Kampala, Uganda| GODFREY SSALI | The state minister for primary education Rosemary Nansubuga Seninde has warned head teachers and officials handling the mass enrolment of pupils and students to stop charging money to conduct the exercise. The ministry launched the registration exercise with a view of eliminating ghost pupils and has …
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African startups can now score capital commitments real time―so long as they convince a venture capitalist to give it to them in front of a live audience. Rwanda |Jake Bright| That’s the format for Face The Gorillas, a Rwandan IT pitch series that runs several times a year on …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Government has released the burial program for the late former Minister, DP President and Kampala Mayor John Ssebana Kizito, who succumbed to a stroke at Nakasero Hospital on Monday. According the chairperson of the burial committee and Busiro East Mp Medard Lubega Sseggona, the body will be picked …
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Why government imposed 15% tax on betting winners but cut that of betting houses Kampala, Uganda |Julius Businge| There is continued debate surrounding the recent move by government to impose 15% withholding tax on winnings from gambling and the reduction in income tax on betting houses by 15% to …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | A Plus Funeral Management Company Ltd has also filed a response to a case filed against it and Bank of Uganda over money thrown into the grave of the late Ivan Ssemwanga at his burial. Mgugu Abey petitioned the High court in Kampala accusing A Plus Management …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| Former Democratic Party (DP) President John Ssebaana Kizito is dead. He was born in 1934. Ssebaana, also a former Uganda cabinet minister, Mayor of Kampala and a leading businessman, died at Nakasero Hospital on Monday. “Rest in Peace President Emeritus Dr. John Ssebaana Kizito. …
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | PPU| President Yoweri Museveni has today arrived in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa for the 29th Ordinary Session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. The President who is accompanied by the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER| MTN Uganda has announced that its integrated marketing and communication function will be taken over by TBWA Uganda with effect from July 1, 2017. MTN said the decision was made public “following successful completion of a transition process from its former agency Metropolitan Republic. In …
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Uganda’s top distance runner Joshua Cheptegei continued his stready return to the track with yet another 4th place finish, this time in the 3ooom at the Paris Diamond Athletics League on Saturday night. In front of 14,568 spectators at Charléty Stadium, Cheptegei clocked 7:34.96 to finish fourth in a race …
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THIS WEEK: State attorneys to strike over low pay State attorneys under their umbrella body, Uganda Association of Prosecutors have given the government of Uganda a 14-day ultimatum to resolve their grievances chief of which they termed as systemic low pay in spite of their strenuous work as people tasked …
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