Uganda opposition Kingpin, Kizza Besigye on Tuesday joined thousands of Ugandans in sending off fallen Archbishop, Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo. [caption id="attachment_7548" align="alignnone" width="960"] Besigye laying a wreath on the casket containing Nkoyoyo's remains[/caption] Nkoyoyo, a former Archbishop of the Church of Uganda passed away last Friday. He was 80 at the
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Oprah Winfrey is "actively thinking" about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday. The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely, talked in the wake of Winfrey's extraordinary speech at the Golden Globes Sunday night, which spurred chatter about a 2020 run.
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Moving past the teens and on to people 18 and older, adults are having less sex than they used to. Analyzing survey data collected from more than 26,000 people between 1989 and 2014, researchers found that the average person now has sex around nine fewer times per year than the
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There is no evidence of any selection criteria guiding the decision to offer tax exemptions to some investors and denying others within the same investment sector, Auditor General’s report for 2017 has revealed. “…it was noted that there was no properly documented policy indicating the procedures for applying and guidance
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Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga of Kampala on Sunday quoted President Yoweri Museveni and the Constitution while preaching against bad politics. In his New Year's homily at Rubaga Cathedral, Archbishop Lwanga said the president once said all Ugandans belonged to the Movement system. "The president one day said all of us
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The Uganda Government has lost approximately 129 billion shillings to the electricity distributor, UMEME in depreciation and return on asset since 2004 when the latter signed a contract to take over power distribution. The loss has been revealed by the Auditor General's 2017 annual report to parliament. Depreciation cost is
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Child rights activists in Tanzania have criticised the arrest of five pregnant schoolgirls and their parents over the weekend, according to The Citizen. The teenagers were arrested in Tandahimba, northern Tanzania, on the orders of a local district commissioner and later released on bail, the news site adds. Gender and
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The World Bank will Monday unveil a book based on Equity Bank’s successful turnaround strategy. Titled Developing Africa’s Financial Services - The Importance of High Impact Entrepreneurship, the book provides inspiring success stories of financial sector ventures making a lasting contribution to the economic development of various sub-Saharan African countries.
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A share surge at Country Garden Holdings Co., China’s largest developer by sales, has sent Vice Chairman Yang Huiyan’s wealth up by $2.1 billion (UShs6.7 trillion) -- and that’s just in the first four trading days of the year, Bloomberg reports. Yang, controlling shareholder of Country Garden, saw her fortune
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A government of Uganda owned enterprise has been exposed after it declared dividends after recording losses. Uganda Property Holdings Limited (UPHL) is the company in question. According to Auditor General’s report for 2017, Uganda Property Holdings Limited made a loss of Shs2.9bn in 2016/17, but shockingly declared dividends of Shs200m.
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