Fresh India National Defence College graduate, Uganda's Brigadier Leopold Kyanda has been appointed as one of his country's top army bosses. According to Uganda army spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire, Kyanda has been appointed the new Chief of Staff Land Forces. "Brig Leopold Kyanda appointed Chief of Staff Land Forces after
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The Uganda Shilling strengthened against the dollar on the back of strong inflows mainly from Diaspora and nongovernmental organizations during the week ending 22nd December 2017. Demand remained muted in a market slowdown ahead of the holidays. Trading was in the range of 3600/3610. In the money market overnight funds
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Uganda's army, the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) on Friday attacked Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This development was confirmed by the UPDF army spokesperson, Brigadier Richard Karemire. "Shared intelligence between Uganda and the DRC, confirmed that the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF)
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The Next Einstein Forum (NEF) on Thursday announced its second Ambassadors Class, 45 scientists and tech champions across Africa, all under 42 years of age, who are solving Africa’s and the world’s challenges. An initiative of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) in partnership with the Robert Bosch Stiftung,
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Makerere University Vice Chancellor has revealed that the institution will no graduate students from Makerere University Business School (MUBS) over dues owed to the former. Professor Barnabas Nawangwe revealed this on Friday morning while speaking at a press conference to mark his first 100 days in office. "We shall not
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The Inspector General of Police-IGP, Kale Kayihura has hit back at Jennifer Musisi, the Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority-KCCA for criticizing the role of traffic police in the city. There was chaos in the city on Friday evening following the withdrawal of traffic police. Police withdrew the traffic officers
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Tanzania said Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s local unit belongs to state-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Co., a claim that sets up an ownership dispute between the government and the Indian phone operator. “Airtel, according to the information we have,” is an asset of Tanzania Telecommunications Co., President John Magufuli said on the East African
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It was a year for bitcoin, technology stocks and the power consolidation of China’s Xi Jinping. Those were some of the most popular topics for people boning up on issues important to finance and business through Google searches in 2017. While there was a spike of interest in the potential
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Uganda's High Court, Commercial Court Thursday disqualified lawyers David Mpanga from FK Mpanga Advocates and Timothy Kanyerezi Masembe from MMAKS Advocate from representing Bank of Uganda (BoU) against businessman Sudhir Ruparelia over conflict of interest. The Central Bank is accusing property mogul Sudhir and his Meera Investments of fleecing the
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A number of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party members voted against lifting the Presidential Age Limit that paves the way for a sitxth term for President Yoweri Museveni, the party chairman. Below is a list of NRM and the party leaning members who said no to a proposal
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