Botswana has the best police in Africa and Nigeria the worst, the World Internal Security and Police Index reveals, reports this is Africa site. Globally, Uganda, Kenya and the DRC were ranked 124, 125 and 126 respectively, out of the 127 countries ranked. Botswana with a population of 2 million
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Months after Tanzania and Uganda inked a 1,445-kilometre billion dollar crude oil pipeline deal, President John Magufuli has pledged speedy implementation of the line that will run to the port city of Tanga. Addressing a public rally in Ruzingwa, Uganda Thursday before laying the second foundation stone for the project,
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Maize farmers in Uganda have suffered price fluctuations season after season. There are times a kilogram of maize grain goes below Shs500, leaving many farmers in losses. Currently, a kilogram of maize grain in Uganda is averaging Shs700. While we are in a free market economy where prices are determined
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The battle for who will control Uganda’s data market is on, with telecom giants MTN Uganda and Airtel Uganda unleashing one of the best internet offers on the Ugandan market in recent weeks. Airtel that is under the stewardship of VG Somasekhar as Managing Director now offers 300 MBs at
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The Catholic Church has warned ‘rebel’ priest Fr. Jacinto Kibuuka against misleading the innocent faithful with false doctrine. In a statement dated November 10, 2017 signed off by Most Rev. John Baptist Odama, the Archbishop of Gulu and Chairman of Uganda Episcopal Conference, the Catholic Church says Fr. Kibuuka can’t
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There was a battle of brands during the official handover of the Jinja Storage Terminal by the energy ministry to the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) last week. The Storage Terminal managed by a private firm, One Petroleum operates under UNOC and received funding from Equity Bank Uganda to refurbish
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More than 400 representatives of youth, business, education practitioners and policy-making from 44 countries across the African continent as well as European partners have called for improving job perspectives of the African Youth through employment oriented education and skills development. The call was made at the recently concluded “Africa Talks
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By Livingstone Mukasa The way markets allocate resources can be sometimes ruthless. Take the fact that 8 Men in the West are richer than 3,600,000,000 people at the bottom of the pyramid. Why would this be acceptable? And why would it be happening on our watch. Less than 500 years
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The Uganda Shilling strengthened and registered substantial gains in the week ending 10th November 2017 in what was seen as market correction after overshooting through key support levels due to sentiment related to political uncertainty in the region. Trading was in the range of 3610/3620. In the money markets, there
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President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to make sure that they prepare to benefit and earn from the Hoima- Tanga crude oil pipeline. This was during a rally President Museveni and his visiting Tanzanian counterpart. John Pombe Magufuli addressed Thursday at Kyotera Local district headquarters. “We have brought wealth to
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