Business Focus showed a few days ago that for conflict of interest by sidelining his supervisors to confuse the Health Service Commission on his suitability for the job of Director General- Medical Services at the Ministry of Health, Prof Anthony Mbonye had been fired on orders of the Inspector General
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President Yoweri Museveni has told defence students from the Zambian staff college, who are currently on a one-week visit to Uganda that patriotism is a vital principle in development. “Uganda has succeeded in many aspects because NRM has practiced and maintained the principle of patriotism that has enabled Uganda to
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The authorities at both Ministry of Justice and Uganda judiciary are investigating how what is considered to be a forged court order came to be served unto the Attorney General (William Byaruhanga) chambers claiming to be a genuine court document whereas not. Very reliable ministry of justice sources have showed
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Uganda's Leader of Opposition in Parliament spent the better part of Friday involved in actions to youths arrested during the anti-age limit campaign. They had been detained at Kabalagala Police station in the capital, Kampala. Below is her statement she posted on Facebook I have just rescued some of our
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The Uganda shilling held firm on account of improved end month inflows despite protests against age limit removal motion that dominated the week. Trading was in the range of 3595/3600 during the week ending 29th September 2017. In the inter-bank shilling market, overnight funds traded at 8% while the 1 week
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Data from ride-hailing app Uber says that South Africa and Kenya are its most lucrative markets in Africa, Kenya's Business Daily reports. South Africa ranks first with 969,000 active riders, while Kenya in second place, has 363,000 active users. Both countries have experienced violent protests against Uber, mostly by taxi drivers,
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Army MP General Elly Tumwine has defended the forceful eviction of Members of Parliament who had been suspended by the Speaker on Wednesday. Tumwine says the MPs had abused their immunity by engaging in violence and criminality. His statements came after the suspension of 25 MPs accused of disrupting parliament
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Uganda's Inspector General of Police Kale Kayihura has said he planned and coordinated the raid on Parliament on Wednesday in which security forces arrested 24 legislators. General Kayihura while speaking in Entebbe today that the operation was carried out with help from "sister security agencies". Kayihura's revelation comes hours after
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Uganda’s Annual Headline Inflation for the year ending September 2017 has been recorded at 5.3 percent compared to the 5.2 percent reported during the year ended August 2017.This represents a 0.1 percentage point increase from the previous month. This is slightly above Bank of Uganda’s target of 5%. Releasing the
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Kenya’s inflation dropped to 7.06 per cent in September, down from 8.04 per cent in August on account of easing food and electricity prices. The rate has slid back to within government’s preferred band of 2.5 to 7.5 per cent. “Between August and September, food and non-alcoholic drinks’ index decreased
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