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ICTAU to release data on trends shaping organisational strategy, innovation Gideon Nkurunungi, Chief Executive Officer of Information Communication Technology Association of Uganda (ICTAU) KAMPALA – The Information Communication Technology Association of Uganda (ICTAU) will release the sought-after sector Trends Shaping Organizational Strategy and Innovation. Sector players will meet at the Protea […]

Pharmaceutical Society, NCHE inspect Victoria University readiness for the Pharmacy programme Experts from the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda (PSU) have joined forces with officials from the National Council for Higher Education to carry out a joint inspection and verification exercise at Victoria University. KAMPALA – Experts from the Pharmaceutical Society […]

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Prof Njuguna Ndung’u said studies by government agencies had shown that the current structure, where VAT on bread and milk is zero-rated, had failed to cushion the targeted poor households and instead benefited the middle class, who have relatively high income.

The opposition Azimio One Kenya Alliance Coalition Party on Monday named three persons, including a former attorney-general and a forensics expert, to represent it on the six-member panel.

A recent study by University of Bristol revealed that drought-induced behavioural changes, often driven by insufficient resources, could contribute to the spread of HIV.

After his meeting with Angola’ President João Lourenço, the African Union mediator in the Congolese crisis, Prsident Kagame said he is open to a sit-down with President Tshisekedi.

The World Bank, in a statement on Tuesday, said the firm together with its two principals, Philipp Schuller and Stephan Willms, demonstrated misconduct in the bidding for the $28.5 million project by allegedly misrepresenting the company’s past experience in bidding for the contract.

He suggested the saga of the East African Regional Force (EACRF) to the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which was kicked out ignominiously by a disgruntled government in Kinshasa, was a low point. He said to date, no one has even bothered to formally brief the EAC heads of state on what happened.

KQ took up the loan in 2017 to buy seven planes and an engine, with $525 million being guaranteed by the government.

“I am challenging you to a free and fair election,” shouts Bobi Wine at a rally and in a message directed at the president.