Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Fuel distributor, Vivo Energy Uganda has launched new fuels with additives to give motorists best and extra levels of performance. Speaking to motorists during a tour of the company’s depot in Namuwongo near Kampala city on Nov.12, Gilbert Assi, the company’s managing director said the …
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Museveni meets Mutebile Behind the scenes efforts to save Kasekende, Mutebile Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | What would you say if you saw President Yoweri Museveni and embattled Bank of Uganda Governor Tumusiime Mutebile in a meeting at this time? What if that meeting, which in fact happened last week, …
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Cheptegei pockets Ug sh213 million for world record Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Joshua Cheptegei became only the second Ugandan athlete after legend John Akii-Bua to set a world best time, with his stunning run Sunday at the 15km NN Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Race) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The 22-year-old Ugandan …
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Experts want more from her new term as URA boss Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Doris Akol, the Commissioner General for Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) must be a happy woman at the moment. While on a six months maternity leave that ends in February next year, she recently got the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Internet users in East Africa that stood at 92 million in January 2018, are slated to cross the 100 million users mark by end of 2018 and keep growing at an average 20% annually over the next 5 years. With more and more fibre …
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Why Uganda (like other African countries) keeps rotating around the same roundabout THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last weekend, Kyadondo East Member of Parliament (MP), Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine, held a “mega” Kyarenga (it’s too much) concert at his One Love Beach in Busabala near Kampala. Drovees …
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Busy customers will no longer have to drive to markets for foodstuffs Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | A new app to be launched next month will boost the fortunes of market women who operate in areas like Nakawa, Kalerwe, Ntinda and Nakasero. The app is meant to eliminate the role …
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Kampala, Uganda | AFP | Suspected Congolese militiamen shot dead seven Ugandan fishermen and wounded another on Lake Albert, which straddles the two countries’ border, police said Sunday. Uganda’s deputy police commander in the region Amos Muhindo said the gunmen opened fire on the fishermen as they went to retrieve …
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AFCON RESULTS Uganda ?? 1 Cape Verde ?? 0 South Africa ?? 1 Nigeria ?? 1 NEXT Nigeria ?? vs Uganda ?? (friendly, Tuesday) Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With the business of qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations completed, Uganda and Nigeria play a friendly Tuesday that can be …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | Nigeria, Uganda, Mali and Morocco qualified for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations on Saturday while Libya scored eight goals to keep alive their hopes of also featuring at the finals. Nigeria drew 1-1 with South Africa in Soweto, Uganda edged Cape Verde 1-0 …
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