Uganda's former Inspector General of Police General Kale Kayihura has reportedly been arrested. According to local news (Daily Monitor), Kayihura was arrested together with a number of his former colleagues.
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Month: September 2024
Ecobank Uganda has donated to the fasting Muslim community, proving why it is a Pan-African bank. The bank has recently been donating food stuffs to the needy and unprivileged Muslims in the Mosques of Ggaba, Old Kampala and Wandegeya. Primrose Kobusingye, the Head of Marketing & Communications at Ecobank Uganda,
Read MoreMEDIA ADVISORY Changemakers in Business, Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Government, and Media From Across Africa Gather to Discuss Social Enterprise Solutions at Inaugural Impact!Africa Summit in Johannesburg Summit will address Africa’s key challenges and promote social entrepreneurship to facilitate development JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 June 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- WHAT: The
Read MoreMEDIA ADVISORY Changemakers in Business, Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Government, and Media From Across Africa Gather to Discuss Social Enterprise Solutions at Inaugural Impact!Africa Summit in Johannesburg Summit will address Africa’s key challenges and promote social entrepreneurship to facilitate development JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 12 June 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- WHAT: The
Read MoreThe business dialogue was aimed at creating a platform for collaboration between the public and private sectors in developing support mechanisms for rural and township economies PRETORIA, South Africa, June 12, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies says corruption undermines the industrial policy
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) Tuesday revealed that the economy is expected to grow by 6.0% in Financial Year 2018/19, up from the projected 5.8% in 2017/18. A year earlier the economy expanded by 3.9%. Releasing the Monetary Policy Statement for June 2018, Prof. Emmanuel Mutebile, the Governor, BoU said
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Uganda’s departed oldest chimpanzee’s successor has been named. Dr. Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and anthropologist, Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees named Zakayo II as the successor and heir to the Kazayo throne last week. Zakayo I, who was the oldest captive Chimpanzee succumbed to Chronic
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A U.S. Treasury official is urging East African governments to tighten the loopholes that allow illicit money from war-torn South Sudan to cross into regional capitals. Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said in Uganda Monday that authorities in neighboring countries like Uganda must make it clear that
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The fleets of buses owned by Gaagaa, Link, Baby coach and Gateway bus companies have been ordered to undergo mandatory vehicle inspection in order to curb the recent spate of road carnage that has caused a wave of public concern and calls for government intervention. The directive was revealed
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Lawyers representing Democratic Republic of Congo politician Jean-Pierre Bemba will today ask judges at the International Criminal Court ( ICC) for his immediate release, news agency AFP reports. An appeals court last week overturned his conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying he had been "erroneously" convicted. Bemba
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