Uganda started the journey from a cash-dominated economy to a digital-based economy in 2009. The country is emerging as a strong performer in digital financial services (DFS). Financial inclusion insights Uganda (2016) shows that close...
At least 326, 149 Senior Four students are being examined for the Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE)that have started today (Oct 16) as students sit for their first paper, Physics Practice and Art . The...
Uganda Police is investigating an alleged arsonist attack on Arua Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Abiriga’s home in Arua Town, West Nile. Abiriga whose trademark ill-fitting yellow suit, yellow shoes, yellow tie, yellow cap and...
President Yoweri Museveni on Friday approved facilitation in the regions of Shs 90 billion for consultative meetings following the NRM parliamentary caucus where he backed a decision by his cabinet to support a Bill seeking...
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are an important segment in Uganda’s economy. According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, the SME sector employs over 2.5 million people (90% of the entire private sector)...
AZAM UGANDA PREMIER LEAGUE Friday - Greenlight STADIUM: Onduparaka vs. Soana Onduparaka FC who famously took domestic football by storm have announced a new sponsorship deal with MTN Uganda, which will see the country’s biggest...
Civil rights activist and rabble-rouser Maria Matembe has criticised and ‘renamed’ Igara West MP Raphael Magyezi, the mover of a constitutional amendment Bill which seeks to among others, lift the presidential age limit which is...
Having successfully planted more than 15,000 trees in Kampala and other areas during the past year, Young Water Professionals (YWPs) has launched its 1 Million tree initiative, a commitment to plant 1,000,000 trees within a...
The deputy Managing Director of National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Geraldine Ssali Busulwa has been sacked, reports say. The dismissal of Mrs. Busulwa, comes a year after President Yoweri Museveni intervened in the leadership wrangles...
Judge Margret Oguli Oumo has on Thursday ordered that the 22 tortured suspects in the murder of former police spokesperson Andrew Felix Kaweesi, be compensated Shs80 million each. Justice Margret Oguli ruled that the said...
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