Retirement Benefits a Secret Weapon for Employee Retention
Retirement Benefits a Secret Weapon for Employee Retention With the high rate of unemployment in Uganda, many institutions are struggling to retain talented employees. Loyal employees are essential for long-term business success and stability. On this premise, when you find good, talented employees, you want to do everything in your power to keep them. […]
Preparing for and enjoying retirement- Book Review
Preparing for and enjoying retirement- Book Review Preparing for and enjoying retirement, collects the abundant, knowledgeable observations and practices of retirees who embraced, planned and created a conducive environment for their retirement over the course of their conscious lives, these continue to thrive even though in retirement. In his book Preparing for and Enjoying retirement, […]
PRESS RELEASE SAVERS CAN NOW USE RETIREMENT SAVINGS AS COLLATERAL FOR MORTGAGES AND HOUSING LOANS
PRESS RELEASE: SAVERS CAN NOW USE RETIREMENT SAVINGS AS COLLATERAL FOR MORTGAGES AND HOUSING LOANS KAMPALA 10TH MAY 2022 – The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Honourable Matia Kasaija has acknowledged the importance of decent housing and accommodation, in the socio-economic transformation of the country. The Minister was launching the Uganda Retirement Benefits […]
Tales of Retirement from national sports legends
Tales of Retirement from national sports legends. From rags to riches and back to rags again. The theatre of Ugandan sport abounds with tragic tales of icons who rose from obscurity to staggering success, before losing it all and plunging back into hardship. Enter COVID-19 and the screeching halt to the local sports industry. In […]
Retired parish chief Secures Retirement Benefits after 17 years
Retired parish chief Secures Retirement Benefits after 17 years I had almost given up when the LCV councillor of my area connected me to the URBRA for redress. I immediately lodged a complaint to the URBRA offices in Kampala complaining about my delayed retirement benefits Mr Charles Buregyeya, 70, is a retired parish chief. He […]
Jackson Mayanja ; a soccer icon’s advice on how to enjoy a poverty-free retirement
Jackson Mayanja; a soccer icon’s advice on how to enjoy a poverty-free retirement It’s hard to put Jackson Mayanja’s astonishing football career into context. Like Diego Maradona breaking the World Cup, the Ugandan achieved something that many people believed physically inconceivable. Renowned for his ability to control the ball and create scoring opportunities for himself […]
THE PARISH DEVELOPMENT MODEL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AND SAVE FOR RETIREMENT
THE PARISH DEVELOPMENT MODEL IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAN AND SAVE FOR RETIREMENT Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves, says the old adage. This saying came to mind recently when H.E President Museveni stated that four in ten Ugandans live hand to mouth. At the same time, President […]
Aspiring for financial freedom? Here are some tips
Aspiring for financial freedom? Here are some tips ‘…Unoka, for that was his father’s name, had died ten years ago. In his day he was lazy and improvident and was quite incapable of thinking about tomorrow. If any money came his way, and it seldom did, he immediately bought gourds of palm wine, called round […]
Achieving Satisfaction in Retirement
Achieving Satisfaction in Retirement In September 2021, social media was taken by storm when Professor Oweyegha-Afunaduula unleashed a rant on Facebook, complaining that he had not received his full benefits 12 years since he retired. The rant went viral, arousing an outpouring of public sympathy. The Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) picked interest in […]
Managing Personal Finance
Managing Personal Finance While the most obvious effects of Covid-19 have been the number of infections and number of deaths, its economic consequences cannot be understated. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted economies around the world and Uganda’s has not been spared. While the most noticeable effects of the disease have been the number of infections […]