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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A Joint security task force team has resolved to deploy in both the taxi and bus parks to protect dozens of stranded passengers. With a few taxis and buses authorised to return to the road after securing route charts, dozens of passengers were forced …

Uganda agricultural earnings ✳ Coffee March-$45.87million April-$36.928m ✳ Tea March-$5.15m April-$6.145 ✳ Maize 🌽 March-$10.23m April-$6.256m ✳ Fish 🐠 March-$14.98m April-$6.831m Finance Ministry measures Post-Covid19 ➡ Delay payment of Corporation tax for Corporations & SME’s ➡ Defer payment of PAYE by sectors affected ➡ Capitalization of UDC ( 100bn) ➡Capitalization …

Affiliate of Nagenda International Academy of Art and Design targets work by starting artists ARTS | NATHAN KIWERE | The age-old maxim attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson goes, “If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap than his neighbours, though …

Wasike – CDC expertise and superior labs have turned out to be crucial in Uganda’s much praised battle against COVID-19 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Strong partnerships and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investments years ago in Uganda’s public health system have been critical to Uganda’s early …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ICT Ministry together with Ministry of Heath, The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung  and UBC TV, will on Saturday host a  webinar on how to combat  misinformation. The theme of the webinar is “The Threat of Fake News During a Pandemic” “The abundance of misinformation swirling around COVID-19 …

The delay and postponement of 2020 AGMs means that the final dividend payment may not be paid on time Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Now Uganda’s listed companies have until July.30 to hold their Annual General Meetings and determine their future growth, according to Paul Bwiso, the Uganda Securities …

 The law seeks to allocate at least 40% of sub-contracts in public procurement to local companies Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | For quite a while, Uganda’s entrepreneurs have been lagging behind owing to the stiff competition from big foreign firms. But this could soon come to an end following …

Manufacturers want government to continue footing the bill for due to coronavirus pandemic Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Uganda’s manufacturers now want government to continue footing the bill for the Digital Tax Stamps (DTS) due to the threat being posed by coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) to businesses. DTS are markings …

MEASURES CONFIRMED ✳ June 4 – Resumption of public transport ✳ June 4 – Shopping malls to open ✳ Candidate class schools reopening plan postponed by a month ✳ Decision on Churches, Mosques delayed ✳ Decision on sports delayed Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government has delayed a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is likely to lose $1.6 billion in expected revenue from tourism as a result of COVID-19 and most of the annual $1.3bn expected in remittances from the diaspora. He also said that the “lock-down cannot and should not continue indefinitely. …