Business

Kampala City Traders Association together with police and KCCA have embarked on a campaign aimed at breaking notorious criminal gangs in the Kampala. The traders’ spokesperson Isa Ssekito says the campaign dubbed “Safer City” will kick of fon November 19th with visits to slummy areas of Kisenyi, Bwaise,Wandegeya and Katanga […]

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC)has approved acquisition of Orange telecom by Africell telecom. Africell, a Pan-African telecom group had earlier expressed interest in buying off Orange telecom, but the deal did not materialize and was forced to only buy a small percentage of shareholding. The UCC boss Godfrey Mutabazi says […]

Chinese company CICO, which was suspended from the botched Mukono-Kyetume –Katosi road over contract illegalities has run to the Inspector General of Government Irene Mulyagonja pleading for clemency. In a letter dated November 10 to the IGG, the company said was willing to cooperate. The development comes less than a […]

Bank of Uganda and Total Uganda have offered to start funding activities of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences starting next year after the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation pulls out. Speaking at a dinner he hosted for the academicians at the Lake Victoria Serena hotel, the Governor bank of […]