Uganda’s political climate, characterised by growing discontent over President Yoweri Museveni’s apparent desire to change the Constitution and remain in power, risks plunging the country into a leadership crisis. The observation was contained in a 34-page report released on Tuesday by Belgium-based NGO International Crisis Group (ICG), titled “Uganda’s Slow
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As part of Stanbic’ s Employee Community Involvement programmes, the Finance department has donated over 600 books worth over Shs10 million, 5 computers and a printer to St. Mbaga Tuzinde Primary School as they strive to improve learning and teaching conditions for both the students and teachers. While handing over
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Robert Mugabe will continue to have a role to play in Zimbabwean politics, the Jesuit priest who helped negotiate his resignation has told the BBC. Father Fidelis Mukonori said he would provide "advice" as an elder statesman, including to the new president. Mr Mugabe, 93, resigned on Tuesday after a
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Mystery surrounds the recovery of part of the KSh50 million (about UShs1.8bn) stolen from Kenya Commercial Bank’s (KCB) Thika town branch in Kenya last Monday. Witnesses said police seized the cash following a Saturday morning raid on a house in Juja town, where a woman had moved in last Wednesday,
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Kenya based Jambojet is set to start flights to Uganda and Tanzania by February next year, kicking off its regional expansion plan designed to see the low-cost carrier fly to 16 new routes. The Daily Nation reports that Kenya’s Transport ministry said it had applied for permission for the budget
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Aviation police have arrested a nurse trying to smuggle out cocaine worth 397 million through Entebbe Airport. The suspect, identified as Beatrice Isaro, a nurse from Rwanda was detected by the new technology equipments installed at the airport and was found with drugs concealed in a suitcase. "Police recently procured
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The Archbishop of York has put on a dog collar for the first time in almost 10 years, ending his symbolic protest over Robert Mugabe's leadership of Zimbabwe. In December 2007, Dr John Sentamu cut up his dog collar live on BBC One's Andrew Marr Show, promising not to wear one until
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Former Kilome MP Harun Mwau’s exit from Nakumatt was the trigger for the retailer’s slide to bankruptcy and near-liquidation, according to newly filed court documents. Edward Waithaka, a director of Nanyuki Mall Limited, says in court filings that Nakumatt chief executive Atul Shah may have used its working capital to
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Controversial veteran journalist and political pundit, Andrew Mwenda has likened Uganda's biggest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to Adolf Hitler's NAZIs. Mwenda made these remarks on Sunday on social media after writing an analysis of the the FDC Presidential elections held on Friday that saw Patrick Amuriat
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There is heavy deployment of army personnel and police in Kasese town as residents remember the death of more than 100 people in clashes between state security agencies and royal guards at the Kingdom of Rwenzururu, last year. Tomorrow will mark exactly one year since the raid on the palace
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