Browsing by Author "Vision reporters"

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    Minister's son named in mineral scam
    (New Vision, 2017-06-28) Vision reporters
    Controversy surrounds circumstances under which the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) paid sh20.6b to a local company for a contentious rock, which was excavated to construct the Moroto-Nakapiripirit road, despite a court Injunction. Welt Machinen Engineering Limited, a mineral company linked to minerals state minister, Peter Lokeris, was paid the money In disregard of a court order stopping the payment.
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    Striking doctors to get Novembers salaries
    (New Vision, 2017-11-19) Vision reporters
    he executive director of Mulago National Referral Hospital, Dr Baterana Byarugaba, has said all doctors and intern medical students will be paid their November salaries despite the ongoing strike. In an interview with Sunday Vision, Byarugaba said: "All the health workers, including those who are striking, will be paid not later than Wednesday next week."
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    Sudhir agrees to hand over Munyonyo resort
    (New Vision, 2017-07-13) Vision reporters
    Embattled property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia has agreed to surrender some of his prime properties to the Bank of Uganda in order to settle the sh400b bank fraud case out of court. Bank of Uganda, through Crane Bank, has sued Sudhir and his Meera Investments on behalf of Crane Bank, which is under receivership of the regulator, to compel the property mogul to pay back over sh400b he allegedly "extracted" from Crane Bank before it was taken over.
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    Uganda feeling the hunger pangs
    (New Vision, 2017-01-02) Vision reporters
    Despite the short-lived rain seasons, Rose Arot, a resident of Magoro in Katakwi district, has not given up on farming. Arot and several people in her village have decided to farm in the wetlands as a way of circumventing the problem of water scarcity.