VIDEO: BOU Governor warns against capping of interest rates Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Bankers and Business captains attending the annual bankers conference held at the Kampala Serena conference center on Wednesday July 19, 2017, observed that digital financial services possess the silver bullet that has the potential to unlock …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ICT practicioners and stakeholders in the private and public sector in Uganda are meeting to help set digital milestones for the country at a consultative meeting at Sheraton Hotel on Thursday. The workshop is organised by the Ministry of ICT and National Guidance, in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Top managers at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and that of Local Government have resolved to take firm sanctions against District and Sub county officials cited in the defective implementation of Government Programmes. The decision was reached at during a bilateral meeting …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The Commercial Court has summoned the ruling NRM party to respond to claims that it has refused to pay 580 million shillings being a debt for Presidential posters and flyers used in the 2016 Election Campaigns. Elite Graphics Printers Ltd says that it was contracted …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | African countries are currently having trouble releasing their biotech crops popularly known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) to farmers, but scientists seem to be embracing a new strategy to ensure that there exist relevant regulatory systems. On July 18, the biosafety agencies and partners across …
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VIDEO: Robert Kyagulanyi attends first full plenary session, finds proceedings too formal Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The new Member of Parliament Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine on Wednesday attended plenary proceedings in Parliament for the first time. Kyagulanyi said this was a learning experience, the reason he did not contribute …
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MUSEVENI: Underdevelopment, lack of democracy are a challenge to environment conservation Kampala, Uganda| PPU | President Yoweri Museveni has said continued underdevelopment and lack of democracy are some of the challenges facing wildlife conservation in Africa. The President was speaking on Wednesday at a press briefing held at Entebbe State House Entebbe to …
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VIDEO: Museveni distances himself from Uganda president age limit debate Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | President Yoweri Museveni has distanced himself from the ongoing age limit discussion – dismissing the debate as diversionary. Museveni told the press at State House in Entebbe on Wednesday that he is not behind …
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Denmark gives ICC Sh870 million grant to boost viewership of Ongwen trial Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The Danish government through its development cooperation agency, Danida, has given the ICC’s Outreach Office in Uganda a grant of €210,000 (Shs 870m) to help communities in northern Uganda where Dominic Ongwen …
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Kinshasa, DR Congo | AFP | Five UN peacekeepers’ bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there announced Wednesday, describing it as a change in operational style. But the closures come against the background of cuts to the …
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