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Uganda:
Traders Call Off Strike
Monitor, 15 January 2012
After four days of pushing and shoving with the government and bankers, traders yesterday ended their strike empty handed after a three-hour meeting with President Museveni. Read more »
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Uganda:
Traders Advised to Dialogue Instead of Strikes
Monitor, 13 January 2012
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda and the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industries have advised traders to use dialogue to settle differences instead of resorting to… Read more »
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Uganda:
Museveni Urges Traders to Open Shops
New Vision, 13 January 2012
President Yoweri Museveni will meet Kampala city traders on Saturday this week over their strike that was sparked off by high bank interest rates. Read more »
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Uganda:
Traders, Museveni Fail to Agree On Loans
Monitor, 13 January 2012
President Museveni yesterday tried unsuccessfully for a second time to dissuade traders from carrying on with their strike after Kampala City Traders Association (Kacita) leaders… Read more »
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Uganda:
Museveni to Meet All Kampala Traders After Fruitless Talks With Kacita Leaders
Monitor, 12 January 2012
The planned Saturday meeting at Serena Hotel follows failure by the traders' leaders to wring concession from government and banks to lower interest rates on particularly old… Read more »
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Uganda:
Analysts Blame Strike On Poor Fiscal Policy
Monitor, 12 January 2012
The traders' strike which got underway yesterday in Kampala, Mityana and Masaka is a consequence of government's poor handling of the country's finances, economic analysts have… Read more »
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Uganda:
Kampala Traders Proceed With Strike As Upcountry Colleagues Snub Call
Monitor, 12 January 2012
Traders in downtown Kampala, Mityana and Masaka towns kept their shops closed yesterday as the three-day strike called to protest high commercial bank interest charges on old loans… Read more »
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Uganda:
Museveni Meets Kacita, Warns Against Strikes
New Vision, 12 January 2012
President Yoweri Museveni has warned Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) leaders against using strikes and violence, saying that he will not succumb to such pressure. Read more »
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Uganda:
Traders Give Police Chief Week to Free Riot Suspects
Monitor, 12 January 2012
Police and traders in Kisekka Market yesterday nearly clashed when Police tried to pull down a banner instructing the Police Chief, Lt.Gen. Kale Kayihura, to release suspects… Read more »
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Uganda:
Kampala Shops Closed Over Interest Rates
New Vision, 11 January 2012
Some shops in Kampala central business district have been closed as traders start a three-day sit down strike protesting commercial banks' refusal to lower interest rates. Read more »
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Uganda:
Makerere Dons Join Traders Strike
Monitor, 11 January 2012
Makerere University lecturers yesterday confirmed they will today join Kampala City Traders Association in their strike over high interest bank charges. Read more »
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Uganda:
The Traders Can't Defeat the Bankers So Let Them Join Them
Monitor, 12 January 2012
A cross-section of traders yesterday shut their shops to protest against the high cost of loans. Interest rates have gone up from about 21 per cent a year ago to an average of 30… Read more »