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Crisis Beneath the Pumps: Kenya’s Unfolding Fuel Scandal and the Fall of Top Energy Chiefs – Why it Matters to Uganda

April 4, 2026April 4, 2026 0

What once appeared to be a triumph of state intervention is now unraveling into one of Kenya’s most gripping governance crises. In the wake of the 2022 fuel shortages, marked...

Allan Chekwech Steps into Daniel Kalinaki’s Big Shoes at NMG Uganda

April 3, 2026April 4, 2026 0

Nation Media Group (NMG) Uganda has appointed Allan Chekwech as Acting General Manager – Editorial, stepping into the role following the retirement of a longtime newsroom veteran leader, Daniel Kalinaki....

What Uganda’s UGX 1.7 Trillion Tax Plan Means for Your Wallet

April 3, 2026April 3, 2026 0

From transport fares and household shopping to business operations, Uganda’s proposed tax changes for the Financial Year 2026/27 are likely to be felt in different ways across the economy, depending...

Uganda Receives 8 U.S Deportees under Safe Third Country Agreement

April 3, 2026 0

Uganda has received eight individuals deported from the United States under a bilateral Safe Third Country Agreement signed between the two governments, marking the first implementation of the arrangement since...

The Nina Interiors Story: Alice Karugaba’s Journey of Grit, Resilience and a Family Legacy Passed to the Next Generation

April 2, 2026April 2, 2026 0

Nina Interiors founder, Alice Karugaba, did not set out to build a furniture empire. She was a mother trying to make ends meet, learning to bake, selling buns to colleagues,...

TRAILBLAZER: NSSF, VISA, Centenary Bank partner to launch first social security Smart Card in East Africa

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) in partnership with Visa and Centenary Bank has today unveiled a three-in-one social security smart card which embeds NSSF functionality, bank functionality and a…

National Budget 2022/23: Uganda to launch first-ever satellite in September

Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022

Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija has revealed that in September this year, Uganda will launch, into the lower Earth Orbit, its first-ever satellite. “The data from this satellite will be used…

Guardians of the Nation: How Ascent Capital’s just-in-time equity investment has shaped Guardian Health into Uganda’s largest pharmacy chain

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & Markets Lists & Rankings The Big StoryJune 12, 2022July 4, 2023

Anthony Natif is a special kind of guy in all ways. If you met him on the street, you wouldn’t tell he is the brain behind the ever-expanding Guardian Health…

10 Infrastructural projects transforming Uganda in the next decade

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJune 10, 2022July 9, 2022

Under the National Development Plan III, a total of 69 core projects have been identified.Of these, 16 are ongoing projects that reflect the need to complete unfinished work during the…

NSSF Midterm payments hit UGX421 billion in 3 months, Byarugaba affirms Fund’s commitment to pay qualifying members

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJune 10, 2022June 10, 2022

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has paid out a total of UGX421 billion worth of midterm benefits to over 21,600 eligible members in less than 3 months, following commencement…

It will create sanity in the sector! Dr. Sudhir lauds President for signing Landlord and Tenants Bill into law

Nelson NambooleCompany News News & Analysis The Big StoryJune 10, 2022June 10, 2022

City tycoon Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia has commended President Yoweri Museveni for signing the Landlord and Tenant Bill into law, saying that the law protects both tenants and landlords. “The tenants…

NSSF’S RICHARD BYARUGABA: The UGX16 Trillion Man

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & Markets The Big StoryJune 8, 2022June 8, 2022

Annet Nakamya, a businesswoman with Psalms 1 Enterprises, a company dealing in printing works, was in May 2021 diagnosed with deadly levels of Covid-19. Her oxygen levels had sunk to…

Umeme onboards 120 new graduates, technicians

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJune 7, 2022June 7, 2022

Electricity distributor Umeme Limited has recruited 100 new technicians and 19 Graduate Trainees drawn from different Universities and Colleges across the Country. The recruitment is in addition to the 588…

Uganda joins Kenya, Tz, Burundi in race to host East African Monetary Institute

Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJune 6, 2022June 6, 2022

Uganda has joined the race to host the East African Monetary Institute – EAMI, the precursor to the East African Central Bank. The Institute which other partner countries like…

Kansai Paint moves to sell African entity to Akzo Nobel

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJune 2, 2022June 3, 2022

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (“Kansai Paint”) has entered into an agreement to sell its Africa business to Akzo Nobel N.V. (“AkzoNobel”), a global paints and coatings company. The sale is…

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