Uganda Wins For Africa At Microsoft Imagine Cup 2013
Uganda was the only country that managed to take a place at the Microsoft Image Cup held Thursday in St....
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URA in Fresh Dilemma As Smuggling Escalates
Uganda Revenue Authority-URA officials in Arua district are puzzled with the escalation of smuggling in the region. URA boss Allen...
DRC Oil Companies Seek ‘Refuge’ In Uganda
Insecurity in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is forcing oil companies to operate from inside the Ugandan territory to conduct...
Kibaale Farmers Count Losses As Rainstorm Devastates Gardens
Farmers in Kasambya Sub County Kibaale district are counting loses following a heavy rainstorm that devastated their crop gardens. The...
Ginnery Owners and Operators To Blame For Anomalies – CDO
Officials from the Cotton Development Organisation (CDO) have put the blame of anomalies in Ginneries on the Ginnery owners and...
UN names Uganda top Investment Destination
Uganda has emerged as a favourite destination for foreign investors in the East African region ahead of traditional rival, Kenya,...
Work yet to start on Fuel Reserves
A government plan to build reserves to ensure sufficient stock of petroleum products on the market has failed to start,...
Parliament Question Relevance of Cotton Development Organisation
Members of parliament on the Committee on Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises-COSASE have tasked Jolly Sabune, the executive director Cotton...
Kilembe Mines Sold To Chinese Company
Over 30 years since it was shut down, former copper giant, Kilembe Mines Ltd is set to resume production after...
Uganda tops EastAfrica in Diaspora Investments
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report released on June 26th, Uganda re-emerged...
Tullow: Govt, Oil Companies Making Progress On Oil Deals
Government and the oil companies in the country have made substantial progress in discussions expected to end in the signing...
PIPELINE: Govt won’t Extend Procurement Deadline
Government has declined requests for more time from companies seeking to procure the contract for establishing an oil pipeline, according...
Gov’t Insists Taxes on Fuel, Kerosene, Water Are Minimal
Justine Lumumba, the government chief whip Government still insists that the taxes proposed in the 2013-2014 Budget on Fuel and...
Jinja Drivers call off strike
Drivers in Jinja have called off their strike and resumed normal services following the intervention of Richard Gulume, the Jinja...
Umeme Announces Extension Of Prepaid Meters To 42,000
The electricity distribution company, Umeme has announced that it intends to extend the coverage of the prepaid metering system in...
NSSF wins big at Annual Communications Innovation Awards
Maurice Kirya Performs at a Previous ACIA event Uganda's social security fund was the big winner at last friday's annual...
NARO: Uganda’s First GMO Bananas Due In 2016
Banana farmers and consumers in Uganda should expect to experience the first local genetically modified varieties of bananas in three...
Gov’t suspends Pre-inspection Verification,Traders call off strike
PSFU's Gideon Badagawa , Hon. Amelia Kyambadde and KACITA's Everest Kayondo at the press conference The Ugandan trade sector is...
Trader’s Strike Extended To Monday
Traders working in Kampala central have decided today in the meeting held at Uganda manufacturers Association conference Hall to extend...
Tullow Oil Uganda Appoints Conrad Nkutu New Corporate Affairs Manager
Oil giants Tullow Uganda have appointed Ugandan Media magnate Conrad Nkutu as the company's new Corporate Affairs Manager. He is slated...