Tumusiime Mutebile, the central bank governor, has urged the public to use the credit reference bureau services to boost financial lending services in the economy.
THE Central Archdiocesan Caritas Women's Association, an umbrella organisation to promote the socio-economic empowerment of Christian women, has been launched in Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine.
THE parliamentary committee on tourism, trade and industry on Thursday grilled the managers of Uganda Spinning Mill Lira, over the removal of its machineries, laying off workers and failure to resume work.
PROFESSOR Tarsis Kabwegyere, the disaster preparedness minister, has warned investors against polluting water bodies. The minister complained that pollution was the major factor undermining the fish sector, one of the top foreign exchange earners.
East Africa's leading sea ports have been fighting congestion, but the Port of Dar- es- Salaam seems to have come out worse off after Mombasa was able to get a way forward.
There was drama at a roadblock near Glendale in Mashonaland central on Tuesday when police nearly caused a major diplomatic incident by holding various foreign ambassadors at a roadblock, delaying their convoy by over an hour.
A Catholic bishop has called for the speeding up of efforts to solve the political crisis in Zanzibar to reduce the pressure for secession by some elders in neighbouring Pemba Island.
President Mwai Kibaki on Monday launched a multimillion-dollar fund for resettlement of displaced persons, to be chaired by the retired Catholic Archbishop of Nairobi, Raphael Ndingi Mwana a' Nzeki.
Bishop Philip Anyolo of Homa Bay Diocese has been named the new apostolic administrator for Nakuru Diocese, following the elevation and transfer of Archbishop Peter Kairo to Nyeri.
Maersk Line emerged winner of the Best Shipping Line (Asia-Europe) Award for the 21st consecutive year at the Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA).
A battery manufacturing factory in Nairobi's industrial area, Associated Battery Manufacturers, regularly sends blood samples of its workers to Britain for analysis, just in case they have lead poisoning in their blood.
Kenya and other black tea exporting nations are now caught in a race against time to boost their domestic consumption as a new international survey showed saturation in key target markets.
Innovation has become the economic religion of the 21st century. With today's markets changing at warp-speed, no existing business believes it has a future without a strong focus on innovation.
Anxiety is building in the capital markets following reluctance by the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) board to renew chief executive Chris Mwebesa's contract, at a time when speculation is rife about the unexplained delay in the appointment of the Capital
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