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Victoria University Partners With Stanbic Bank To Give Laptops To Students On Loan

Victoria University has partnered with Stanbic Bank Uganda to enable students acquire brand new laptops on credit. The much sought-after financing scheme was launched Monday August 22. According to Stanbic Bank Uganda Executive Director Emma Mugisha, the arrangement will provide student financing

August 22, 2022

Crime

Over 800 Residents Face Eviction In Kyankwanzi

Residents of Kitwala West Village in Muwangi Sub County Kyankwanzi District are up in arms against the National Forestry Authority– NFA for evicting them from their Bibanjas without following the due process of the law. It is alleged that on August 6

August 21, 2022

Crime

Ugandan businessman murdered in South Africa

Unidentified thugs have brutally murdered a South African-based Ugandan businessman for unknown reasons. The assailants kidnapped Fred Galiwango, who has been running a vehicle mechanical workshop in Lancaster Soweto on Sunday last week. His mutilated body that was chopped into pieces was

August 21, 2022

Health

PICTORIAL: Over 1,800 Gets Free treatment At Ruparelia Foundation’s Kamuli Eye Camp

Thousands of eye patients from Kamuli district and neighboring districts over the weekend enjoyed free treatment during the Eye Medical camp organized by the Ruparelia Foundation as a Corporate Social Responsibility drive in the Eastern region. The two-day event which happened from

August 21, 2022

Health

Thank You So Much For Being a Supporting Partner – Mrs. Jyostna Heaps Praise on Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia after Successful Kamuli Eye Camp

Mrs. Jyotsna Ruparelia, the wife to Kampala Businessman Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has heaped praise onto her husband for always being very supportive in her endeavors after a successful eye medical camp held in Kamuli over the weekend. Ms. Jyotsna, a born of

August 21, 2022

Business

Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Shares Business Tips For The New-Normal Uganda, Tip 5 Will Surprise You!

It is no rumor that Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia is renown for his success in business and in the current global recession phase, UNECA estimates that the pandemic may result in 78% decline in GDP growth, from 3.2% to 1.8%. However, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia,

August 20, 2022

Business

What Rwanda’s Legalization of Cannabis Production Means To Her Economy As Ugandan Govt Ignores Potential Local Investors

The New Times Newspaper, a Rwandan media outlet last week reported that the East African country had secured over 134 hectares to aid the production and growing of medical cannabis, providing a huge step as the country moves to reap big from

August 20, 2022

Health

Corporate Social Resposibility: Hundreds Turn Up As Ruparelia Foundation Holds Medical Camp In Kamuli District

The Ruparelia Foundation, which was started up by city businessman Sudhir Ruparelia, over the weekend held a medical camp in Kamuli District, at the Shree Hind Bhavin Samal, during which medics attended to over 846 people. During the medical camp, the Ruparelia

August 20, 2022

National News

Legislators Grill DOTT Services Officials Over Delayed Works At Nyagak III Dam

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on Thursday roasted officials from DOTT Services LTD, the company that was contracted to construct the Nyagak III hydropower dam, in a bid to solve the problem of power shortage in

August 20, 2022

Business

Big Storm: How DFCU Bank Was Dragged Down By Crane Purchase As Other Banks Report Stellar Profits

While Uganda’s banking sector recorded strong financial results for 2021, the Development Finance Company of Uganda (DFCU) Bank continues to reel from its acquisition of Crane Bank in 2017 and the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. The third-largest domestic bank in Uganda

August 19, 2022