Museveni Agrees Mid Term Access to NSSF Savings
4 Aug 2021, 20:39 Comments 182 Views Business and finance UpdatesIt has now been agreed that somebody who is 45 years and has saved for ten years can access up to 20% of their savings.
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Study Shows Less Women Used Social Media During Election Season
4 Aug 2021, 18:56 Comments 149 Views Politics Parliament UpdatesNeema Lyer, Policy founder said “it was disappointing” because they couldn’t find enough women accounts to meet the sample size they needed based on the number of women politicians who had been nominated.
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Second Lockdown Reversing Economic Recovery Gains-Experts
4 Aug 2021, 18:28 Comments 161 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance UpdatesThe economy was recovering from the effects of the March-to-June 2020 lockdown, with both the Bank of Uganda and the private sector reporting revived activity, despite some sectors remaining under lock.
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Police Collected UGX 900m From Motorists, Cyclists Who Defied Covid-19 Guidelines
4 Aug 2021, 17:50 Comments 183 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesAccording to police records, security personnel arrested more than 11,500 people during lockdown but only 2,117 were taken to court as repeated offenders. Police issued a 40,000 Shillings express penalty ticket to each of the 16,403 impounded motorcycles hence collecting 656 million shillings.
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UNBS Eases Certification, Warns Offenders
4 Aug 2021, 17:21 Comments 197 Views Business and finance UpdatesThe Manager, Market Surveillance Daniel Arorwa, this is intentional because some manufacturers tend to relax on standards especially when they have already got their certificates. He says informing them of an impending visit would therefore give them chance to hide the violations they have been committing against the certificates they have.
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Deadline Looms for Traders to Vacate Supreme Council Land in Luwero
4 Aug 2021, 17:14 Comments 163 Views Luweero, Uganda Business and finance UpdatesLuwero Town Clerk Irene Nakamatte issued a notice In July directing the District Kadhi Sheikh Ramadhan Mulindwa to stop operations of the market that was established on part of the 20-acre piece of land belonging to the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council. The market was established two months ago by Kadhi Mulindwa at Kalongomiti Zone in Luwero town.
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Ugandan Innovators Urged to Register Intellectual Properties
4 Aug 2021, 16:16 Comments 182 Views Politics UpdatesMercy Kainobwisho, the Registrar General of the Uganda Registrations Services Bureau said the transformation of Uganda will largely be determined by how fast it can harness, protect and utilize intellectual property in a manner that encourages innovation and creativity.
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Kasese Leaders Seek Additional Funding For Roads
4 Aug 2021, 16:05 Comments 128 Views Kasese, Uganda Local government UpdatesCurrently, the district receives 1.2 Billion Shillings every financial year from the Uganda Road Fund.
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Over 100 Spend Night in Cells As Police Intensify Curfew Operations in Kampala
4 Aug 2021, 15:59 Comments 196 Views Kampala, Uganda Security Crime UpdatesLuke Owoyesigyire, the Kampala Metropolitan Deputy Police spokesperson, says that they impounded 339 motor vehicles and 265 motorcycles in the operations in Kampala Metropolitan policing areas.
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Fort Portal Division Mayors Decry Lack of Funds
4 Aug 2021, 15:31 Comments 208 Views Politics Human rights Parliament UpdatesMuhumuza also says that the division is littered with garbage since they don’t have funds to clear it. He says traders in Kabundaire and Mpanga markets are outraged by the deplorable working conditions.
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Construction Of Mbarara Central Market Resumes
4 Aug 2021, 15:11 Comments 171 Views Mbarara, Uganda Business and finance UpdatesThe government has on four occasions extended the deadline for completion of the market after the contractor Roko Construction Company failed to meet the agreed deadline.
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Ugandans Should Be Happy That Lumbuye Has Been Arrested-Minister Oryem
4 Aug 2021, 14:57 Comments 286 Views Politics UpdatesOn his popular social media pages especially Facebook, Lumbuye is fond of making wild allegations against the government and its officials.
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Persistent Elephant Invasion in Kitgum Sours UWA, Residents Relations
4 Aug 2021, 14:14 Comments 198 Views Kitgum, Uganda Northern Business and finance Agriculture UpdatesMore than 200 acres of maize, groundnuts, finger millets, soya beans, sunflower, and potato gardens have already been destroyed by the wild animals in the villages of Lotor, Wipol, Akadojwat, Lamingonen, Umgot, Tikao, and Toboi in Gule Parish.
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Kampala Traders Stuck as Landlords Demand Rent Arrears
4 Aug 2021, 13:33 Comments 219 Views Kampala, Uganda Business and finance UpdatesAt the time, many of the traders were not given chance to remove their merchandise from the outlets, as landlords kept them under lock and key. But as the President lifted the lockdown last week, landlords added additional padlocks for those with rent arrears denying them access to the shops.
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Uganda Denies Interfering In Kenyan Politics
4 Aug 2021, 13:04 Comments 238 Views Kampala, Uganda East Africa UpdatesSpeaking to journalists at the Uganda Media Centre in Kampala today, the minister of state for Foreign Affairs, Henry Okello Oryem said Uganda’s foreign policy is that it never gets involved in the internal affairs of any country unless it’s invited.
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Local Gov't Minister Wants Multiplex Construction Company Banned
4 Aug 2021, 12:52 Comments 358 Views Kabale, Western Region, Uganda Business and finance Local government UpdatesThe government contracted Multiplex Construction Company Limited and Roko Construction Company Limited to construct Masaka Modern Central Market and Mbarara Modern Central Market in Mbarara respectively.
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Recovery of Stolen Cattle High in Karamoja
4 Aug 2021, 11:50 Comments 158 Views Moroto, Uganda Security UpdatesAll recovered cattle are given back to the rightful owner within 72 hours according to a local resolution reached between the community and security forces in the operation.
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Ssegirinya’s Largesse: Why It’s Impossible to Sieve Lies from Real Projects
4 Aug 2021, 11:35 Comments 410 Views Politics Parliament UpdatesSsegrinya has made tens of promises, capturing imaginations of many and winning plaudits on social media. But it’s hard to evaluate projects that Ssegrinya has posted or promised on social media when he isn’t interested in giving the evaluation himself.
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Bukomansimbi Businessman Admitted in Critical Condition After Machete Attack Top story
4 Aug 2021, 10:46 Comments 422 Views Bukomansimbi, Uganda Crime Business and finance Security UpdatesAccording to Namukwaya, one of the two men armed with machetes suddenly started hacking Mugera while she yelled for help. The assailants warned to kill her if she continued to shout. She explains that the attack took less than a minute leaving Mugera in a pool of blood.
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Group Leaders in Agago Flee Homes over Alleged Theft of UGX 16m NUSAF Funds
4 Aug 2021, 09:31 Comments 279 Views Agago, Uganda Northern Human rights Business and finance UpdatesThe executive members who include the treasurer Esther Obura and Secretary Bosco Okot reportedly fled over the weekend after failing to pay 16 Million Shillings to their members.
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