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Members of Parliament have opposed a government move to buy out Umeme. UMEME was granted a 10-year concession in 2015 and has so far invested 547.5m dollars. However government has not indicated any interest in renewing the concession which expires in 2025. The Ministry of Energy has however sought a budget of 256.2 billion Shillings [...]
Billionaire Born Today: East Africa's Business Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Clocks 66 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. Thousands of young people he has mentored, relatives, friends, and people from various corners of the world have [...]
Gravity Omutujju, a.k.a. Gereson Wabuyu, recently recalled a time in 2012 when Bebe Cool stole a microphone from him as he was performing live on stage at Namungona's Labamba bar. He explained that Bebe discovered him playing and, in a hurry to get to another event, he asked the audience whether they wanted him (Bebe) [...]
Ruparelia Foundation Gifts 3 Orphanage Centres In End of Year Donation Drive Ruparelia Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Ruparelia Group, a conglomerate owned by Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia, together with partners has donated more than 5,000 amazing gifts and goodies to the community and orphanages in an End of Year Donation Drive. Under the theme [...]
The Parliament committee on physical infrastructure has rejected a proposal by the Landlords to charge rent in dollars. According to the resolution,rent shall be charged in Uganda shillings. This comes as the committe finalized scrutinizing the landlord and tenant bill 2021. The committee has also made it mandatory for tenants to have written agreements with [...]
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The government has withdrawn a condition that passengers must prove that they are fully vaccinated before using public transport. The cancellation of the directive comes barely a week after it was announced by President Yoweri Museveni, as a condition for reopening the economy and allowing public service vehicles to load their full capacity. Passengers were [...]
Teachers in different schools are struggling to come up with the content to prepare for learners with just a few days to re-opening. Teachers are expected to prepare schemes of work before every beginning of the term, detailing the content from the syllabus that will be taught. However, this year is special given the fact [...]
Makerere University staff have embraced the ongoing headcount exercise which was authorized by the Appointments Board. Dr. Davis Malowa Ndanyi, the Director Human Resource says the staff head count is required to implement a new salary payment method that should have taken effect last year. According to the new payment method, staff will be paid [...]
Residents of Bukedea district stormed Bukedea central police station with bodies of two suspects who are said to have died under mysterious circumstance during their detention at the station. The Police fired bullets and teargas to disperse protestors. The two dead suspects had been detained following the murder of one Francis Opolot of Kachumbala Sub [...]
An international non-governmental organization is set to give out 100,000 shillings to each eligible private school teacher in primary and secondary schools. GiveDirectly is an organization that focuses on poverty alleviation and humanitarian relief via livelihood cash transfers. According to the ministry of gender the cash relief program will support 300,000 teachers across the country- [...]
