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African Banker Awards 2021: Equity Named Best Regional Bank in East Africa
Equity demonstrated a strong and consistent financial performance in the 2020 financial year The Group continues to pioneer technological innovations that have led to more convenient banking and transaction cost reduction for customers The Group distinguished itself for its role in safeguarding and cushioning the lives and livelihoods of its host communities Nairobi, 02nd August…
Big Hearted: Mogul ‘Rajiv Ruparelia’ Donates Over 2000 Mattresses To Premier Rosebud Staff As Covid-19 Relief
Premier Roses Ltd the country’s largest exporter of roses, commanding around 40% of Uganda’s export market has once again expressed its support to the vulnerable communities of Uganda by donating over 2000 mattresses to its staff that were hugely hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite having gone through terrible days of COVID-19 that affected their…
Payroll Fraud: 1039 Ghost Nurses Found On Payment List of Shs 70b Lunch Allowance
Over 1039 ghost names have been found on the nurses’ payroll. The names were unearthed during payment of lunch allowances for nurses. Uganda has a total of 70,167 nurses and midwives registered by the government’s Nurses and Midwifery Council. This website has learnt that at least 147 ghost health workers received the money under the…
All Arcades Under Crane Management Services Follow SoPs, Allowed To Reopen: Over 70 Remain Closed
Close to 70 arcades have so far adapted to the Standard Operating Procedures set by the government as a precondition for their reopening. The government had maintained lockdown restrictions on arcades, because of the envisaged difficulty to avoid close contact between people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While locking the country, President Yoweri…
26 Drunkards Arrested as Police Raids Labamba Bar
Police in Kampala have arrested 26 revellers and workers who were allegedly found last night partying and drinking at Labamba Bar Annex in Rubaga Division, Kampala City. The raid followed reports that the bar had remained open and continued operating despite the Ministry of Health restrictions announced by President Museveni to contain the spread of…
DSTV, GOTV Subscription Fees Skyrocket Effective September 1st
MultiChoice Uganda, the mother company to DStv and GOtv has announced an increase in the prices of their packages. Officials said the price change follows a rigorous process of balancing between technology, content value, and cost of delivery on MultiChoice platforms with a commitment to ensuring Ugandans continue to enjoy unrivalled access to entertainment, anywhere,…
Medical And Health Training Institutions Given A Go-Ahead To Reopen
The Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) has allowed medical and health training institutions to safely re-open starting Friday 13th August 2021. According to the letter dated 5th August 2021, by the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE), the decision to re-open medical schools was reached during an inter-ministerial meeting held on 4th August 2021.…
All Set For Arrested Blogger Lumbuye To Be Repatriated Tomorrow – Min. Oryem
Controversial Anti-Government Social Media Blogger Fred Kajubi Lumbuye is set to be repatriated back to Uganda tomorrow. This was confirmed by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem at the Foreign Affairs office on Friday afternoon. “Lumbuye will be deported to Uganda tomorrow morning. On arrival he will be put in custody and later…
Six More Moroto Prison Escapees Rearrested
Uganda Prisons Services have confirmed that Six more prisoners who escaped from Moroto government prison have been re-arrested by Uganda People’s Defence Forces in the ongoing disarmament exercise in the Karamoja sub-region. In September 2020, at least 224 prisoners escaped when they overpowered the prison officers and varnished with 14 guns. This prompted to an…
‘Compensation Of Tobacco Farmers in Bunyoro Sub-region Expected to Start in Two Weeks’- Gov’t
Government has said that compensation of the more than 1,000 tobacco farmers in Bunyoro sub-region who had been denied payment since 2017 by private companies is expected to start in two weeks. The Minister of State for Industry, David Bahati, blamed the delay in payments to the verification process aimed at ascertaining the affected farmers.…