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Was Money Swindled Or? Parliament Raise Concern On Delayed Electrification Project
Members of Parliament are concerned about the delayed roll out of the national rural electrification project following approval of a loan from EXIM Bank. Bududa District Woman MP, Hon. Justine Khainza said that the loan amounting to US$212.6 million is meant to have electricity extended to 287 sub-counties across the country. The project was supposed…
96 Middle East Bound Ugandan Girls Arrested In Kenya
A total of 96 Ugandan girls have been intercepted in Kenya en route to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The girls aged between 14 and 18 years were intercepted at Jomo Kenyatta international airport in Nairobi, Kenya where they were due to board a flight to the Emirates. The girls believed…
M7 Rushes To Addis Ababa To Attend“Silencing The Guns”Summit
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has flown to Ethiopia to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council officially opened at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “ The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) Executive Council…
NIRA ED On Spot For Influence Peddling In The Recruitment Of Unqualified PRO
National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) Executive Director Rosemary Kisembo is on the spot over cancellation of a job advertisement in the New vision calling for suitable candidates to fill the position of Manager Public Relations and Corporate Affairs citing that it was advertised in error. The capital times has learnt that on 19th December…
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Shame As Govt Asks External Labour Recruitment Companies to Fund Uganda Embassy in Saudi to Handle Distressed Migrant Workers
Anger is boiling up among the external recruitment agencies in Uganda after the government asked them to help fund the cash trapped Uganda Embassy in Saudi Arabia to help handle the distressed migrant workers. According to Uganda Association of External Recruitment Agencies (UAERA) Chairman Baker Akantambira, the Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia has run out…
Crane Bank Saga: DFCU Troubles Deepen As UK Court Makes Major Ruling In Favor of Sudhir
The Court of Appeal from the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts in England has issued a judgement quashing an earlier decision by the lower court exonerating dfcu bank and its shareholders from fraudulently taking over Crane Bank. The Court of Appeal contends with businessman Sudhir Ruparelia and six other applicants that dfcu…
Uganda Airlines Explains UGX. 85bn Budget Request
Uganda Airlines has dismissed media reports that the National carrier is seeking UGX 85bn to buy a new CRJ90 engine (Bombardier engine). Rahim Shakila Lamar, the Corporate Affairs & Public Relations Manager at Uganda Airlines has clarified that the UGX 85bn Uganda Airlines was seeking Parliament to approve is the annual allocation from Government for the National Carrier…
Exposed! BoU’s Plot To Forge Crane Bank Sale Minutes Flops As Evidence Pin How Bank Was Sold On Phone
Bitter and shocking revelations are still striking and ashaming the Image of the Central Bank of Uganda (BoU). Latest from credible inside sources revealed to us that Bou sold Crane Bank (CBL) and others like Global Trust Bank (GTB) without holding a board meeting and therefore, there were no minutes upon which the transactions were…
Uproar, Mixed Reactions As Only One Company Is Approved By Labour Ministry To Export Workers
The labour externalization sector is unsettled after the commissioner of labour at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) Lawrence Egulu on behalf of the permanent secretary issued a job order to Saliwa Recruitment Agency Uganda Limited allowing them to export labour despite the existing ban on labour export. The letter dated 26th…
Just In: UDC To Fund 50% Of US$150 Million Cement, Marble Factory In Karamoja
Uganda Development Corporation (UDC), an Investment arm of the Government of Uganda will fund half of US$150 million for the setting up of a cement and marble factory in Moroto, Karamoja region. Dr. Patrick Birungi confirmed a commitment to fund the project. He said UDC will contribute 50% of the total cost while the rest…
