VIDEO; The parliamentary committee on trade, tourism and industries is to review the trade and investment policies in an effort to regulate the kind of trade foreigners are involved in. The legislators were today overwhelmed by the increasing number of foreign traders’ especially Chinese nationals in retail trade in downtown …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Guinea-Bissau winning a group in which they were expected to finish last was the biggest shock of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying competition that ended at the weekend. The tiny Portuguese-speaking west African country reached the finals for the first time at …
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Museveni: Africa is the next big centre for economic growth. Africa needs value addition to agriculture, minerals, human resource President Museveni has told the Global African Investment Summit that he is confident that the continent is the next pusher for the global economy. He said bottlenecks that exist are being handled to ensure a better environment …
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Ugandan clay products manufacturer to partner Rwandan market leader in bid to be real regional player Kajjansi-based Uganda Clays Limited is in plans to enter the Rwanda clay products markets in a bid to position itself as a leading regional clay products manufacturer. The company, which from July 27-August …
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The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has dropped charges against 17 suspects over the killing of Muslim Clerics in Uganda. They will however face new charges of treason. The 17 were part of a group of 31 awaiting trial over the killing of Muslim Clerics. Principal Senior State Attorney Lino Anguzu …
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New report says government underestimates the true magnitude of maternal, child death in hospitals Sarah Nakaggwa had a clue on what happens when a woman is about to give birth. She was expecting her fifth child. So when she started to notice changes, she and her husband, Moses Mutongole, checked …
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Lead pusher Bitature bags Shs47bn Government could be quietly handing out billions of shillings to private businesses, The Independent has learned from sources familiar with some of the transactions. What is not clear, however, is the extent to which those who claim that this is a `silent’ roll-out of the …
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COMMENT: David Chandi Jamwa Bailout – How to get it done and done right without using taxpayers money For the past three months or so I have been seeing myriad opinions, sentiments, emotions, rebuttals, re-rebuttals, postulations, reverse-postulations, forwardings, withdrawals, denials, and in several cases outright rubbish, flying around the Ugandan …
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VIDEO: Members of Parliament on the Defense and Internal Affairs Committee of Parliament are left in shock after they learnt that the prisons department leased out 63 acres of land for only shillings 1.5 million shillings. The said land is found at Kigungu, and was reportedly rented to Son Fish Limited. The …
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Uganda ends 38-year wait, Burkina also qualify By Independent Writer and AFP Uganda secured an Africa Cup of Nations tournament place for the first time since 1978 and Burkina Faso also qualified from Group D after a dramatic climax Sunday. Burkina Faso scored nine minutes into stoppage time in Ouagadougou …
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