Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda side Vipers SC has this evening terminated the services of its head coach Javier Martinez Espinoza. A statement on the football club’s website confirmed the sacking, and stated that, “The club management thanks the Mexican tactician for the services rendered to the club. Vipers …
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Kiruhuura, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has called on Ugandans to love one another as God loves them. Museveni together with the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni joined Christians at St. Luke Nshwerenkye Church of Uganda in Kiruhuura District to celebrate the 2018 …
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Move to save taxman Shs3.8bn in rental and administrative costs Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda Revenue Authority has shut down six service centres in Kampala as it relocates most of its services to the newly built URA Towers. The service centres that have been relocated to the new office …
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From Uganda’s celebrated bankers to 2018 bummers Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | In 1991, some of the most powerful people in business and public office In Uganda from western Uganda jointly opened a bank. They called it the Kigezi Bank of Commerce with a commence capitalization of US$20 million. They …
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Mogadishu, Somalia | THE INDEPENDENT | A new contingent commander of the Ugandan troops deployed in Somalia, under the AU peacekeeping mission, has formally taken up office. Brig. Gen. Michael Kabango succeeds Brig. Gen. Paul Lokech, who has completed his one-year tour of duty. This was Brig. Lokech’s second …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a new date for Uganda’s ‘First Oil’, which has now moved to 2022 from 2020, according to Energy Minister Irene Muloni. Addressing journalists in Kampala, Muloni said the delay is because the joint venture partners Total, China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) and …
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▶Kampala Flyover Phase 1 ✅ Junction upgrading at Shoprite & Clock Tower ✅ Road upgrading at Queensway, Entebbe, Nsambya, Mukwano & Ggaba roads ✅ Pedestrian bridges at Clock Tower, Shoprite & Kibuli ✅ Underpass at Nsambya Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The traffic congestion that is expected as the …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Eng Andrew Kitaka Mubiru, the Director of Engineering and Technical Services at Kampala Capital Authority (KCCA), has been appointed acting Executive Director of Kampala. His appointment follows the resignation of Jennifer Musisi Semakula, after seven year at the helm of the city. According to …
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President will shake up central bank, insiders say Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | When the committee investigating the central bank over closed banks starts querying the process surrounding the sale of Crane Bank, one particular question will arise again: How did you zero on dfcu Bank as the …
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What can Museveni’s new anti-corruption tsar do where others have failed? Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA | President Yoweri Museveni has unveiled Lt. Col. Edith Nakalema to the public as the newest anti-corruption tsar in State House. Nakalema, a trusted Museveni aide, was named to the task soon after she returned …
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