Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has recommended that National Medical Stores-NMS should face competition with other players in the field. Legislators this Thursday afternoon approved parliament’s Public Accounts Committee- PAC, report carrying a recommendation that the monopoly of National Medical Stores be stopped. The report on the findings of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government of Kenya has started defending itself in a case in which Kampala based lawyer Male Mabirizi sued it for banning Ugandan maize and poultry in their country. In its defense filed before the East African Court of Justice in Nairobi sub registry, the Kenyan …
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The Hague, Netherlands | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) Trial Chamber IX has today sentenced former Kony Ugandan rebel commander Dominic Ongwen to a total period of imprisonment of 25 years as a joint sentence for the 61 crimes of which he was found guilty. A summary …
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📌 POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER ✳Matchday 1 June 5-8, 2021 ➡ Kenya Vs Uganda ✳Matchday 2 June 11-14 ➡ Uganda Vs Mali Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | World Soccer governing body FIFA has postponed Africa’s World Cup qualifying games, to give time to countries to restore the right playing …
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CNOOC, dfcu points at post Final Investment Decision prospects Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | dfcu Bank held a half day engagement for its clients and stakeholders in the oil and gas sector on Apr.28 following the government’s bold step to sign key agreements that will see the country get …
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The MetLife Mental Health Report,2020 indicates that, globally 41% of Employees regularly feel stressed, burned out and depressed at work COMMENT | Beatrice Mujuni | The fancy office building with excellent lighting, a perfect view, air-condition, fire alarms, top notch security systems, squeaky clean tables and sparkling floors is literally a …
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NRM MANIFESTO WEEK | The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) listed its top achievements in the last five years during the 2021 Manifesto Week at the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala. Presenting the achievements, the Minister of Finance, Matiya Kasaija, said on the target of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda could end up paying billions of Shillings to the Democratic Republic of Congo as compensation for occupation of its territories during the 1997 to 2003 war if the Hague based International Court of Justice (ICJ) decides to adopt compensation figures recommended by its experts. Four …
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It shrugged off the effects of COVID-19 to nearly double net profit to Shs83bn Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Bank of Baroda Uganda has reported a sharp growth in annual profits, as earnings from loans, foreign exchange and market securities helped to offset the hit from the low interest …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has told a delegation of experts drafting the East African Community (EAC) Political Federation Constitution that legislators will require ample time to make their input on the establishment. Led by Chief Justice Emeritus, Benjamin Odoki, the representatives from Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania …
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