Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MTN Uganda has announced a five-year strategic partnership with Huawei Technologies, a global ICT solutions provider, to transform and modernize its network towards a Cloud-native 5G-Capable Core network. This partnership dubbed MUNA project is part of the greater MTN Group MUNIC strategy that will see MTN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastor Sirajje Semanda from the Revival Church in Bombo and Jimmy Arinaitwe, have earned themselves two and half years in prison for fraud. The Buganda Road Chief Magistrate, Gladys Kamasanyu sentenced the dou on Tuesday and also ordered them to pay a fine of Shillings 405 …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) may lose Shs2.8 trillion to tax exemptions, credits and deferrals for the financial year 2022/2023. This was revealed by the URA Commissioner General, John Musinguzi while presenting the entity’s Budget Framework Paper for the financial year 2023/2024 on Tuesday, 10 January …
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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The timetable for athletics events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was published by the sport’s world governing body on Monday. According to the timetable, 48 events will be spread over 11 competition days, starting with the men’s and women’s 20km race walk races on August …
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Fort Portal, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Five students are stuck at East Division Police Station in Fort Portal after they were conned in a job scam. The students from Mbale and Bulambuli districts who are in senior four and six vacation were allegedly promised jobs by Empowered Consumerism in Africa Company. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament’s Budget Committee has questioned Finance Ministry officials on the set priorities for next financial year without increase in the budget allocations. This was during the Monday meeting in which Henry Musasizi, the Minister of State for Finance presented the budget estimates for the coming financial …
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Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria aims to end the importation of petroleum products by 2024 when local refineries are expected to be fully functional, an official said Monday. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva told reporters during a press briefing in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that the refining …
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Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party members have declined to support Phillip Oucor, the party’s flag bearer in the Serere County parliamentary by-election. Phillip Oucor was the NRM’s party choice in the 2021 parliamentary race. However, with a vote margin of 5,195, he lost …
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London, UK | Xinhua | Gareth Bale announced his retirement from football on Monday after a 17-year career as one of Britain’s most decorated players. The 33-year-old Welsh star made the announcement on social media, weeks after he played his last competitive game at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Council chairpersons in Karamoja sub-region are frustrated over the lack of official vehicles to execute their duties and monitor government programs. The LCV chairpersons say that they are forced to share motor vehicles with other departments in the district, especially the vehicles of Chief Administrative …
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