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Separating fact from fiction Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | According to official figures, tourism contributed up to US$1.35 billion into Uganda’s export basket in 2016, and was the single highest foreign exchange earner; contributing 23.5% of total exports. Based on those figures, the tourism lobby; which has advocates on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda in partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund has intensified its drive for financial inclusion in Uganda by unveiling a new program called Mobile Money for the Poor (MM4P) that will ride on agency banking targeting refugees. The two partners recently …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Beer Maker, Nile Breweries Limited has announced the exceptional performance of the 2017 Equality Scholarship candidates. The beneficiaries that completed their O and A level examinations are set to join S5 and university respectively under the Shs1.8 billion scholarship programme called Equality Scholarship. “Central to …

Critics say shelving the proposed pension liberalization bill exposes the Shs 9 trillion fund to political and corporate governance risks Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s National Social Security Fund finally won the battle to retain its status as a mandatory scheme for all employees in informal and formal …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda (ICPA-U) on March 09 graduated308 in various courses including Accounting Technicians (AT-U) and Certified Tax Advisor (CTA). ICPAU President, Protazio Begumisa (CPA)said during the graduation ceremony held at the Imperial Royale Hotel that the Institute maintains …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s listed firms need to increase women on their boards to enhance inclusivity, according the Capital Markets Authority CEO Keith Kalyegira. Kelyegira, who spoke during this year’s International Women’s Day at the Uganda Securities Exchange under the theme ‘Women’s Role in Finance and Investment’ on …

Government move to stop telcos from selling SIM cards through agents could hurt the company’s revenue going forward Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | MTN’s subsidiary in Uganda has recorded a surge in revenue for the year ended December 2017 amidst a sharp fall in subscriber base. The full year performance results …

Why Besigye can only govern using Museveni’s politics of corruption and patronage THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The discussion of a post President YoweriMuseveni Uganda tends to be programmatic rather than analytical. It is built on false hopes based on textbook theories rather than the actual social …

TUMUKUNDE SACKING: How Museveni played `inner circle’ politics Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | By the time he fired the former Minister for Security; Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde, President Yoweri Museveni had been resisting pressure from within his inner circle to act. Tumukunde’s sacking was not an easy decision because he …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Up to 50 universities in the UK are to be part of a pilot scheme to rank their teaching quality and value of degrees they award. In other words, which degrees make a student rich and the ones that don’t. Universities Minister Sam Gyimah …