrial based commercial farming, in order to meet demands locally and tap the potential of selling produce to foreign markets. According to...
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UBL Roots For Bartender Training
Key Accounts Manager for Uganda Breweries presents The Sanctum Bar manager James Kawuke with Johnnie Walker Red Label as the winners of this year’s Master Bar Academy. Over the last 2 years, Uganda...
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FORT PORTAL: M7 Commissions Waste Recycling Plant
President Yoweri Museveni has commissioned the Kitere Municipal Solid Waste Composite Plant in Fort Portal’s West Division and a power line to Kitere. The Power Line to Kitere is part of the wider...
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KARUMA DAM: MP Questions Chinese Capacity
Kabale Municipality Member of Parliament Andrew Baryayanga has said SynoHydro, the company that was finally contracted to build Karuma Hydro power dam is not capable of constructing the dam. Baryayanga...
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Compensation Compalaints Arise Ahead Of Karuma Commissioning
As government moves to commission construction of the 600megawatt Karuma Hydro plant today, people affected by the project are complaining of lack of compensation. Some 168 residents of Awoo village in...
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Telecom Companies Want Law To Protect Infrustructure
Telecom Companies have asked Parliament to enact a law to protect Telecom infrastructure as National Security assets. Mazen Mroue, the Chief Executive Officer of MTN made the request while appearing...
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OIL: M7 Signs Second Bill Into Law
The nascent oil industry in Uganda has received a second piece of legislation to govern its midstream activities, four months after it got the upstream law. The new law, the Petroleum (Refining,...
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MTN’s CEO Says New Taxes Threaten Telecom Performance
Telecom Companies have recommended that Parliament limits the tax on International Calls to Minimum saying that this will reduce the average termination rate to Uganda from USD 24 cents to USD 18...
View ArticleBiscuit Factories on the Verge Of Closure Over High Costs
Biscuit factories are on the verge of closing business citing high operational costs. They attribute the problem on the heavy taxation on imported raw materials such as wheat and high competition from...
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Air Uganda, RwandAir sign partnership deal
Air Uganda and RwandAir have signed a new deal with to allow passengers booked on both airlines travel at their convenience. The code share agreement unveiled in Kigali on Wednesday will enable the...
View ArticleUNBS Sets Conditions For Trade In Local and Regional Market
All traders will be required to have the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) compulsory product registration standard or S mark on their certified products, before they can be allowed to trade...
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Airtel Africa Partners With MicroEnsure For Mobile Micro Insurance
Airtel yesterday August 15 announced the establishment of a strategic partnership with MicroEnsure, the world’s leading provider of mass-market insurance products, to provide insurance services to...
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KARUMA: DAM ‘COMMISSIONED WITHOUT CONTRACT’
Sinohydro Corporation limited, a Chinese state firm is yet to sign the contract for the construction of Karuma Hydro Power Plant, despite holding a ground breaking ceremony early this week. On Monday...
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Higher costs worry Ugandan Industrialists
A truck loaded with goods at Malaba. File Photo Ugandan manufacturers are worried at the way the cost of doing business has gone up since their exemption period of not paying import duty on certain raw...
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Wandegeya Traders Stranded
The demolition exercise of stalls around the newly built Wandegeya market that started in the wee hours of Sunday morning have left many traders stranded. Traders near Wandegeya market are stranded...
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Airtel Officially Launches ‘Matatu’ Application
Airtel Uganda and Kola Studios a leading mobile games development Company in Uganda, has today August 21 launched a mobile phone application for the popular social card game‘Matatu’which is available...
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