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SH6billion: URA explains ‘Presidential handshake’

Uganda Revenue Authority has explained the circumstances under which several government officials were rewarded for helping win the 2014 capital gains tax case against UK based oil company Heritage. “It is standard international best practice for employees to receive bonus payments/ or honoraria for exemplary performance in both the public …

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Ghana president Mahama urges public to support successor

Accra, Ghana | AFP |  Ghana’s outgoing president John Mahama urged his compatriots to get behind his successor, Nana Akufo-Addo, during his last state of the nation address on Thursday. Mahama told parliament in the capital, Accra, that he was happy to step down and let his long-time rival take …

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JOBS: Legal Officer UNEP Geneva

Job Opening Posting Title: LEGAL OFFICER Job Code Title: LEGAL OFFICER Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME Duty Station: GENEVA Posting Period: 23 December 2016 – 20 February 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Legal Affairs-UNEP-69011-R-Geneva (X) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply Here Share on: WhatsApp

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JOBS: Deputy Chief Medical Officer UN Nairobi

Job openings Posting Title: Deputy Chief Medical Officer Job Code Title: MEDICAL OFFICER Department/Office: UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT NAIROBI Duty Station: NAIROBI Posting Period: 23 December 2016 – 21 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Medical-UNON-71582-R-Nairobi (N) Staffing Exercise N/A APPLY HERE Share on: WhatsApp

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JOBS: Administrative officers UN South Sudan

JOB OPENING Posting Title: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Job Code Title: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER Department/Office: FIELD MISSIONS ADMINISTERED BY DPKO Duty Station: Kwacjok; AWEIL; MALAKAL; RUMBEK OLS; TORIT; YAMBIO; Posting Period: 19 December 2016 – 17 January 2017 Job Opening Number: 16-Administration-FMADPKO-69099-R- (M) Staffing Exercise N/A Apply here Posting Title: ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Job …

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VIDEO: MPs up in arms over Heritage Oil case cash reward

VIDEO: Legislators have condemned a reward of sh7 billion of oil money given to senior government officials after they won an oil tax case against Heritage Oil.  The legislators under a loose coalition dubbed; “NRM Members of Parliament Think-tank”want the Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga to cause an investigation into …

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Kato Lubwama attempts to appeal, hits brick wall

High court rules that embattled MP Kato Lubwama has no right of appeal Kampala High Court Judge Margret Oguli -Oumo has ruled that embattled Rubaga South MP Paul Kato Lubwama has no right of appeal against a decision which allowed voter Habib Buwembo  to file an election petition challenging his academic …

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LG kicks off gadget gala with ‘wallpaper’ thin TV

San Francisco, United States | AFP |  LG Electronics showed off a “wallpaper” thin television and task-tending robots that learn, as a day packed with gadget unveilings got underway Wednesday in Las Vegas. As in years past, the South Korean consumer electronics giant staked out the opening slot in a …

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