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Parliament Approves Mid-Term Access to NSSF Savings but who is eligible?

URNThe Big StoryFebruary 18, 2021February 18, 2021

Parliament has passed the National Social Security Fund- NSSF Bill 2019, giving Ugandans aged over 45 years and those who have saved for 10 years to access 20 per cent…

Ruparelia Group Secures Contract for UGX38 billion UMEA Project

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Ruparelia Group, through its construction company VCON, has been awarded a contract to construct a project for Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA) after emerging the best bidders out of 14 other…

Meet Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, the New Director Legal and Board Affairs at the Capital Markets Authority (Uganda)

CEO ReporterCompany NewsThe Big StoryFebruary 16, 2021February 16, 2021

Miriam Musaali is the new Director Legal and Board Affairs at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA). She replaced Angela Kiryabwire effective November 1st 2020. Prior to re-joining the CMA where…

RESILIENT: British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (BAT Uganda) Beats Odds and Registers UGX162b revenue for 2020

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryFebruary 15, 2021February 15, 2021

While the Covid-19 pandemic impacted economies the world over including Uganda, British American Tobacco Uganda Limited (BAT Uganda) navigated the storms and registered a resilient performance for the year ended…

Sheraton Kampala Hotel opens doors for lovebirds this Valentine’s Day

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryFebruary 12, 2021February 12, 2021

Sheraton Kampala Hotel, the home of celebrations in Uganda has announced its plans for this year’s Valentine’s Day, celebrated annually on February 14th. According to the hotel’s General Manager, Jean…

EXCLUSIVE: Bobi Wine taps lawyer Mohmed Mbabazi to co-lead his legal strategy against Museveni, alongside hawk-eyed Medard Sseggona

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 6, 2021February 9, 2021

Lawyers, Mohmed Mbabazi and Medard Ssegona will lead a team of several other lawyers representing the National Unity Platform’s (NUP), Hon. Kyagulanyi Ssentamu Robert in his legal bid to upset…

Kigali International Financial Centre comes together as Tidjane Thiam chairs first board meeting

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 6, 2021February 6, 2021

The newly inaugurated Rwanda Finance Board of Directors convened for the first time this week to discuss the establishment of the Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC). KIFC is a subsidiary…

MTN, Facebook and NITA-U join the Internet Watch Foundation to stamp out child sexual abuse online

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 4, 2021February 4, 2021

As more and more Ugandans turn to the internet for work, learning, and entertainment during the raging Covid-19 pandemic, the Internet Watch Federation (IWF) is urging internet users in Uganda…

Equal Opportunities Commission’s Sylvia Muwebwa to leave office this Friday as her controversial term comes to an end

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 3, 2021February 3, 2021

Embattled Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) chief, Ms Sylvia Muwebwa, will this Friday, 5th February 2021 hand over office as her term came to an end on January 19th 2021. The…

President Museveni orders for suspension of UGX500 bn donor-funded Democratic Governance Facility; places Keith Muhakanizi under investigation

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 2, 2021February 3, 2021

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has ordered the Ministry of Finance, to shut down the activities of the £100 million (UGX500.8 billion) Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) over what he says is…