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How Uganda’s 10% CPO Tax Has Enabled Tax Free, Illegal Products On The Market-John Nakku
Ever since Government of Uganda introduced the unpopular among industrialists a UgX200 levy on each litre of Cooking Oil and the 10% import duty on Crude Palm Oil products in July 2021 despite the fact that Crude Palm Oil is a critical raw material for processors of Oil and Oil Products in Uganda, key sector…
Bomb Blast: 13 Killed In Bus At Eastern Kenya Border
Kenyan police say one suspect has been arrested after an improvised explosive device killed at least 13 passengers and injured others in a bus traveling in northeast Kenya near the border with Somalia. Kenyan police in northeast Mandera county say the 14-seat bus was heading to Mandera town early Monday when it drove over the…
Kabira Country Club Unveils Sumptuous ‘Coffee & Croissant’ Budget Meal At Only UGX15,000
Kampala’s luxurious Kabira Country Club has unveiled a spectacular Good Morning package Dubbed “Coffee & Croissant” in which guests and businessmen can now be served a cup of coffee and a fresh croissant at a budget rate of just Shs 15,000, yes 15k only. Wondering what a croissant is?, Read here: A croissant is a laminated,…
Campaign To Raise Shs 210M For Kusasira’s Kidney Transplant Kicks Off
A campaign to raise USD 60,000 (approximately Shs 210,001,860), which is needed to fly Ivan Kusasira, 39 years, out of the country for urgent kidney transplant has kicked off. The fundraising campaign that is being conducted by friends, relatives and Good Samaritans, is at flying Kusasira to India such that can have a kidney in…
Opposition MPs Walk Out Of Parliament In Protest Of Torture
Members of Parliament (MPs) from the opposition faction have walked out of Parliament in protest of the torture of their colleagues. Led by the Leader of Opposition in Parliament, Mathias Mpuuga, the MPs will not be in Parliament for two weeks. The legislators sat in front of Parliament chanting, “free our people” before they all…
Kampala Parents Urges Teachers To Adapt Teaching Approaches For Learners With Special Needs
The coronavirus (COVID19) that rattled the world in the past two years has left many children with different learning and education needs and therefore teachers must adapt varying teaching approaches to address these needs sustainably, Kampala Parents’ School has advised. For Kampala Parents School, an international school that offers a local curriculum, this has been…
PROFILE: What You Didn’t Know About East Africa’s Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia, The Big-Hearted Moneybag
Property Mogul, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia (65) is a self-made dollar billionaire entrepreneur. He was born in Uganda in 1956, but in 1972 together with his parents, had to relocate to the United Kingdom, following the then President Idi Amin Dada’s expulsion of Asians. As a teenage refugee in London, the 16-year Sudhir once had to…
Victoria University Appoints New Deputy VC
Victoria University have announced Prof. Augustine Osamor IFE as their new Deputy Vice Chancellor. Prof. Augustine joined Victoria University as the new Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs (DVCAA) effective February 1, 2022. Dr. Lawrence Muganga, the Victoria University Vice Chancellor said; “Augustine brings a bold new vision and vigour to Victoria University…
President Museveni Appoints Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye UPDF Spokesperson
President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the army, has reappointed Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye as Defense and Army Spokesperson, a position he served in, between 2005- 2013. He replaces Brig Gen Flavia Byekwaso who is set to attend a one-year course at National Defence College, Jinja. Byekwaso has served for one and a half years.…
As Expected! Billionaire Sudhir Ruparelia Tops List Of 2022 Uganda’s Richest Men
East African Business Mogul and Ugandan Billionaire Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has for yet another turn been ranked the wealthiest Ugandan with an estimated net worth value of over $1 billion. According to the research Top 10 Richest Men In Uganda 2021, Tycoon Sudhir maintains his lead, slightly followed by Karim Hijri as the 2nd richest Ugandan…