National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has assured its members that the construction of the second phase of the Pension Towers will soon be resumed after many years of stagnation. According to the Fund, the bidding...
Uganda Police Force is battling fuel scarcity Police spokesperson, Andrew Felix Kaweesi has confirmed. "We do not have fuel right now but that is all I can say," he told URN. According to highly placed...
Entry visas between Uganda and South Africa should be scrapped, Prof Lekoa Solly Mollo, South Africa’s high commissioner to Uganda, has suggested. He said visa-free travels to either country are important because of the two...
Centum Investment has appointed four independent non-executive directors including Uganda’s Attorney-General William Byaruhanga. AG Byaruhanga is joined by former president and chairman of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Dr Donald Kaberuka (Rwandan) to comply with...
Regional neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda will soon begin marketing as one tourist destination, CS Najib Balala revealed on Wednesday. Speaking during the opening of the 6th Magical Kenya Tourism Expo, Mr Balala said that...
The Uganda Development Bank UDB says that once it secures Shs 1trillion shillings in capitalisation, its lending rates will equally move downwards the current 14%. Dr Samuel Sejaaka, the Chairman of UDB’s board of directors,...
A regular traveler who has been to several hotels around the world’s popular cities can easily tell you the difference between the standards and star rating of a hotel. Yet the question is, is the...
The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) has reduced the end–user electricity tariffs by razor–thin margins. This though is the fourth time this year the regulator is reducing the end–user power tariffs. According to the schedule seen...
South Korean tech giant Samsung has urged owners of the Galaxy Note 7 to turn off its high-end smartphone while it investigates new reports of the device catching fire. The firm also said it would...
Ugandans greeted with much excitement last week when the Seychelles vice president Danny Faure was proclaimed to complete the five-year term of resigning President James Michel and would be sworn in on Oct 16. Not...
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