The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has threatened to sue individual Uganda Peoples Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers accused of torturing Ugandans, noting that the army Command has not taken seriously complaints brought against its officers. “I want you to educate me how I can initiate proceedings against soldiers either
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The ODM chunk of of the National Super Alliance has supported the proposal by President Uhuru Kenyatta to slash VAT on petroleum products from 16 to 8 per cent, Kenyan media report. The decision was reached at after an ODM parliamentary group meeting at Orange House, Nairobi, chaired by party
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The UK government has frozen all funding to Zambia citing alleged fraud and corruption. British High Commissioner to Zambia Fergus Cochrane-Dyet confirmed the announcement in a tweet, adding "UKAid takes zero-tolerance approach to fraud [and] corruption": The UK is historically Zambia's biggest donor, according to the financial news site Bloomberg.
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The Government of Uganda has revealed that it will renew MTN license but with new stringent terms. The revelation was made by ICT Minister, Frank Tumwebaze Tuesday morning at Uganda Media Centre while addressing members of the press about yesterday’s Cabinet Resolutions. “The Minister of ICT was given a go
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG, South Africa, September 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Programme DirectorSpeaker of the Gauteng Legislature, Hon MekgweSpeakers of Municipalities present,Fellow Presiding Officers,Media Houses represented here todayLadies and gentlemen Members of the media thank you for joining us for this briefing aimed at outlining our visit to the Gauteng Province this
Read MoreThis summer program is the first of its kind to bring together high achievers from all over Ethiopia, including the pastoralist community, students with disability, and underserved communities ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, September 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The Student Achievers Summer (STARS) Program is organized in collaboration with the Ministry
Read MoreThe meeting focused on the recent successful State Visit by President Ramaphosa to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia PRETORIA, South Africa, September 18, 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu met today, 17 September 2018, with His Excellency Ahmed bin Abdulaziz Kattan, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of
Read MoreSouth Sudanese civilians continue to live in complete insecurity as the violence is ongoing, arbitrary detention and torture at the hands of the National Security Service are on the rise, some 6 million people – around 60 per cent of the population — live under “emergency” food insecurity and humanitarian
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By Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile, Governor, Bank of Uganda On Monday, September 17 2018, the Daily Monitor ran a story with the headline “How BOU Blew Shs478 billion in the Crane Bank Takeover”. The story and its headline was seriously misleading. The story claimed that the Bank of Uganda (BOU)
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Kyadondo East lawmaker Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine has released a new video explaining what people power ‘ideology’ is all about. Bobi Wine, who is in America for medical treatment following reported torture on the eve of the recently concluded Arua Municipality bye-election, says people power is about “over
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