VIDEO: ‘Africa Loses 136 Shillings Trillion in Tax Incentives per Year ‘ Kampala, Uganda | NBS | African countries lose more than over 136 trillion shillings (the equivalent of 38.6 billion dollars) a year in tax incentives given to foreign investors. This revelation was made by Logan Wort, the executive secretary …
Read More »LIVE: Inauguration ceremony of Rwanda President Kagame
LIVE: Inauguration ceremony of Rwanda President Kagame Kigali, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s President-elect Paul Kagame will be sworn in for another seven-year term in office today at a ceremony that will be attended by Ugandan and Kenyan leaders Yoweri Museveni and Uhuru Kenyatta. The ceremony will take place …
Read More »VIDEO: MPs to Receive Cash for Consulting Voters on Constitutional land Amendments
VIDEO: MPs to Receive Cash for Consulting Voters on Constitutional land Amendments Kampala, Uganda | NBS | Parliament has earmarked unspecified amounts of money for legislators to consult their voters on the proposed constitutional amendments on government forceful acquisition of private property prior to compensation. This development comes at a time …
Read More »VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again
VIDEO: Mathew Kanyamunyu seeks bail again Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The High court in Kampala sat yesterday to hear another application for bail filed by Mathew Kanyamunyu , who is accused of the shooting of a social worker Kenneth Akena in November. Justice Yasin Nyanzi, who is one …
Read More »VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports
VIDEO: Ugandan exporters to engage Gulf importers to increase exports Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | In an effort to grow the value of exports to the United Arab Emirates from the current 83 million, Uganda exporters will engage Gulf importers in Dubai in an expo and convention scheduled for October …
Read More »VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat
VIDEO: Companies in Trouble over Increasing Cyber Threat Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Financial institutions, public institutions and security organs are being advised to carryout daily audit of their systems in the wake of cyber threats. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Vicente Bagire says the increasing technological …
Read More »VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill
VIDEO: Museveni meets NRM MPs over the Land Amendment Bill Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Parliament’s committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs has summoned the Ministers Betty Amongi and Kahinda Otafiire to state the government position on the Constitutional Amendment bill on land acquisition by government. Two weeks ago, the …
Read More »VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court
VIDEO: NASA to contest election results in the Supreme Court Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s opposition Coalition, the National Super Alliance, has announced that they will move to the Supreme Court to challenge the results of the recently concluded presidential election where the incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected. The …
Read More »At least 221 dead in India, Bangladesh, Nepal floods
Saptari, Nepal | AFP | At least 221 people have died and more than 1.5 million been displaced by monsoon flooding across India, Nepal and Bangladesh, officials said Tuesday, as rescuers scoured submerged villages for the missing. In Nepal, severe flooding has left tens of thousands of homes totally underwater in …
Read More »Kenya seeks to shut down two rights bodies in wake of election
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | The Kenyan government has moved to shut down two rights organisations, one of which said Tuesday that it was contemplating court action over last week’s disputed presidential election. Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) board member Maina Kiai said it was “no secret” the organisation had …
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