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Us Envoy Lauds Cooperation with UPDF
The US special Envoy for Africa’s Great Lakes Region (GLR) Dr. Peter Pham has lauded the close cooperation between UPDF and the US government. He said this while meeting the Deputy Chief of Defence Forces Lt Gen Wilson Mbadi at the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala. Dr. Peter Pham…
UPDF Engineering Brigade Refurbishes Oulanyah’s Ancestral Home Ahead Of Burial
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF Engineering Brigade has started refurbishing the house of former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah at his ancestral home in Ayom Lony village, Lalogi sub-county, Omoro district. The team embarked on the works shortly after President Museveni made commitments to support the construction of Oulanyah’s unfinished village home on Thursday. The…
Statehouse,UPDF Seek 40Bn To Repair Cargo planes-Min.Mwesige
Ministry of defense through UPDF seriously hunting for funds to finance the nearly 20-year-old Uganda Air Cargo Corporation (UACC), whose services benefit mainly State House and Uganda People’s Defence Forces. UACC, Parliament was told, has been surviving on revenue generated from charter services for both passengers and cargo it renders, right from purchase of the…
Uganda To Cement Economic Ties With Cuba-Oulanyah
The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has committed the legislature’s support to ensure that Cuba becomes an active participant in the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. The Speaker was meeting with the Cuban Ambassador to Uganda, H.E. Antonio Louis Pubillones, at Parliament. Oulanyah observed that in the meetings of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary…
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Billionaire Born Today: East Africa’s Business Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Clocks 66 In Style
Kampala: East Africa’s celebrated billionaire, money magnet, business mogul, honorary consul of the Republic of Nepal to Uganda HE. Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has today clocked 66yrs old. Born on the 17 January 1956, at Kabatoro, Kasese, Uganda, Sudhir is a formidable wealthy businessman, entrepreneur and investor in Uganda currently surviving with a net income worth over…
Ex-Minister Sendaula Implores Govt For Coffee Regulatory Authority
Former Finance Minister Gerald Sendaula, has appealed to Parliament to push for creation of a coffee regulatory authority as it considers the National Coffee Bill, 2018. Ssendaula who is the chairperson of the National Union of Coffee Agribusiness and Farm Enterprises said that the current body governing the coffee industry cannot ably carry out regulation…
Double Loss: Court Trashes Simbamanyo Estates Loan Case Appeal With Costs
The Court of Appeal in Kampala has dismissed with costs, an application in which the proprietors of Simbamanyo Estates Ltd had sought to halt the auctioning of its prime properties in Kampala which was meant for Equity Bank Ltd to recover outstanding loans worth $10.8 million (about Shs40 billion). Justice Christopher Madrama ruled that Simbamanyo…
Disappointing: 93% Of Ugandans Have Less Than UGX 1 Million On Their Bank Accounts
More than 90 percent of Ugandans who hold a bank account do not keep more than sh1 million at any one time on their accounts, an indication of the low savings levels in the country. There are an estimated 14 million bank accounts in the country. Of these, only about 2 percent have deposits totaling…
NWSC’s Dr Mugisha Elected Africa Water Association President
National Water and Sewerage Corporation Managing Director Dr. Eng Silver Mugisha has been elected President of the African Water Association (AFWA). Dr. Silver was elected by the African Water Association executive board that sat today 15th November, 2019. He is the first Ugandan to hold the position. The African water Association (AFWA) is a professional…
Uganda Set For First Afro-Indian Investment Summit This November
President Yoweri Museveni is scheduled to officially open the inaugural Afro-Indian Investment Summit to take place between September 29 and 30 in Kampala, under the theme, ‘Investment in Uganda for inclusive Prosperity’. The summit is one of the other events this year, to celebrate the achievements of the Indian Association Uganda (IAU) which was founded…