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Govt Publishes List of Licensed Labour Export Firms

Govt Publishes List of Licensed Labour Export Firms

The government has released an updated list of over 120 licensed labour export companies while warning young people about increasing cases of fraud, human trafficking, and exploitation linked to unregulated recruitment schemes.The State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs, Balaam Barug

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Students Urged to Embrace Volunteer Work to Tackle Unemployment

Students Urged to Embrace Volunteer Work to Tackle Unemployment

Students have been encouraged to take up voluntary work to build practical skills and improve their employability, as experts warn that academic qualifications alone are no longer sufficient in an increasingly competitive job market.Students have been urged to engage in voluntary work as a

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How Financial Discipline Helped Nankya Build a Multi-Million Hardware in a Few Years

How Financial Discipline Helped Nankya Build a Multi-Million Hardware in a Few Years

Hajjati Rehema Nankya, the brain behind Fortress Hardware in Maya. She started with a small shop with capital worth UGX1.5M.Fortress Hardware, located in Maya Trading Centre along the Kampala–Masaka Highway, isn’t an ordinary enterprise. There’s a unique and inspiring story behind it

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Namuganza runs to Museveni over alleged plot by NRM officials to block her from Kyankwanzi retreat

Namuganza runs to Museveni over alleged plot by NRM officials to block her from Kyankwanzi retreat

Namuganza who is also vying for the Speakership, accused some Secretariat officials of trying to subject her to what she described as “illegal procedures” aimed at restricting her participation.President Yoweri Museveni (L) and Lands State Minister Persis Namuganza (R)Kyankwanzi

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Stray cattle destroy ten-acre gardens in Hoima

Stray cattle destroy ten-acre gardens in Hoima

Over 200 straying cattle have left a total of ten acres of crop gardens in destruction, exposing more than 40 households to food insecurity in Kisita village, Buraru sub-county, in Hoima district. According to the affected communities, the destruction occurred in the wee hours of Sunday, A

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OPINION: 623 Cases, UGX 2 Trillion at Stake: Why Uganda Must Rethink How Banking Disputes Are Resolved:

OPINION: 623 Cases, UGX 2 Trillion at Stake: Why Uganda Must Rethink How Banking Disputes Are Resolved:

At the heart of Uganda’s Commercial Court sits a quiet crisis with far-reaching economic consequences: 623 unresolved banking cases locking up an estimated UGX 2 trillion in disputed value. For banks, this means capital tied down in provisioning and delayed recovery; for borrowers, businesses f

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Busoga University land saga deepens as residents protest forceful evictions

Busoga University land saga deepens as residents protest forceful evictions

Kamuli, Uganda: A fresh dispute has erupted over land belonging to Busoga University in Kamuli District, with residents accusing security personnel of forceful evictions amid unresolved compensation claims.The contested land, located at Bukwenge in Northern Division, Kamuli Municipality, h

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Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

Parliament Approves Move to Increase Private UPDF Officer’s Salary

The salary of privates in the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces could jump from Shs 650,000 to Shs 816,280 if a resolution reached between the defence ministry and Parliament holds.The proposed salary increment was agreed to by the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs officials and Membe

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Coca-Cola drags distributor to court, wins Shs 412 million

Coca-Cola drags distributor to court, wins Shs 412 million

Bukusu Constructors, the distributor of Coca-Cola products in Manafwa district, has been ordered to pay the beverage giant Shs 412 million for breach of contract.Their relationship started on September 30, 2023, when Coca-Cola appointed Bukusu Constructors as its official distributor in Ma

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Nabbanja-The Premier Who Broke the Mold — But is She Safe From Museveni’s Reshuffle Knife?

Nabbanja-The Premier Who Broke the Mold — But is She Safe From Museveni’s Reshuffle Knife?

Prime minister Rt Hon Robinah NabanjaPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has been preoccupied with arrangement for his swearing in ceremony in May but behind the curtain, a more rigorous norm of choosing the most able of men and women to run the next five year government with must be ongoing

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