President Yoweri Museveni delivered the 2017 State of the Nation Address where he promised to do a number of things. He revealed that 81 bills were to be tabled before Parliament, but up to day only about 12 bills have been tabled, a thing that has left Parliamentarians literally idle.
Read MoreThe Mission continues to engage with local authorities and to urge the warring parties to stop the fighting and adhere to the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement signed by all parties just over five months ago JUBA, South Sudan, June 6, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The United Nations Mission in South
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Ethiopia is opening the state-owned telecommunications company and airline to foreign investors for the first time, a move that indicates new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is more receptive to outside interests in Africa’s second-most populous nation, Bloomberg reports. Ethiopia will sell minority stakes to foreign and domestic investors in state
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Rescue teams are searching for a small passenger plane with 10 people on board after it disappeared from the radar on Tuesday evening. The search for the Fly Sax-owned plane is focusing around Aberdares forest in central Kenya after mobile phone signals suggest that the plane crashed in the area,
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The Stanbic Bank Uganda Purchase Managers Index (PMI) for May climbed to a record high of 53.9 for the year, signalling further improvements to the overall health of the Ugandan private sector. It marked the 16th straight month of expansion, driven by increased employment, and new orders which continued to
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Facebook has confirmed it has a data-sharing partnership with Chinese firms including Huawei, a company US intelligence previously flagged as a security threat. The agreements gave the Chinese firms some access to users' data to help them build Facebook "experiences" on their own platforms. Facebook said all the data
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Ugandan Cranes Striker Derrick Nsibambi has completed his transfer from KCCA FC to Egyptian Premier League side Smouha Sporting Club at undisclosed fee. Smouha Sporting Club announced the signing on its official twitter handle. Reports suggest that Nsibambi who scored 9 goals in the just ended Uganda Premier League season
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Kawempe Police on Tuesday rescued 15-year-old victim from kidnap and arrested two suspects identified as Buyinja Kalisto, a resident of Kaboowa and Mariam Nansubuga, a resident of Kiibe Kalerwe. The suspects met the victim around Jinja Kaloli in Kawempe who seemed stranded and disguising to be having good luck charms.
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Ecobank Uganda on Tuesday joined its parent Group in reaffirming its commitment to help save the planet by supporting World Environment Day celebrated every June5. Led by Managing Director, Clement Dodoo, Ecobank Uganda staff and management planted trees at Nkonkonjeru Primary school in Mbale, a region that has been affected
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Researchers are close to finding a vaccine for HIV/AIDs in a historic breakthrough that will play a big role in ending the deadly virus. Researchers from Vaccine Interest Group (VIG) in Uganda say there is hope that by 2020 HIV vaccine could be in place following ongoing clinical trials in
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