Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has attacked the western world for imposing on homosexuality on Africans saying that this is an act of intolerance and lack of respect. "Tolerance is something I find missing in the Middle East and even in Europe and it causes a lot of problems. On every
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The U.S. Mission in Uganda has added more than $100 million in aid to the East African country with about half being injected into health, a sector analysts say is receiving little attention from the government. The United States Mission in Uganda says its assistance to the East African country
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Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have set up roadblocks in the south-eastern city of Lubumbashi where the exiled opposition leader, Moïse Katumbi, had been due to arrive, in spite of authorities threatening to arrest him if he tried to enter the country. The former governor of Katanga province
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Top Pan African bank, the United Bank for Africa – Uganda on Thursday reiterated its support for the people of Uganda and its commitment to being a catalyst of growth and development in the country. This commitment was made during a press meeting organised by the bank at Serena Hotel
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni was on Thursday awarded with the Global Peace Prize for his efforts in stabilizing the Great Lakes Region. This happened at the Speke Resort Munyonyo during the ongoing Global Peace Conference. As the Global Peace Conference opened on Wednesday, heads of state, especially in the East
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Six Members of Parliament registered their intention to appeal against the judgments issued by the Constitutional court in a consolidated petition challenging the Constitutional Amendment Act through which parliament lifted the cap on the presidential age. The MPs, among them Winnie Kiiza, Gerald Karuhanga, Jonathan Odur, Ibrahim Semujju, Allan Sewanyana
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Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has launched a campaign to sensitise people about the dangers of smoking in public. The 2015 Tobacco Control Act banned smoking in public places. Smoking is only allowed 15 metres from a public place, according to the act. The campaign is supported by World Health
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Congolese multi-millionaire Moise Katumbi is seeking permission to return to DR Congo this week in order to contest the Presidential elections scheduled to be held on the 23rd of December, 2018. Katumbi, who revealed this to the AFP on Monday, said he has written to the civil aviation authorities of
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A new report has revealed that the increasing number of foreigners engaging in petty trade has infringed on the economic space and livelihoods of Ugandan citizens. These aliens (foreigners) range from refugees, commercial and professional immigrants and even illegal immigrants in some cases. This revelation is contained in report of
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Shocking details have emerged about the tax contribution of defunct Crane Bank before and after it was taken over by dfcu bank. According to new figures by the Uganda Revenue Authority, Crane Bank paid more taxes than DFCU Bank in 2017 despite the fact that the latter took over the
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