Although he has been looked at as one of the lucky people to wear the captain’s armband for the national team with limited talent, Andy Mwesigwa is not a bruised man. He only holds very fond memories about a job in football that gave him life for over 10 years. Mwesigwa, who
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Bill and Melinda Gates Tuesday shared their 2018 Annual Letter, "The 10 Toughest Questions We Get." In this year's letter, the tenth one that they've written, Bill and Melinda respond to 10 tough questions they've received over the years from nonprofit partners, government leaders, the general public - and supporters
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By Aloysious Kasoma Finance Trust Bank (FTB) has become 8th bank to receive the Bancassurance License from the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA). This innovation of banks selling insurance products is expected to increase insurance penetration in Uganda from the current less than 1%. Finance Trust Bank received the certificate on
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Captain Mike Mukula has revealed the loopholes in Uganda’s aviation sector. Appearing before the Parliament Committee of Physical Infrastructure on Tuesday to give his views on Civil Aviation Bill 2017, the former Health Minister said compared to the Aviation Authority of Kenya, Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is still lagging far
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Tanzania has burned 5,000 chicks that were illegally imported from Kenya into the country, the Kenyan newspaper Daily Nation reports. The one-day-old chicks were brought into the country through the northern Namanaga border. An official in the ministry of livestock, Maria Mashingo, told the Daily Nation that the chicks were
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The Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Amelia Kyambadde has revealed that smuggling of tax free sugar into Uganda is killing the sector. The minister made the remarks on Tuesday in her presentation to Parliament on the importation of one million tons of duty free sugar from Kenya. “Smuggling of
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South Africa President Jacob Zuma has has resigned. Announcing his resignation on Wednesday night, Zuma stated, "The ANC should never be divided in my name. I have therefor come to the decision to resign as president of the republic, with immediate effect." On 12, February, the African National Congress (ANC)
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New Vision senior reporter, Charles Etukuri, who is attached to the weekend papers, was on Tuesday abducted by armed men in military uniform, the New Vision reports. He was picked just outside the New Vision offices on a hot afternoon, around 2:00pm local time. Reports indicate that a white double
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Farmers whose land was acquired for a controversial Bidco palm oil project in Uganda have been compensated. The payoff to the 36 farmers follows mediation by the dispute resolution office of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). A Ugandan environmental lobby had last year filed the case at the
Read MoreSEATTLE, United States of America, February 13, 2017,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2018 Annual Letter, “The 10 Toughest Questions We Get.” In this year’s letter, the tenth one that they’ve written, Bill and Melinda respond to 10 tough questions they’ve received over the years from nonprofit
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