The African Union said on Monday it is open to imposing sanctions on leaders violating ceasefires in South Sudan, joining a growing chorus of officials who say those prolonging the conflict must be punished. "We need to act against those who, with impunity, are continuing to massacre their peaceful populations,"
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Uganda is the first country outside South Africa to host the largest gathering of top executives from the MTN Group and its subsidiaries from 24 countries. At least 300 delegates are in the country for the MTN Global Leadership Gathering (GLG) taking place from 30th to 31st January 2018 at
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Bunyoro Kingdom is mourning the passing on of royal princess Victoria Kabagabu. In a statement issued Tuesday, Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom new Prime Minister (Omuhikirwa), Andrew Byakutaga informed the subjects that Kabagabu, the daughter of Omukama (King) Solomon Kafabusa Iguru passed on Tuesday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital. The cause
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Dreams have come true for a Fortebet punter based in Kitgum after winning close to Shs100m. It took this customer only about four hours (from the time he placed the bet to last whistle) to win this mega money- having selected the first match that was played starting at 4pm
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A few days ago, Vera Akech was a free woman. She was a kids’ caretaker at a school in Kitgum, Northern Uganda. That was before she crossed paths with "criminals". Currently, she is detained awaiting possession of prohibited goods charges. Akech’s troubles started on January 22, 2018 when she allegedly
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The Top 20 Investment Clubs in the recently concluded dfcu ‘Battle for Cash’ Investment Clubs Competition flew out late last week for a study tour in Nairobi. The flag off was presided over by William Sekabembe, dfcu Chief of Business and Executive Director. The three-day study tour will cover areas
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Uganda and Kenya officials will "soon" revive talks to address the perennial row between Uganda police and Kenyan fishermen that has often heightened tension on Lake Victoria. Busia County Commissioner Michael Tialal said the meeting whose specific date will be communicated later aims at finding a lasting solution over the
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Citizen TV and NTV transmitters are currently off air on free to air platforms. Citizen has sent an alert saying the Communication Authority of Kenya has switched off Citizen TV and Radio over coverage of NASA ‘swearing-in’ plan. In a statement Waruru Wachira the Managing Director- Royal Media Services Limited
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The Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Matia Kasaija could be ‘censured’ this afternoon as he is to defend himself in a case where he allegedly misappropriated $200m (about Shs720bn) loan that was meant for National Medical Stores (NMS) to procure medical supplies. According to today’s Order Paper, Kasaija
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Tullow Oil has over the last one year substantially reduced its number of employees in Kenya. This has been through failure to renew contracts that were up for renewal in the course of the year as well as actual layoffs, where employees were sent home after being given a send-off
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