By Lucy Kiconco on May 25, 2016
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The Buganda Kingdom commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historical assault on the palace, on the orders of the then of Uganda, Milton Obote, triggering the 1966 crisis. Kabaka Edward Muteesa II, the president of the post Colonial Uganda escaped narrowly and fled into exile, after three years of what Obote openly called a puppet government. The attack sparked […]
By Gerald Businge on July 16, 2014
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Download file of full ruling here THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA IN THE MATTER OF THE TAX APPEALS TRIBUNAL TAT APPLICATION NO. 4 OF 2011 TULLOW UGANDA LIMITED TULOW OPERATIONAL PTY LTD ………………………………… APPLICANTS VERSUS UGANDA REVENUE AUTHORITY ………………………….……..…… RESPONDENT RULING This ruling is in respect of an application brought by the applicants […]
By Gerald Businge on June 30, 2014
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has type-approved Free-to-Air Set Top Boxes (STBs) or Decoders for Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting in Uganda. Details of vendors dealing in Type Approved STBs can be found on the UCC website: www.ucc.co.ug an abstract is provided below: BRAND MODEL COMPANY ADDRESS CONTACT PERSON CONTACT ADDRESS FINLUX FX500HD Syscorp International […]
By Gerald Businge on March 30, 2014
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WARNING AGAINST MISUSE OF AIRWAVES THROUGH WITHCRAFT PROMOTION The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is the regulator of the communications sector in Uganda. The sector includes broadcasting, telecommunications, film and postal/courier services. The Commission has noted with concern that various media houses usually host witch doctors/traditional doctors who engage in discussions that promote witchcraft […]
By Gerald Businge on October 31, 2013
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To Uganda, to family and to friends all over the world. I wanted to say on a serious note when things get tough you got to pray. Maybe if I was in Church like my pastor told me to be when he called each week this sadness, anger, bitterness would not have came out the […]
By Gerald Businge on October 6, 2013
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Press Release BOSTON, MA – September 23, 2013 – Palladium Group, Inc., the global leader in strategy execution consulting, and the creators of the balanced scorecard is pleased to announce that The Balanced Scorecard Institute of Africa, a division within Strategic Leadership Centre International, has joined Palladium Group’s Affiliate Program – which brings the benefits of Palladium’s strategy execution frameworks […]
By Gerald Businge on October 6, 2013
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Press Release London, 4 October 2013 – Commonwealth finance ministers will meet in Washington DC on 9 October in the margins of the 2013 International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings. The ministers will represent Commonwealth countries from Africa, Asia, Caribbean and Americas, Europe and Pacific. They will discuss economic and policy issues focusing on […]
By Gerald Businge on September 2, 2013
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Dr.Andrew Lutaakome Kayiira [January 30, 1945 – March 9, 1987 ] Kayiira was born in Nkokonjeru of the Province of the Kingdom of Buganda in Uganda Protectorate, on January 30, 1945. He did his pre-High School schooling at Nsambya, a suburb of Kampala. At the age of fifteen years he was admitted to Namilyango Secondary […]
By Gerald Businge on August 3, 2013
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GENEVA, 2 August 2013—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has appointed Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe of Uganda as his Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Ms Wandira-Kazibwe is a Senior Adviser to the President of Uganda on issues of population and health and chairs the board of directors of Microfinance Support Center Ltd. From 1993 to 2004, she […]
By Gerald Businge on June 14, 2013
Capital Gains Tax, Heritage Oil, Tullow oil, Uganda oil, Uganda oil case, Uganda revenue authority
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News Release Tullow Oil Wins case against Heritage 14 June 2013 – Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) is pleased to announce that Tullow Uganda Limited, its Ugandan subsidiary, has received judgment in its favour in the proceedings against Heritage Oil and Gas Ltd and Heritage Oil Plc (together ‘Heritage’) in the High Court in London […]