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Big Boost! NSSF Declares 10% Interest Rate For Savers For the FY 2022/2023
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) hosted its 11th Annual Members’ Meeting, an event that showcased the Fund’s outstanding performance, the challenges it overcame, and its vision for the future.…
KCCA Snores As Motorists Decry Poor State Of Sir Apollo Kaggwa Road
KAMPALA, UGANDA: The sorry state of the stretch between Caltec Academy school and Hot loaf bakery along Sir Apollo Kaggwa road has irked motorists. Sir Apollo Kaggwa road stretches from the…
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Stan Chart Puts Senana Hypermarket On Auction Over Debts
Frida Nabirongo is a woman in distress after Standard Chartered Bank has moved to take over her empire over a mortgage for a building that houses her Senana Hypermarket on Buganda Road. “Take notice that Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited through its appointed agent shall after 5 working days from the date of this notice,…
URA Releases And Shames A List Of Tax Defaulters, BigWigs Owe 47Bn
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), has released a list of tax defaulters owing the agency about Shs47 billion in total. According to the latest notice published, URA demands tax arrears from both individuals, companies, schools and civil society organisations. The taxes are in form of PAYE, Income tax, VAT and customs duties. “Uganda Revenue Authority…
Kagina Accused of employing Relatives in UNRA Top Jobs
A whistleblower has petitioned parliament’s committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over alleged anomalies in the recruitment of staff at Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA). The whistleblower alleges that the headhunting process is unfair and discriminative. COSASE chairperson Mubarak Munyagwa says that his committee has information that a number of individuals were…
Why YY Coaches Have Shut Down Business?
YY coach services following a spate of accidents in just a month have compelled them to first put their hands off as they try to find a solution to the unending causes of accidents on road by their drivers and buses. The company has 50 buses plying different routes in Eastern and Northern parts of…
Uganda ,Russia sign Nuclear Energy Deal
September 17, 2019, on the side-lines of the 63rd IAEA General conference in Vienna the Governments of the Russian Federation and of the Republic of Uganda signed an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. On behalf of Russia, the document was signed by Nikolay Spassky, Deputy Director General – Director…
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Great: Mountain Dew In Global Gaming Partnership With Call Of Duty Mobile
Crown Beverages Limited, under its crisp, fresh citrus tasty brand, Mountain Dew has unveiled the Call of Duty: Mobile challenge, a continuation of Mountain Dew’s journey to unleash the spirit of adventure. Three months campaign will see one hundred play stations given out to players of the highly entertaining video game. Call of Duty: Mobile…
Min.Adoa Distributes Motorcycles,Surveillance Kits To Locust-Affected Districts
The Minister of state for Fisheries Hon. Hellen Adoa represented Hon. Frank Tumwebaze, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries at the handover of 23 motorcycles and 106 surveillance kits to 23 District Local Governments in Northern and Eastern Uganda. The project targeted areas that were affected and at risk during the Desert Locust…
Embattled: Court Quashes Bitature’s Application Seeking Protection Against $10m Vantage Loan
The Commercial Court in Kampala has dismissed an appeal filed by Businessman Patrick Bitature seeking protection from being sued directly by South African firm Vantage Mezzanine Fund II partnership in a bid to recover a $10m loan it extended to the businessman eight years ago. Bitature alongside his companies; Simba properties Co. Ltd, Simba telecom…
Gov’t Starts Inspection Of Private Labour Export Companies As They Resume Business
The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has today started the inspection of labour exporting companies to assess the level of compliance with the COVID-19 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). According to a letter from Aggrey David Kibenge, the Permanent Secretary of the Gender Ministry, addressed to the Executive Director of Uganda Association of External…
Billionaire & Inventive Property Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Unveils Plan For New Mega ‘Kingdom Kampala Hotel’ Project
Kampala’s biggest Landlord and Property Mogul Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has today unveiled a new plan to construct a 200 roomed mega Kingdom Kampala Hotel in the city. Sudhir, 65, the chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group continues to prove his worth as an Investment guru with the new hotel project…