Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Trinity Bus Company has resumed service across the Uganda-Rwanda border, but are struggling due to new restrictions. A Trinity Bus official told our reporter on condition of anonymity that they were allowed by security and Rwanda Revenue Authority officials to cross from Rwanda to …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Revenue Authority has warned that goods on stuck trucks at the border could be lost, while others pose a danger. Many of the trucks are carrying perishable goods such as mangoes and cassava and others were carrying petroleum products. Ten Rwanda registered trucks, 47 …
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Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Twenty members of KCB Bank Uganda’s Business Club at the weekend flew to Tokyo, Japan as part of the bank’s annual entrepreneurial drive. In Japan, the members will meet possible suppliers and marketers for their goods and services and also see cheaper technologies that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Registration for the 2019 Annual Meetings of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), which will be held in Moscow, has opened, according to information released today by the Bank. Afreximbank announced in Cairo that intending participants for the meetings, dubbed AAM2019, could register by visiting …
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Good 2018 results amidst tough operational environment Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (BAT) has recorded an increase in profit after tax of Shs1.6bn to Shs13.7bn for the year ended December 2018 amidst the operational environment that the company’s top management described as ‘tough’. Financial …
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New initiative expected to drive the company’s revenue growth Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Airtel Uganda has unveiled a fourth generation (4G) internet services, stepping up the battle for customers in country’s telecommunication market. MTN Uganda and Africell unveiled their 4G services in 2015 and 2016 respectively, with the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jinja Police are investigating the death of 75-year-old Takis Pacis, a Swedish national. His lifeless body was found lying on a sofa set inside his residence along Kisinja road in Jinja municipality on Monday morning. The deceased was the proprietor of Bohemia resort along …
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Lilly Ajarova will in March, this year, officially take over the mantle at the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) as the new Chief Executive Officer. She talked to The Independent’s Ronald Musoke about her plans for Uganda’s tourism industry. You have come in at a time when the government’s interest in …
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Final investment decision in oil and gas to drive real estate sector Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Retail rental rates in Kampala have remained stable over the past six months as the industry consolidates following a slowdown in the past two years, according to the latest report from the …
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Escalating tax arrears likely to hurt service delivery, CSOs warn Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have expressed concern over the growing tax arrears worth Sh2.7 trillion which government has failed to pay on behalf of contractors. Regina Navuga, a program officer at Southern and Eastern …
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