Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel, Africell and MTN have temporarily stopped the sale of new SIM cards until they get direct access to the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) database. In statements Thursday, Airtel Uganda, Africell and MTN Uganda all said they were responding to new guidelines issued by …
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Santiago, Chile | AFP | Eleven Asia-Pacific nations on Thursday are to sign a slimmed-down trade pact to lower tariffs just as US President Donald Trump seeks to raise them after withdrawing from the deal last year. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would have represented 40 percent of the global economy …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The US Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac has cautioned Uganda on the bureaucracies and red tape in investment procedures saying they discourage many potential investors. Malac said this during a meeting with the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Amelia Kyambadde to discuss trade …
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Toulouse, France | AFP | Aircraft giant Airbus is to axe around 3,700 jobs in Europe as it cuts back production of its troubled A380 superjumbo and A400M military transporter, the company and union officials said Wednesday. The cuts come as France-based Airbus downscales deliveries of the under-selling A380 — the …
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EAC leaders push for mega deals amidst concerns of limited funds, slow integration progress Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Amidst big talk on how to raise over US$78 billion for regional infrastructure projects, Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli Magufuli had tough questions for the East African Community Council of Ministers. …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Kampala City Hall Court has remanded a man for failure to pay food and drinks worth sh240,000 at a newly opened Kampala hotel, Skyz. Brian Banya appeared before Grade One Magistrate Beatrice Kainza Wednesday and pleaded guilty to the offence of obtaining credit by fraud. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has today placed this advert. Tweets about @ucc_official Share on: WhatsApp
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Mali’s President Keita hails Museveni as Ocheger lands in Mali Bamako, Mali | THE INDEPENDENT | Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has hailed his Ugandan counterpart, President Yoweri Museveni as a true Pan Africanist committed to the development and integration of the African continent. Keita made the remarks after receiving …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has impounded 129 trucks in one month as it starts implementation of new regulations to control overloading on Ugandan roads. Overloading fees of Sh3.5 billion has also been imposed on the truck owners as UNRA changes to issuance …
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The new move will see the lender venture into non-banking business Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s largest lender, Stanbic Bank Uganda, is finalising plans to become a Bank Holding Company (BHC), a step that would enable it access funding more easily but also tighten capital requirements and regulatory oversight. …
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