5% drop to Shs68bn in net profit Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Huge taxes paid to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has seen Barclays Bank Uganda Limited record a 5% drop in net profit to Shs68bn for the year ended December 2018. Barclays bank financial results released on April 25 …
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They reduce its upfront costs by 25%, electricity costs by 40%, and maintenance costs by 60% | ANDREW SUDMANT AND ANDY GOULDSON | Street-lighting is important. It allows informal vendors and traders to operate for longer hours and improves road and public safety. It also makes streets feel safer and …
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Environmental activists raise concerns on NEMA’s role Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | Total E&P has secured the green light for its major oil project also known as Tilenga to proceed after 10 months of evaluations by Uganda’s environmental body. Total E&P said the approval by the National Environment Management …
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Should opposition trust NRM promise to allow opposition meetings? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A meeting between leaders of government and political parties on April 25 to discuss how the Uganda Police is implementing the Public Order Management Act (POMA) went badly for the Leader of Opposition in Parliament …
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How Ugandans have cultivated a mindset that is making them servants of foreigners in their own country THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | My friend Henry Mayanja left Uganda as a teenager and lived in the UK for 20 years. He worked for the UK government earning a …
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It’s defiance or death Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | An eventful five days from Easter Monday April 22 to Friday April appears to have made something snap in Kyadondo East MP, Kyagulanyi Sentamu aka Bobi Wine’s head. It appears that the police’s restriction of his political and musical activities …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Azulato Children’s Festival for a second straight year took thousands of children into a whole new world of artistic and scientific experiences April 28, sealing its place on the children’s holiday calendar. Scientist, beat-boxing, pottery, drum circles, recycling, storytelling, free face painting and …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has warned that all those organizing public meetings and processions should liase with police to ensure safety of the lives and property of other Ugandans. “If you want to hold a public meeting (olu kungana) or a procession (ekivulu) for a legitimate reason, …
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Kimberly Endicott, the American tourist who was kidnapped while in Uganda told CBS, an American Telvision that her captors turned out to be her protectors too. Kampala, Uganda | The Independent | In her first interview about the ordeal, Endicott spoke about the humanity of the four men who took …
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ACP Siraje Bakaleke case hangs in balance Kampala, Uganda | The Independent | Assistant Commissioner of Police Siraje Bakaleke is still on the run and the Ant-Corruption Division of the High Court is actively hunting for him to answer charges of abuse of office, conspiracy to defraud, kidnapping with intent …
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