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Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas met in the West Bank on Sunday. These were the first official Israeli-Palestinian talks since Prime Minister Naftali Bennett took office in June. Gantz travelled to the West Bank city of Ramallah for security and economic discussions with the 85-year-old Palestinian leader, officials said on Monday. They came hours after ...

Members of Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), have threatened to strike starting September 1st 2021. They say they will remain at home as a peaceful demonstration in protest to what they termed as government’s deliberate increment of taxes on textiles and garments. Uganda Revenue Authority(URA) says textiles and garments which are not manufactured in Uganda have been maintained at an ...

Hon. Joel Senyonyi has said government is less concerned about Masaka because it’s not a threat to them. According to him, government is more concerned about matters that threaten it’s stay in power. He says the laxity of government in dealing with this issues speaks volumes. He said security would be tight if it were Bobi Wine in Masaka even ...

Contrary to what has always been said that former Kyadondo East Mp Hon Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine is the reason why the government has of recent introduced tough measures on to the music industry, the singer thinks otherwise. While appearing in an interview with NBS TV KURT presenter Tuff B, the singer said he’s not the problem but ...

Experts have called on government to enact laws to reduce on profit repatriation by multinationals. The development follows the announcement of the retail store Shoprite exiting Uganda after 21 years of service. Some experts even said firms like Shoprite have no legacy or tangible investments to talk about. Francis Muhiire, an economist at Makerere University Business School (MUBS). He said ...