A meeting between the Executive and MPs to discuss the proposed constitutional amendment to Article26 that seeks to give Government powers to compulsorily acquire private land for public projects has ended prematurely. The two sides failed to agree on the reason as to why the constitution should be changed. This
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Researchers in the United States say a trial in which American teenagers used a vaginal ring to prevent HIV infection has proved successful. A further such study will now be run with teenagers in Africa, the BBC reports. The girls used a flexible plastic ring, embedded with anti-retroviral drugs, which
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Jack Ma, China’s richest man and founder of Alibaba Group recently made headlines when he visited Kenya and Rwanda with 38 fellow Chinese billionaires, all no doubt poised with expensive fountain pens, ready to ink billion dollar deals. But Ma’s story to success is an incredible one. He is a
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NASA Presidential candidate Raila Odinga on Monday endorsed opinion polls released on Sunday on the direction that the country is headed to. Ipsos Kenya released a poll on Sunday in which 61 percent of Kenyans said country is headed on wrong direction while only 21 percent believe country headed in
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Vincent Maali is a budding commercial farmer in newly created Kakumiro district. Two years ago, he abandoned his accounts profession to embark on farming on his daddy’s land that wasn’t properly utilized. He drew inspiration from stories of successful commercial farmers as well as his own research. Today, Maali has
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A KShs10 billion (about UShs346bn) Kenya Airways (KQ) aircraft was on Sunday night extensively damaged just prior to takeoff, forcing the airline to ground it and book the Johannesburg-bound passengers on other flights. The Daily Nation, quoting the national carrier, reports that one of KQ’s eight Boeing 737-800 aircraft suffered
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The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) on Friday awarded Shs80 Million to five outstanding community projects and for the first time recognised two journalists whose excellent reporting was a catalyst for change in society, at the annual Torch Awards event at the Kampala Serena Hotel. Child Health Education Empowerment and
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The storm over former surgeon-general Vejay Ramlakan's book, "Mandela's Last Years," which documents the final days of Nelson Mandela, for whom Ramlakan cared until the end, will inspire a necessary debate about the ownership of our famous statesman's legacy. Recent days have seen Mandela's widow, Graça Machel, threatening to sue
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Uganda Cranes coach Milutin 'Micho' has asked the Football Federation to pay up his debts (over Shs200m) or he quits the job. Speaking to local news agency, URN on Sunday, the Serbian made it clear that he cannot continue to suffer like this when his employers are failing to honour
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General Mugisha Muntu, the President of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party has accused President, Yoweri Museveni of lying on the proposal to lift the presidential age limit from the constitution. During an interview recently, Museveni dismissed the ongoing debate on the proposed constitutional amendment to lift the presidential
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