Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | In the past few days social media has been awash with pictures of currency notes with political messages written on by suspected supporters of President Yoweri Museveni and Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine). The notes in question are of Uganda …
Read More »Unconsumed power will hit the budget hard – Muhakanizi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda must now reserve money to pay for generated but unconsumed power for the next five years, The Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi has said. Muhakanizi told diplomats and economists at an IMF organised meeting at Sheraton Kampala on Monday evening that Uganda – …
Read More »Tourism grew slowest in 2019 – BOU
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tourism earnings are estimated to have grown slower in the first ten months of 2019, according to to the Central Bank. The government planned to attract more one million tourists this year on top of the 1.8million people received in 2018. But the Central Bank …
Read More »BOU: Tourism grew slower in Uganda in 2019
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Tourism earnings are estimated to have grown slower in the first ten months of 2019, according to to the Central Bank. The government had planned to attract more than one million tourists this year on top of the 1.8 million people received in 2018, …
Read More »‘Unconsumed electricity will hit Uganda’s budget hard’
MUHAKANIZI: Unconsumed electricity will hit Uganda’s budget hard; capacity to rise to 1200MW, yet Ugandans can only consume 600MW Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda must now reserve money to pay for generated but unconsumed power for the next five years, Secretary to the Treasury Keith Muhakanizi has said. …
Read More »South Africa’s power blackouts intensify
Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | South Africa’s debt-laden state power company Eskom on Monday announced it was implementing a more intense electricity rationing schedule, five days after continued rolling power cuts have plunged businesses, schools and homes into darkness. The power cuts, known as “load shedding” are implemented to …
Read More »Canada set to follow France lead in taxing digital giants
Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Canada will impose a levy on internet giants such as Amazon, Google and Facebook similar to France’s digital services tax that created tensions with Washington, two ministers said Monday. “We’ve been very clear that we want to make sure that digital companies pay their fair …
Read More »African glamour and elegance highlights the IMC Excellence Awards
✅ Overall winner – IMC Kireka ✅ Innovation Award – IHK ✅ Reward your owner -IMC Mukono ✅ Team of Year – Kololo ✅ Best facility – Entebbe road ✅ Choice Award – Park Royal Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | International Medical Centre (IMC) on Saturday inaugurated its first …
Read More »Sh9 billion needed for house numbering project in Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA needs about sh9 billion for the house numbering project. In 2016, KCCA started mass numbering of all properties in Kampala and so far, over 356,947 houses have been numbered. However, according to the Geographic Information System (GIS) analyst …
Read More »China unveils plan to boost pork production
Beijing, China | AFP | China will free up as much land as possible to restore pork production to pre-swine fever levels — including areas designated pig-free zones for environmental reasons, the agriculture ministry said Friday. Authorities outlined a three-year plan to boost its pig-breeding facilities in a bid to restore …
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