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Vehicles inspection probe: Attorney General asks for more time to defend controversial deal

Attorney General blames Works ministry, saying the officials are yet to submit their responses on the matter and that this has made it difficult for the government to come up with a

March 13, 2018

The Big Story·Thought Leadership

Econ-Review: Uganda stock exchange misses out on IPO for fourth year in row

Uganda Securities Exchange (USE) registered a huge slump in trading turnover and volumes during 2017, exposing pressure following the exit of many foreign institutional investors and a decline in corporate activity. But

March 13, 2018

The Big Story

Uganda tops region’s arms race as Kenya halves military spend to $13 million

Kenya slashed its spending by half to $13 million from $28 million a year earlier while Tanzania didn’t make purchases, according to a report released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research

March 13, 2018

The Big Story

Will scrapping meals provision in Makerere University halls of residence be sustainable?

In 2014, Makerere abandoned its duty of providing meals to students at halls of residence and delegated it to private service providers as the university administration undertook drastic measures of outsourcing various

March 12, 2018

Company News·The Big Story

Econ-Review: Uganda has one of highest economic crime rates in Africa — report

Uganda’s Economic Crime remains high. Business conditions continue to improve, shilling losing slight edge against the USD. Exports performed impressively in 2017. Uganda has the second highest economic crime and fraud rate

March 12, 2018

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Justine Bagyenda is leaving BoU after decades of service.

Did Bagyenda intimidate or did she collude with banks to hide her billions?

Leaked bank details show that Justine Bagyenda, the former director for supervision at Bank of Uganda, as stashed up billions of shillings on various accounts held with commercial banks, on top of

March 12, 2018

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Third time is not the charm: Court again trashes Heritage Oil case against URA

Not once or twice but thrice. Heritage Oil just keeps losing to URA. First it was on the legality of paying capital gains from sale of shares in Uganda. Heritage Oil lost.

March 12, 2018

Legal & Justice·The Big Story

Building business partnerships that will last

Why don’t partnerships work and how can we make them work since partnerships increase the success rate of businesses by close to 40%? A fallout among partners is one of the leading

March 9, 2018

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400 women to benefit from Dfcu financial literacy training

In 2012, Dfcu Bank established the Women Business Advisory Services to press for women’s economic empowerment while increasing their financial literacy as well as creating business linkages for them. Through these advisory

March 9, 2018

The Big Story

A truck undergoes weighing at an axle load bridge.

UNRA collects Shs3.5bn in fines on overloaded trucks in one month

Overloading of heavy commercial trucks appears to be a major challenge on Uganda’s roads, if returns from fines generated against culprits is anything to go by. Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) collected

March 9, 2018

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