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Define Your Potential Before You Take A Decision: Sudhir Tips On How To Create Sustainable Business Venture In Uganda

Ugandan businessman and billionaire Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia shares an inspirational and motivational quote to youth and entrepreneurs on doing business the right...

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Uganda pays sh248bn in war reparations to DR Congo

The payment comes against the improved relations between Uganda and DRC, with the two countries jointly implementing aggressive infrastructure projects in eastern...

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EXCLUSIVE: How Tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia exposed rot in Bank Of Uganda and changed the Ugandan Banking Narrative

Bank of Uganda (BoU) had a torrid 2017 as the Crane Bank saga weighed on the country’s central bank. What began as...

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MUST READ: How the new Computer Misuse Bill will affect you

The mover, MP Nsereko, said the proposals are to strike a balance between enjoyment of rights and protection of individual privacy by...

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Parliament Passes Nsereko’s Computer Misuse Bill

However, the clause seeking to restrict leaders or public officers who commit any offence under the Computer Misuse Act from holding any...

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Speaker Among says she received assassination threats from unknown persons

"My car is still followed up to now, and whoever feels is going to assassinate Anita, I was put in this chair...

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Uganda’s Economy Would Be Far If Gov’t Permitted Sudhir To Go Ahead With Cannabis Business, Experts say

Uganda’s richest man, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia once wrote to President Yoweri Museveni over delayed approval of marijuana growing for medical purposes by...

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Mixed Reactions as Parliament Bans Infamous ‘Nyege Nyege’ Festival

The 2022 edition of the Nyege Nyege Festival was to be held on the banks of the Nile river, at Itanda Falls,...

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Sigh of Relief as Fuel prices slightly drop

For example, Total Energies on Station Road opposite the Railway Fuel Station was trading at Shs6,590 a litre while diesel was Shs6,270...

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Cannabis Makes Capsules, Car Parts, Pain Killers plastics – New Study

In Uganda, Sudhir through Premier Hemp wants to spearhead this business and help the country make money from the trade of marijuana.

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BIG STORY: IG probes MD Arinaitwe over gross rot at Posta Uganda

When contacted to substantiate the allegations, Mr. Arinaitwe told this website that he was aware of the IGG’s investigation. “We shall give...

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How ‘fake eyewitnesses’ hoodwinked police in UCU student murder probe to get govt allowances

The duo presented IDs showing that they were undercover detectives attached to the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, which made the investigators from...

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Bamuturaki issued fresh summons after COSASE snub, probe into Airlines mess deepens

This came after Bamuturaki and her team today failed appear before the committee to answer the uncoordinated dots raised in the Auditor...

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BILLIONAIRE TIPS: How to invest in Uganda’s lucrative real estate industry like Mogul Sudhir Ruparelia

30 years ago, as an ordinary entrepreneur, Dr Sudhir Ruparelia used his meagre savings from taxi driving to start his first business...

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MPs Grill DOTT Services over stalled works At Nyagak III dam

Members of Parliament on the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on Thursday roasted officials from DOTT Services LTD, the company that...

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Be Innovative & Spend Less, Wealth Will Look For You, Billionaire Sudhir Advises Youths

Sudhir Ruparelia a billionaire comfortable in his own skin. Many who have made it to the big time attempt to air-brush and...

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COSASE MPs face death threats over probe into Uganda airlines mess

Preliminary findings of the committee have pinned down Bamuturaki, and other senior officers for lack of integrity and prerequisite qualifications to steer...

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Uganda Airlines CEO Bamuturaki has no academic transcript, lost UCE result slip

Bamuturaki shocked the committee when she said that ever since she graduated in 1994 from Makerere with a degree in SWASA; she...

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FULL LIST: Gen Museveni transfers UPDF commanders in latest army reshuffles

The development was Thursday afternoon confirmed in a tweet by Defence Spokesperson Gen. Felix Kulayigye where a total of 35 officers in...

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BIG PROFILES: Here is the list of KAA Lawyers who tactfully dislodged Central Bank in the BoU-Crane Bank Saga

Emerging triumphant in any court case is a formidable task, and it depends on the quality of the legal team one employs....

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Airlines Bosses squeezed over exorbitant salaries amid losses at national carrier

According to the Auditor General’s report, the CEO earns Shs87 million, Chief Financial Officer Shs73 million, Manager Finance shs58 million and the...

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PROFILE: Meet Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, Uganda’s richest and big-hearted billionaire

ESTIMATED WEALTH: USD1.2 billionAGE: 65 yearsSOURCE OF WEALTH: Financial services, real estate, education services, hospitality, agriculture, and media/broadcastingMARITAL STATUS: Married, with 3...