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Singapore to introduce driverless buses from 2022

Singapore to introduce driverless buses from 2022

Driverless buses will appear on some roads in Singapore from 2022 as part of plans to improve mobility in the land-scarce city-state, its transport Minister said on Wednesday. The buses will be piloted and deployed during off-peak traffic hours in three new suburban towns designed to accommodate the vehicles in a pilot project in three […]

Uber Uganda announces a new ‘paid wait time’ feature to make trips more productive for driver-partners

Uber Uganda announces a new ‘paid wait time’ feature to make trips more productive for driver-partners

Uber, a transportation technology company operating in Uganda has   introduced  Paid Wait Time, another impactful feature to make the Uber experience more productive (and less stressful!) for driver-partners and their passengers. Uber is a technology platform where smartphone apps connect driver-partners and riders for transport from one location to another. Long wait times can be stressful for driver-partners. […]

Trade Ministry signs new MOU

Trade Ministry signs new MOU

The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives and Financial Sector Deepening Uganda have signed a Memorandum of understanding to facilitate the growth of the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME).  This Memorandum of Understanding aims to strengthen the Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector in Uganda by collaborating with the Ministry to increase capacity […]

Ugandans living in diaspora to attain dual citizenship

Ugandans living in diaspora to attain dual citizenship

The government through the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs will roll out the registration of Ugandans living in the diaspora for dual citizenship. This was revealed by the Rt. Hon Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following complaints by Ugandans living in the United Kingdom that they are facing challenges in getting registered for dual citizenship. […]

Rebecca Kadaga urges Europeans to push for Democratic reforms in Africa

Rebecca Kadaga urges Europeans to push for Democratic reforms in Africa

Kadaga said that good political environments translate into development leading to economic opportunities for the citizens of the African countries leading to better standards of living and no need to seek better lives elsewhere. Speaking at the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy in London, United Kingdom, Kadaga said that Africans are […]

Government begins work on collapsed Cheptui bridge

Government begins work on collapsed Cheptui bridge

Government starts temporary repair of the collapsed Cheptui Bridge on Muyembe –Napiripirit Road and to be completed in the next four weeks .This has been disclosed by the minister of state for works General Edward Katumba Wamala while responding to the concern regarding this bridge raised by Bulambuli county MP Alex Burundo in parliament . […]

President Museveni addresses the proposed amendment of the land law

President Museveni addresses the proposed amendment of the land law

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said that there are two groups of people against the proposed amendment to the land law. President Museveni who was accompanied by the Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana and the Minister for Housing Chris Baryomunsi made the remarks last evening at Spice FM radio station in Hoima municipality where he […]

Kenya’s electoral ICT boss Chris Msando found dead days after he went missing

Kenya’s electoral ICT boss Chris Msando found dead days after he went missing

Missing IEBC ICT manager Chris Musando has been found dead with one of his arms cut off. Police said the deputy director’s body was found in Kikuyu and taken to City Mortuary in Nairobi on Sunday. His family members have identified it and are at the facility. After announcing Musando’s disappearance, the commission’s chairman Wafula […]

Museveni tells farmers in Kabale to irrigate year round to beat drought

Museveni tells farmers in Kabale to irrigate year round to beat drought

President Yoweri Museveni has encouraged farmers in the country, who are engaged in crop production, to instill in their minds the culture and practice of growing crops all year around using any improvised means of irrigation scheme to combat drought spells. “The science of pumping water from a water source to a reservoir at a […]

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