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01 Oct '24
Uganda has eagerly awaited large-scale production from its state-owned auto plant, which some peg to be a high financial risk before it breaks even. Kiira Motors Corporation’s executives intend to produce 5,000 vehicles annually, mostly buses, to advance sustainable mass transit option
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01 Oct '24
There was a time less than a decade ago when Team Uganda bossed the men’s regional amateur golf stage. But the winning streak recently came to an end after a resurgence of new Kenyan stars like Daniel Nduva, Adel Balala and John Lejirma among others. Now Uganda Golf Union (UGU), af
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01 Oct '24
Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos on Monday lost an appeal to overturn an order freezing up to 580 million pounds ($778 million) of her assets as part a lawsuit at London's High Court. Dos Santos – Africa's first female billionaire, whose father Jose Eduardo dos Santos ruled Ango
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01 Oct '24
Uganda on Monday received the first batch of coated line pipes for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline, which was delivered to the main camp and pipe yard in Kyotera District, signalling the project developers’ intent to fast track the laying and construction of the cross-border pipeline i
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01 Oct '24
Dennis Daniel Ssemugenyi left Uganda many years ago to seek greener pastures and his country of destination was Canada.He got a breakthrough ten years ago when together with European friends founded Dennis Daniel
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30 Sep '24
On September 24, Vision Group, which is listed on Uganda Securities Exchange as New Vision Publishing and Printing Company Limited, told each of its shareholders in a notice that it had reached an understanding with the government about an intervention to take on a new type of shares in addi
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28 Sep '24
Government plans to equip all public secondary schools with computers as a way of promoting digital transformation and effective teaching in the country, ICT minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi said on Friday. Dr Baryomunsi was officiating at the launch of a multi-million community digital cent
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28 Sep '24
A single flooding incident at Isimba Hydropower Plant in August 2022, plunged Uganda into darkness. The incident, which resulted in the emergency shutdown of the 183MW Isimba, coincided with a periodic maintenance of some of the generational units at the 250MW B
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28 Sep '24
Former Presidential Press Secretary, Francis Onapito Ekomoloit, is dead.He was 56.Onapito passed away at Kampala Hospital on Friday morning.
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27 Sep '24
Grace Akello, Kiryadongo – Twenty casual laborers working on a piped water extension project in Kiryadongo district are facing starvation after the contracted company failed to provide food.
The project, funded by the World Bank through the Ministry of Water and Environment, aims to exten