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The nation is because we are. That is the slogan of UNATU. The teachers' strike has been a regional issue.

UGANDA'S coffee exports are projected to rise by 47% to 250,000 60-kilogramme bags this month compared with 169,728 bags a year ago, a source at the Uganda Coffee Development Authority said yesterday.

THE inter-bank lending rates for money borrowed between commercial banks have dropped by an average of three percentage points this month, the Central Bank information indicates.

SMALL-and-medium firms (SMEs) have always cried foul whenever they fail to win tenders. The claim is that they are sidelined in favour of the big companies.

IN African marketing, as in African life, there is an obvious divide. There are brands for the well-off to super rich.

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France were the first world leaders to travel to the Libyan capital in the post-Qaddafi era.

In the early 1990s, Somalia was ravaged by famine. It is happening again, but the world isn’t as eager to step in.

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France were the first world leaders to travel to the Libyan capital in the post-Qaddafi era.

In the early 1990s, Somalia was ravaged by famine. It is happening again, but the world isn’t as eager to step in.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says an Ethiopian reporter has fled after being named in a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says an Ethiopian reporter has fled after being named in a diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks.

FELIX Osike and Chris Kiwawulo interviewed Luka Buljan, the consultant for Actis Capital, a subsidiary of UK's Commonwealth Development Corporation which owns Umeme, about their operations and the 20-year contract with the Government. Below are the excerpts:

The River Nile is a big tourism resource in Egypt. Uganda earned about $650m (about 1.8b) from tourism last year, a drop in the ocean when compared to the $12b (about 33 trillion) Egypt made from the invisible trade.

Following the end of the insurgency in northern Uganda, tourism activities are to be revived. "The potential of tourism in this region is enormous," says Edwin Muzahura, the spokesperson of the Uganda Tourism Board (UTB).

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Tens of thousands of counterfeit phones could flood the Ugandan market in coming months putting retailers out of business and causing customer dissatisfaction, if moves by Kenyan communications authorities take off.

Commercial banks are predicting that fewer Ugandans are likely to borrow from them after they raised their lending rates.

KENYA is on target to meet the deadline on digital broadcasting, Information and Communication Minister Samuel Poghisio said on Tuesday night. He said the country will switch over from analogue to digital broadcasting by next year, three years ahead of schedule.

THE price super petrol will go up yet again across the country but consumers will now pay less for kerosine and diesel, latest review by the Energy Regulatory Commission shows.

UCHUMI Supermarkets has embarked on a growth strategy which the Managing Director Jonathan Ciano says will boost earnings and attract investor interest.