U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a stern warning Wednesday to South Sudan's president, telling him "the hate and the violence that we are seeing has to stop" or the U.S. will reconsider its financial support for the country. "It was a very honest conversation. I basically
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All government accounting officers must ensure they pay wages, salaries, pension and gratuity by the 28th day of the month. This is the order of the finance ministry Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Keith Muhakanizi, because the government is delivering on its role of timely release of
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Uganda's military and police have spoken out on rumors that the home of the country's Inspector General of Police (IGP) General Kale Kayihura has been besieged by military police. Army spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire and his police counterpart, Asan Kasingye have dismissed the reports urging the public to ignore them.
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Kenya's Chief Justice David Maraga made history when, along with three of his colleagues, he annulled the August presidential election. He later said he was "prepared to pay the ultimate price" to protect the rule of law, criticising attempts to "intimidate the judiciary" from protesters who were unhappy with the Supreme Court
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The Chieftaincy of Military intelligence-CMI is holding five police officers. They are Nickson Agasirwe, the former head of the Police Special Operations Unit at Nalufenya in Jinja District, Joel Aguma, the Commandant Professional Standards Unit (PSU), Alex Tumukunde and Faisal Katende, both operatives from the Flying Squad Unit and an
Read MoreIran's leading automobile manufacturer Saipa Group is eyeing the Ugandan market as an entry point into a much bigger eastern, central and southern African market. Speaking at the Uganda-Iran Economic Forum in Kampala, Saipa's Vice President for International Affairs and Export, Mohsen Dastkhosh Javan, said they are keen on entering
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Government spends over $3m on foreign software developers annually in its effort to execute its duties, the National Information Technology Authority of Uganda (NITA-U) Executive Director James Saka has said. In an exclusive interview with Business Focus at the sidelines of ICT-Uganda Association first meeting with NITA- Uganda on Wednesday
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Ecobank Uganda have announced that they collected only Shs27m from their countrywide campaign that was meant to bring Shs.6bn when they participated at the 2017 Total Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon. The campaign dubbed 'Afcon 'Tulumbe Gabon Nalo Nakajja', was an initiative to help the Cranes get funding as
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Raila Odinga has finally made his "big announcement" concerning Kenya’s repeat presidential election, slated for Thursday. Addressing his supporters at Uhuru Park in the capital Nairobi, Mr Odinga on Wednesday said the National Super Alliance (Nasa) had transformed from a political coalition to "a resistance movement". "We will not respect
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African Leadership Academy and Mastercard Foundation are pleased to announce that 22 year old, Ibrahima Ben Aziz Konate from Cote D'Ivoire has been awarded the top prize at the seventh annual Anzisha Prize awards gala. Ibrahima Ben Aziz is the founder of Poultry D'Or, a poultry business that often has
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