Non-governmental organisations in Tanzania have been warned against campaigning for school girl mothers to be allowed back to school, the country's Citizen newspaper reports. Home Affairs Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has threatened the NGOs with deregistration, the newspaper adds. This comes after President John Magufuli told a rally that, in accordance
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has spoken out on media reports claiming that over 30 employees at the Fund have been sent packing. In a press statement dated June23, 2017, Richard Byarugaba, the Managing Director at NSSF, says that the Fund conducted an end of employment contract review process
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Effective June15, 2017, MTN Uganda revised its Mobile Money sending and withdrawal fees. A critical analysis of the new rates shows a general increment. For example, the revised tariffs available on MTN Uganda website indicates that sending between Shs250, 001 to Shs500, 000 to MTN registered users will increase to
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Uganda's Former Tourism Minister, Maria Mutagmba is dead. Mutagamba passed away at Case Clinic in the country's capital Kampala on Saturday. Reports indicate she had been admitted at the medical facility a week before she breathed and her last and was being treated for gallstones. Gallstones (commonly misspelled gall stones
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Lwengo district chairmain, George Mutaabazi has spoken out for the first time about his arrest aboard a RwandAir flight from Kigali to Entebbe International airport, denying reports he was taken off for beein drunk. Social media platforms have been awash with a video showing Rwanda Police officers handcuffing the no
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) council has been cautioned to desist from any attempt of implementing the Rent Restriction Act, a 1949 legislation that would result into setting rent ceilings for city landlords. The authority has been thinking about how the colonial era piece of legislation can be implemented following
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One of the beneficiaries of the controversial Presidential handshake oil cash bonanza has threatened to petition to court seeking to stop government from implementing Parliament's findings and recommendations. Parliament's Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) this week tabled an over-90 page report from investigations into the 6
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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school. An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women's organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments. Mr Magufuli warned schoolgirls
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The Uganda Refugee summit fell short of its US$2billion collection target, with only US$352.6m (Shs1.26 trillion) on Friday. The two-day summit started on Thursday and Uganda had hoped to collect US$2bn (approximately Shs7trillio) to cater for the increasing refugees for the coming four years. But the Uganda Government says it
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Telecommunications giant, MTN Uganda on Friday pledged Shs1bn towards the well-being refugees in Uganda. Speaking at the Solidarity Summit on Refugees hosted by Uganda at Munyonyo Resort Hotel, the company CEO Wim Vanhelleputte said the Shs1bn will go towards the immunization of children in Uganda's refugee camps. [caption id="attachment_2066" align="alignnone"
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