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News
Tax waivers spark alarm amidst Shs72T national budget
As Uganda’s government requests parliament to exempt eight companies and individuals from paying taxes amounting to Shs13.391 billion, concerns are…
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Tourism
Tour operators ask gov’t to increase tourism budget by 70 percent
The President of the Uganda Tourism Association, Herbert Byaruhanga, has called upon the government to increase the budget allocated to…
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Business
Economic Policy Research Centre calls for effective debt management
In a recent study, the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) highlighted the need for the Ugandan government to efficiently manage…
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Business
Kray Microfinance offers convenient digital loans
We cannot overemphasize the power of digital media. Whether your interest is in sports, fashion, politics, or business, there is…
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Features
INTERVIEW PART ONE: Prof. Ogwang unfolds his rise in the pharmacology world and how COVIDEX transformed his role in scientific discoveries in Uganda
He was thrust into the public eye during the peak of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that has left 7m people…
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Tourism
Uganda’s Pearl of Africa Tourism Expo to boost arrivals
Uganda on Wednesday unveiled a four-day tourism expo with the aim of boosting tourists arrivals following two years of stagnation…
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Africa
Africa needs pro-poor, inclusive recovery efforts to foster dev’t: UNECA chief
Amid multiple financial, health and climate crises affecting the African continent, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has urged…
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News
UNEB unsure when it will release PLE results
Parliament has Tuesday afternoon heard that Uganda National Examination Board has not set the day on which it will release…
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Health
COVID-19 emergency phase closer to end despite Omicron transmission: WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that the world was “much closer” to end the emergency phase of the…
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World
Thousands of Iranians died of COVID-19 due to U.S. sanctions
A top Iranian human rights official on Sunday blamed U.S. sanctions that deny Iranians access to essential medicines for thousands…
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