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Uganda Breweries, Coca-Cola Partner With KCCA To Step Up Covid-19 Vaccination

CEO ReporterCompany News The Big StorySeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) and Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Uganda, with the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU), have partnered with Kampala City Council Authority (KCCA) and the Ministry of…

Mountain Slayers Uganda trains, equips Rwenzori Mountain guides and rangers

CEO ReporterLifestyle The Big StorySeptember 21, 2021September 21, 2021

Mountain Slayers Uganda (MSU) has handed over mountain climbing safety equipment to the Rwenzori mountains’ guiding community. The equipment handover is part of a project that also saw guides and…

Ecobank Uganda Appoints Grace Muliisa new Managing Director

CEO ReporterCompany News News & Analysis The Big StorySeptember 18, 2021September 18, 2021

Ecobank Uganda, a subsidiary of the leading pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, (‘ETI’), and parent company of the Ecobank Group, has announced the appointment of Ms. Grace Muliisa as…

UNRA to add 400km paved stock to the national road network in FY2021/22

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 17, 2021September 17, 2021

Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) is set to add 400km of paved stock to the national road network in financial year 2021/2022. According to a statement by executive director Allen…

BREAKING NEWS: After several court losses, BoU withdraws case against Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & Justice The Big StorySeptember 16, 2021September 16, 2021

After several court losses, the Bank of Uganda has withdrawn its UGX397 billion case against Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia and his Meera Investments Limited. The case had now reached at Supreme…

Plug revenue leakages and fight the bad spirit of corruption, Museveni tasks URA

CK JaphethThe Big StorySeptember 16, 2021September 16, 2021

President Museveni has tasked Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) to plug revenue leakages and fight corruption in the institution in order to boost revenue collections. “Like I said in 2019, at…

Constitutional Court bars Bank of Uganda from indiscriminate freezing of customer bank accounts without a court order

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

The Constitutional Court has outlawed Section 118 and 124 of the Financial Institutions Act (2004) which previously gave the Bank of Uganda uncontrolled and unaccountable powers to freeze bank accounts…

WHO IS FOOLING WHO? Inside Uganda Railways’ fraud tainted USD3 million insurance claim and the insurance industry’s judicial quest for regulator’s neutrality

The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StorySeptember 15, 2021September 15, 2021

The dispute stems from a 1st July 2016 to 30th June 2017 performance bond worth USD3,000,000 the three companies made to Rift Valley Railways (RVR), then a concessionaire of URC’s assets. The bond was co-insured between Old Mutual Insurance Uganda Ltd (40 per cent); Sanlam General Insurance Uganda Ltd (30 per cent) and Britam Insurance Uganda Ltd (30 per cent). …

Peter Kamya- the troubled former Simbamanyo House owner, in more trouble as court, sentences him to pay over UGX2.9 bn over a messed-up land sale

CEO ReporterLegal & Justice The Big StorySeptember 14, 2021September 14, 2021

Hon. Justice David Wangutusi of the High Court, Commercial Division has sentenced troubled businessman, Architect Peter Kamya to refund UGX1.3 billion that he received for selling land that he failed…

URA COMMISSIONER GENERAL: At this new age, the taxpayer should expect a service so good that compliance will be simply an outcome

CEO ReporterThe Big StorySeptember 14, 2021September 15, 2021

How do the recent changes in the URA Mission, Vision and core values relate to the URA mandate of revenue mobilization at a time such as this? The URA mandate…

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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

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

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

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

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