Activists are outraged over the Ugandan government’s decision to cancel a week of gay pride celebrations in the country for a second consecutive year, describing the move as a violation of fundamental human rights of minority groups. On 16 August, the state minister of ethics and integrity, Simon Lokodo, issued
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Equity Bank has sent home 200 of its 300 workers in South Sudan following closure of more than half of its branches in the troubled country. The Kenya-based bank has also frozen lending in the country due to political uncertainty as a protracted civil war brought many businesses in South
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Women and girls as young as 12 from Kenya's countryside are being forced into sex work to support families affected by prolonged drought. They have little or no education and travel at least 50 kilometers (30 miles) to reach urban areas, working in unsafe conditions far from their homes. “Since
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Police are holding a suspect linked to the murder of a 26-year-old woman he met on Facebook. The suspect, Richard Nyakina, was arrested in Kisii by police officers from the Special Crime Prevention Unit on Friday, Kenya’s Daily Nation reports. MOBILE Police claim Nyakina revealed the scene where he allegedly
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A report by the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) indicates that power utility, UMEME, failed to meet customer service standards set by the regulator in the last three quarters of 2016. ERA is mandated by the 1999 Electricity Act to develop and enforce performance standards for the generation, transmission and distribution
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Top companies benefiting from 182-acre Jinja Industrial Park have been revealed for the first time. The Park is located in Kagogwa village,11KM from Jinja town along Jinja-Kamuli highway. The key investors in this Park include Kiira Motors Corporation sitting on 100 acres of land, Pearl Health Sciences Limited on 10
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Police have finally arrested Bright Muyingo, the Pastor of God's Healing Power Church in Wakiso district for allegedly masterminding the robbery of Shillings 20 million from a member of his flock. Muyingo was picked up on Saturday together with two other suspects believed to have been his accomplices in the
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The Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, Stanley Ntagali has cautioned members of parliament to slow down on the constitutional amendment bill 2017. The bill seeks to amend article 26 of the constitution to provide for the compulsory acquisition of land for government projects. Article 26 of the Constitution provides
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French oil company Total agreed Monday to buy Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk’s oil business for $7.45 billion, in a deal that will strengthen its position in the North Sea. Total said the deal will position it as the No. 2 operator in the North Sea, which is the seventh-largest oil-and-gas
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The Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (LGRB) came into existence in 2016 following the enactment of the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016. In an interview with Business Focus (BF) on August 15, at their head offices at Communications House in Kampala, Edgar Agaba (EA), the Chief Executive Officer at LGRB
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