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Great: UIA Scoops $900m Investment Deals In Diplomatic Partnerships
Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), an autonomous body dedicated to promoting and facilitating investment in Uganda, has once again demonstrated its prowess by attracting investors from Egypt, Turkiye, Qatar, Morocco and India During the recently concluded EA Investment Summit, organized alongside NAM, UIA’s top leaders and the Minister of State for Investment, Hon Evelyn Anite, effectively…
Uganda, Cuba Sign New Barter Trade Cooperation Deal
Uganda and Cuba have once again signed another Memorandum of Understanding, this time on Trade cooperation. This is the 3rd cooperation agreement being signed by the two nations after two others which were signed in September last year. The agreements signed in September include; The Collaboration Agreement in the fields of Science, Technology, and Innovations which…
Rage As Ugandan MPs Allocate UGX 3.9B For Financial Crime Awareness Campaign
A section Ugandan Nitizens have slammed the Parliament of Uganda after legislators allocated Shs3.9 billion for a comprehensive financial crime sensitization campaign to combat financial scams and embezzlement. This move is seen as a renewed commitment to addressing the complex issue that has eroded public trust and impeded economic growth. The campaign, targeting individuals and…
Shock As Catholic Bishop Steps Down Few Days To Installation,Marking Second Consecutive Resignation
Bishop Gustavo Larrazábal the auxilary bishop of San Juan de Cuyo in Argentina resigned, Wednesday, January 17, 2024, just three days before his installation and 35 days after Pope Francis appointed him as Bishop of Mar del Plata in eastern Argentina. This makes him the second Argentine bishop to resign in a row after the…
Court Adjourns Kampala Businessman Asiimwe Forgery Case
The matter in which the Kampala city businessman and company director at Taifa Partners Limited, Emmanuel Asiimwe is accused of forging and uttering false documents has been adjourned to February 9, 2024. Asiimwe appeared in court on Thursday before the Chief Magistrate – Buganda Road, His Worship Ronald Kayizzi with a new lawyer who sought…
Sudan Cuts Ties With IGAD Mediation Group Ahead Of Summit In Uganda
The Foreign Ministry in Sudan has announced suspending its involvement in mediation attempts with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) regarding the current crisis in Sudan. IGAD is a collection of East African states that have offered to arbitrate between the leaders of Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and…
Dan Matsiko: Without Cecilia Ogwal’s Excellent Leadership Style The Country Is More Poorer In Intellectual & Refined Current Wisdom
Where do I start and end ladies and gentlemen here ? Mama FDC, Mama Uganda, Mama Lango, Mama Dokolo, former UPC party iron lady in the 80s and 90s before she joined the mighty FDC mass political party of Uganda. Our icon in FDC elders and senior citizen of this country. Perhaps one of the…
FDC Are Wedded To The Idea That Nandala Mafabi Is Their Long Term Leader-Nathan Kikku Mubiru
Elias Lukwago, who experienced a vote of no confidence by United Forces of Change this morning through their demonstration against poor roads in his area of governance, Kampala will never be president of the Forum for Democratic Change “any time soon”, according to party president Patrick Oboi Amuriat. Speaking during his tour to Eastern Uganda,…
Sad: Veteran Legislator Cecilia Ogwal Succumbs To Cancer In India
Former miss Uganda and Dokolo District woman Member of parliament Hon.Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal,77 has died. The information coming from the family members reveals that Ogwal succumbed to cancer at a hospital in India on Thursday morning where she had gone for specialised treatment. Hon.Ogwal has been one of the long serving and experienced legislator…
Just In: M7 Pardons Former NSSF MD David Jamwa,10 Other Prisoners
Jailed former NSSF MD David Chandi Jamwa tops a list of 10 inmates who have been offered forgiveness under the Presidential prerogative of mercy, a signed document by president Museveni has revealed. ” Yes. That letter is authentic and I think he might already have been released from prison,” the source said. President Yoweri Museveni’s…