Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | New East Africa Business Council (EABC) boss Kassim Omar on Sept.05 passed on following a blood clot operation at Nakasero hospital. Omar was elected as chairman of the regional private sector body in June taking over from Mr Audace Ndayizeye, of the Federal Chamber of Commerce and Industry …
Read More »Museveni condemns those making fake, exorbitant land claims
President condemns those making fake & exorbitant claims for compensation Mubende, Uganda | PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has condemned people who make fake and exorbitant claims as compensation for their pieces of land that government wants to acquire to pave way for infrastructure development programmes. The President made the comments when he featured …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Judicial officers salaries can’t be enhanced now, says Otafiire
Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | In a Sept.04 press conference government responded to demands of judicial officers who had for over a week been on strike over low pay. Maj.Gen Kahinda Otafiire, the Justice and Constitutional affairs minister urged the officers to go back to work as their issues will be …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Why Justice Kavuma, Court of appeal will handle over 60 cases a day
Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | Come Sept.11 Justice Stephen Kavuma will handle 31 cases whereas his colleague Geofry Kiryabwire will handle 30. This according to Judiciary Spokesperson Vicent Mugabo is meant to reduce case backlog at the court of appeal. This new mediation programme called appellant mediation Mugabo said has been …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Nakumatt leaving the Ugandan market!
Kampala, Uganda| THIS WEEK | Regional retail chain, Nakumatt Holdings, could soon be leaving the Ugandan market after Uganda Revenue Authority closed its head office at Kumambogo Gayaza and the main branch at Oasis Mall over tax arrears. The Kenyan supermarket chain, which started operations in Uganda in June 2009 pioneered the 24-hour …
Read More »Traffic jam paralyses city as Kampala Road closed
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Motorists heading to the city Saturday have been caught up in traffic for hours as it turns out Kampala Road has been sealed off for the opening day of the Jumiya ya Afrika Mashariki Utamaduni (JAMAFEST) festival. The number of motorists stuck on roads …
Read More »Uganda to start Diaspora Investment Fund to boost industrialization
Uganda to start Diaspora Investment Fund to boost industrialization Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Ministers of Industry from the 19 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) have unanimously approved a COMESA industrial strategy with emphasis on local content as the stimulus for industrial …
Read More »Thousands attend first Mogadishu night-time football match in decades
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Several thousand fans on Friday watched the first night-time football match to be played in Mogadishu since chaos descended on the Somali capital nearly three decades ago, raucously backing their respective teams in what the mayor called a “historic” event. The match — the final …
Read More »First Mogadishu night-time football match in decades
Mogadishu, Somalia | AFP | Football fans in Mogadishu were preparing Friday to cheer on their teams in the first night-time match since chaos descended on the Somali capital nearly three decades ago. The tournament for 16- and 18-year-olds at the Konis Stadium, renovated by FIFA, will be played under …
Read More »VIDEO: Asian supervising firm told to leave Isimba dam
VIDEO: Asian supervising firm told to leave Isimba dam Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Energy Infratech Limited, the company at the heart of the Isimba dam squabble was on Thursday 07, September, 2017 given seven more days to handover all work done at the site. The company, whose contract has …
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