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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The State Minister for Investment and Privatization, has in a new twist of events written to the Attorney General to apply to the court for orders replacing Bemanya Twebaze as the Administrator of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). In a letter dated June 26, 2019, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Parliament has passed the Landlord and Tenant Bill, 2018 that seeks to among other things regulate the relationship between landlords and tenants. The Bill was passed with several amendments which relate to duties and rights of landlords and tenants in rented commercial and residential premises. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Aviation Safety and Security Oversight Agency has proposed a special levy from outbound travellers to provide funding for it to perform its oversight role. The team has just concluded four missions in the Partner States; Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania engaging aviation …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda still has a big challenge to fund Ebola prevention efforts amid an influx of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is according to Dr Allan Muruta, the Commissioner Epidemiology and Surveillance at the Ministry of Health. Dr Muruta observes that more than …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Sugar factories in Busoga region are expected to resume production in two weeks’ time, according to Jim Kabeho, the chairman of the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers Association. Up to six sugar factories in the region had halted production for more than two months to undertake routine …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A whistleblower has petitioned Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over anomalies in the recruitment of staff at the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The Whistleblower alleges that the process is unfair and discriminative. Committee Chairperson Mubarak Munyagwa says that his …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched a service that allows new customers to open personal accounts online. The digitized process, which is accessible off the Stanbic Bank website www.stanbicbank.co.ug, means that customers can now open accounts on the go, anywhere, in any country and anytime. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tullow Oil is considering selling all its assets in Uganda as the firm down tax dispute rages on. The Irish company, which also owns Tullow Operations Uganda, has hinted on the slow progress towards resolving a Capital Gains tax dispute on the USD 900 million …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Edith Namugga Tusuubira has been named the substantive Executive Director of the Uganda Microfinance Regulatory Authority. The authority is a government agency mandated to regulate license and supervise tier 4 microfinance institutions and money lenders in Uganda. These include Savings and Credit Cooperatives –SACCOs, Non-deposit …