Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has urged African countries to promote trade as one of the strategies that will ensure the survival of the continent and the prosperity of the people. “Today, Africans must know that trade is a matter of survival. If you don’t trade, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandans and companies buying insurance policies will likely pay higher premiums after insurance companies discovered widespread fraud by hospitals and some customers in the medical insurance side. The increased premium cost is a direct impact of fraud in insurance with insurers moving to cover that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi will Saturday November 9, 2019 preside over the 1st Uganda – DRC Business Forum, in what will be the highlight of his three-day state visit. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president is expected in the country in time for the forum …
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Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Entebbe municipal council has received multiple grants to complete the construction of different infrastructure projects undertaken more than three years ago. The projects include; the upgrade of Busambaga – Katabi road, from marram to tarmac, the completion of the Market place in Kitooro under the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has adjourned the hearing of the civil suit against the Petroleum Authority of Uganda and the National Environment Management Authority-NEMA to November 20th. The matter was adjourned over the absence of Isaac Ntujju, NEMA’s Principal Environment Inspector who is principal witness in …
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Ibrahim Kaddunabbi and Allan Mafabi IRA boss tips sector executives on managing scams that could haunt performance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Insurance companies must put in place feasible policies to manage fraud that could easily jeopardize their good performance. This is the summary of what Ibrahim Kaddunabbi …
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Anthony Giannoumis is from Oslo Metropolitan University and Amit Patel is the Creative Director at the London based entrepreneurship firm (Experience Haus). They have accumulated 25 years as experience in matters enterprise development. Recently, they were in Uganda to offer counsel to young entrepreneurs camping at Kafeero Foundation and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | High Court has dismissed with costs an interim application seeking to block the government and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) from implementing and enforcing the Digital Tracking Systems (Tax Stamps). Justice Musa Ssekaana of Civil Division of High Court on Tuesday dismissed the …
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Wilberforce Kisamba-Mugerwa is an agricultural economist and board chairman of the Microfinance Support Centre. He also served as the Chairman of the National Planning Authority from 2008 to 2018. Victoria Sekitoleko is the current chairperson of Uganda Agribusiness Alliance (UAA) and former minister of agriculture. Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE …
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What the Euro-Asian nation promised African countries at a historic summit in Sochi Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA AND JULIUS BUSINGE | One might have probably heard about Sochi, Russian city located on the Black Sea Coast near the border with Georgia, for co-hosting the 2018 FIFA World Cup. …
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