Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Breweries Limited is the overall winner for Prudential HR Awards for 2022. Prudential Uganda in partnership with PwC recently launched the second edition of the Prudential Best HR Practices survey report indicating a total of 3000 employees taking part. The 2022 survey is the …
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More than 50,000 employers have been given a 30-day deadline to pay contributions Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s employers irrespective of the number of workers employed have only 30 days to register with the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) and remit social security contributions for their employees. NSSF acting …
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Rome, Italy | Xinhua | As Italy’s wine sector slowly recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, higher-end wines are out-performing the rest of the sector, industry experts say. While France remains the world leader in terms of the overall value of wine production, last year Italy was …
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The electricity distributor’s assets are to be handed over to the government in 2025 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A surge in customer base, efficiency in revenue collection and a reduction in energy losses helped the electricity distributor, Umeme to record a 6.5% growth in profit after tax for the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has got another player in the aviation industry after the Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) licensed Khartoum based BADR Airlines to operate the Entebbe-Juba-Khartoum route. The company made its maiden landing to Entebbe on Friday at 2:30pm. It will operate one flight every week …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commissioner General of Prisons Dr. Johnson Byabashaija has warned prison officers against acquiring expensive loans from lending institutions. Byabashaija said that he has been informed that some of the prison officers are leaving loans provided by the prison SACCO which are at an …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has announced plans to accredit all public event organizers in the country to ensure health and safety standards at events. The standards, developed in 2011 and known as US 929:2011, focus on the quality of materials and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has started scrutinizing sub-regional oversight reports on the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM), weeks after President Yoweri Museveni’s address to the House. The PDM programme targets 39 per cent of households which are still in subsistence farming, with the objective of enabling …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In celebration of the International Women’s Day, Airtel Uganda hosted its female staff at an engagement where they were encouraged to embrace the power of technology to attain a work-life balance. The session was held at Kampala Serena Hotel. The 2023 International World Women’s …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) has unveiled the Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo (POATE) 2023 to further boost growth of tourism and related opportunities. It will take place from April 26-29 in Kampala. In its seventh edition, the expo is expected to create 500 business linkages …
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