Meera Investments Limited, the real estate arm of the Ruparelia Group, has written to Hon. Matia Kasaija, the Finance Minister taking exception to a number of proposed tax amendments saying…
How was 2019 for dfcu Bank? In 2019, we steered the organisation through another year of success and growth; the operating environment was generally positive with a few challenges along…
By Emily Gakiza and Timothy J. Mutungi COVID-19’s potential economic danger is much stronger than its health risk to the public. China is the world’s largest exporter and is responsible…
By Richard Byarugaba, NSSF Managing Director From this Monday, 13th to Friday 17th January 2020, your Fund, National Social Security Fund (NSSF), working with Ministry of Health and the Uganda…
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By John Babirukamu Patrick Amama Mbabazi launched his 2015-2016 presidential campaign with a masterstroke that shock the country. A well-produced video launched on YouTube, not television or radio. And yes,…
By Joshua Masinde For two decades, most of the population in northern Uganda lived in internally displaced people’s camps and depended on food aid and other relief emergencies for their…
By Brian Tahinduka With a budget of UGX648 billion the financial year 2019/20, the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is constructing an additional 900 kilometres of paved roads across Uganda…
By H.E Deborah R. Malac Today is Human Rights Day and the final day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. It’s a day to remind us that…
According to the Tourism Sector Annual Performance Report FY2017/18), 80% of Uganda’s tourist arrivals are from Africa with Rwanda and Kenya sharing 31% and 24% respectively. Outbound tourism from Africa to the rest of the world, has been growing from 9.8 million in 1990 to 42.1million in 2017, according to UNWTO 2018 Tourism Highlights). Again, according to United Nations World Tourism Organisations (UNWTO), the largest majority of international travel takes place within travellers’ own regions (intraregional tourism)- 4 of 5 tourists travel within their own region. As such Africa remains a strategic tourist market for Uganda.