Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga Tuesday revealed that Parliament won’t investigate the alleged criminal activities of Boda Boda 2010. Earlier on, the August House had decided to establish a select Committee to investigate the dealings and activities of the dreaded boda boda association. In her communication to the House,
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MTN has Tuesday fulfilled the Shs1bn pledge made at the Solidarity Summit on Refugees in June 2017 to support the Uganda government efforts to deal with the influx of refugees. Rob Shuter, the President and CEO of the MTN Group, while meeting Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda, Uganda’s Prime Minister reiterated
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African Union leaders meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia have launched the Single African Air Transport Market, which among others will liberalise air transport on the continent. Calling it a major step forward for transportation, the incoming Chairperson of the African Union and also President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, commended the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has held a series of bilateral meetings with several other Heads of State on the sidelines of the 30th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, currently taking place under the theme “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation”. The meetings took place
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Uganda's Prime Minister, Rt Hon Ruhakana Rugunda has emphasized the importance of infrastructure in the country is to achieve them much talked about Middle Income Status. Rugunda revealed this on Tuesday morning during the Government of Uganda Public Private Partnership (PPP) Training Half day Capacity Building Workshop at Hotel Protea
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The Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has been sworn in as "the people's president" - despite the government saying this would be treason. Mr Odinga took the symbolic oath holding a green bible in front of thousands of people gathered in Uhuru park, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi: Earlier, his
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The African Union said on Monday it is open to imposing sanctions on leaders violating ceasefires in South Sudan, joining a growing chorus of officials who say those prolonging the conflict must be punished. "We need to act against those who, with impunity, are continuing to massacre their peaceful populations,"
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Uganda is the first country outside South Africa to host the largest gathering of top executives from the MTN Group and its subsidiaries from 24 countries. At least 300 delegates are in the country for the MTN Global Leadership Gathering (GLG) taking place from 30th to 31st January 2018 at
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Bunyoro Kingdom is mourning the passing on of royal princess Victoria Kabagabu. In a statement issued Tuesday, Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom new Prime Minister (Omuhikirwa), Andrew Byakutaga informed the subjects that Kabagabu, the daughter of Omukama (King) Solomon Kafabusa Iguru passed on Tuesday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The cause
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Dreams have come true for a Fortebet punter based in Kitgum after winning close to Shs100m. It took this customer only about four hours (from the time he placed the bet to last whistle) to win this mega money- having selected the first match that was played starting at 4pm
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