Amb-designate of Uganda to the DRC, James Mbahimba presented his credentials to President Jospeh Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Saturday September 2nd 2017 at State House, Kinshasa. Amb. Mbahimba was accompanied by his spouse Mrs. Catherinne Mbahimba and the Mission's Minister Counselor Brig. Gen. Julius Chihandae.
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Uganda has been ranked 3rd in a survey on financial and digital inclusion by a US-based public institution, helped by the wide adoption of mobile money in the local economy. Brookings Institution’s Centre for Technology Innovation, a non-profit organisation based in Washington DC, in its latest report put Uganda 3rd
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Equity Bank Uganda will be hosting a dinner forum on Friday the 15th of September 2017 at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel 45 Prescot St, London E1 8GP, UK from 6:00 pm. During the dinner, the bank's Managing Director, Samuel Kirubi will be speaking on Investment Opportunities in Uganda and other East African countries. According
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Uganda’s richest man Sudhir Ruparelia has exposed Bank of Uganda (BoU) lawyers, MMAKS Advocates and AF Mpanga in new evidence adduced before Uganda’s High Court, Commercial Division. Last Wednesday Sudhir told Court that he wanted the lawyers in question out of the case in which the Central Bank sued him
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The opposition on Monday re-ignited an unresolved controversial topic when its presidential candidate Raila Odinga claimed that the government administered tetanus vaccine secretly laced with a hormone said to cause infertility in women. The Daily Nation reports that Odinga claimed that the government deliberately sterilised thousands of women and girls
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Makerere University Rugby Grounds played host to the 5th Leg of the 2017 Guinness National Rugby Sevens series over the weekend. With the Kobs seeking to seal their title defence, it was to turn out to be a weekend for the Entebbe Mongers. [caption id="attachment_4311" align="aligncenter" width="602"] Action during Heathens
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that land tribunals will shorten the time of appeal for discontented landowners when the Land Law is amended. The President, who was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, State Minister for Lands, Persis Namuganza, Deputy Attorney General, Mwesigwa
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Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has said that if his rival, Raila Odinga, is elected president in the re-run election on 17 October, his party, which has a parliamentary majority, will remove him from office. BBC reports that Kenyatta, who was addressing a delegation of party supporters, said (in Swahili): "even
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After you hurt someone’s feelings or do something wrong, it turns out that saying sorry might not be the best solution. In fact, an apology might just add fuel to the fire, a recent study by researchers from Dartmouth College and the University of Texas has found. The Entrepreneur reports
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Government has said it is committed to eliminating fake religious institutions and individuals exploiting believers. Simon Lokodo, the State Minister for Ethics and Integrity, says Government has noted with concern the growing number of the different churches and efforts are being made to regulate them. Lokodo says that Government is
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