The outlawed Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has stepped up attacks in Democratic Republic of Congo close to the South Sudanese border as a U.S.-supported regional task force pulls out, the U.N. humanitarian office said in a report on Friday. Forty rebels from the group, which is led by Joseph Kony,
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Ugandan Women legislators under their umbrella group - the Uganda Women Parliamentary Association (UWOPA) want government to investigate several high profile cases of sexual offences immediately. This comes a few weeks after reports emerged implicating the late Prof. Lawrence Mukiibi, the former Director of St. Lawrence Schools and Colleges for
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Queen Elizabeth II was the monarch of Uganda for five years before the East African country gained independence from the British Empire in 1962. But that has not prevented a warm relationship between the 91-year-old monarch and Uganda, according to the country’s leader, President Yoweri Museveni. But perhaps that relationship isn’t quite
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has ordered the arrest of all those implicated in fanning the land conflict involving the Acholi and Madi in Amuru and Adjumani districts. State minister for lands, Persis Namuganza, who announced the directive says the order will not spare ministers, members of parliament and senior army
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Detectives have smoked out a Ugandan Form One dropout who used forged academic certificates to get top jobs in government and reputable private companies in Kenya. Until he was arrested last week, he was the Deputy Director of Information and Communications Technology at the Public Service Commission. According to the
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Ugandan children have asked the government to halt its planned programme of distributing contraceptives to teenagers, saying that it’s against their rights. The children revealed this when they petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga on Friday. “We know who we are. We respect and value our bodies. We honour
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The Uganda shilling held firm against the US dollar on the back of subdued market activity as most players stayed out of market due to mid month tax payments. Trading was in the range of 3580/3590 during the week ending 16th June 2017 In the fixed income market there was
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A row has erupted between Buganda Kingdom’s affiliate Buganda Land Board Ltd (BLB) and the family of late Sir Daudi Chwa II over compensation money for Kampala-Jinja Expressway. In a statement dated June15, the Chwa family claims that whereas they are the rightful owners of the land in question (Block
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Commercial banks play a big role in the economic development of a country-for they offer the much needed credit to not only the private sector, but also government. In this article, Business Focus brings Uganda’s leading banks in as far as lending is concerned. These figures are derived from financial
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Depositors will soon start enjoying increased cover on their money should lending institutions collapse. According to Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC) Acting Chief Executive Mohamud Ahmed, the agency is about to get approval to raise the deposit insurance cover from the current figure of KShs100,000. “The review is set to
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