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Mak admits financial crisis as students miss internship

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr Mohammed Kiggundu Musoke, the acting Manager Communications and International Relations at Makerere University has regretted delayed remittance of funds. He says the university managers have been engaging with the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development to disburse money to the university, a …

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Kadaga sets deadline for gov’t to table bills

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government has been given two months August to table all the necessary bills they want parliament to handle during the fourth session of the tenth of Parliament. The session started on 6th June when President Yoweri Museveni delivered his State of the Nation Address. …

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KCCA to rehabilitate city roads

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority- KCCA is to start rehabilitating 46.7 km of roads in the city at an estimated USD 173 million (about UGX 646 billion provided by the African Development Bank. Procurement for the road works is expected to start in September this year. …

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NDA clears use of Ebola vaccines in Uganda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Drug Authority and National Council for Science and Technology have finally approved the use of experimental Ebola treatment drugs in the country. Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng, announced on Twitter that they got clearance from both Uganda National Council for Science and Technology …

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Sudhir’s Kingdom Kampala Mall

The US$300 million property is already attracting top corporate clients Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | The recently opened Kingdom Kampala Mall is already attracting top clients that consist of corporate companies, civil society organisations and government agencies and ministries, according to Prabhat Mishra, the General Manager at Crane Management …

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Equity Bank Uganda customers can now transact in Ethiopia

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank with dominant presence in Uganda has set up a Commercial Representative Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as it prepares to commence operations. The Bank has appointed Hassan Maalim as the Head of the Commercial Representative Office which will be based at Kazanchis-Addis Ababa …

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Kadaga seeks gov’t assurance on Murchison falls

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of parliament Rebecca Kadaga has asked the government to give an assurance to the public about the status of Murchison falls. Recently power regulator, Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA), announced that they had received an application from Bonang Power Energy Ltd, a South African …

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Mutebile tight-lipped on BOU procurement scam

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has refused to reveal the amount of money the institution was carrying into the country when extra pellets were discovered on a chartered plane. He also said he was not aware of the police investigations into claims of …

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Mak staff appeals tribunal to resume in July

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Makerere University Staff Appeals Tribunal will resume next month. This is according to Retired High Court Judge, John Patrick Mashongo Tabaro, the new tribunal chairperson. The tribunal last sat in April under the leadership of George Omunyokol whose term ended in March. Justice Tabaro, …

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