The World football governing body FIFA has approved more money to be given to member associations under the Forward programme in the new four-year cycle that starts next year. Uganda which is also a member of Fifa will benefit from the Forward programme. The eighth FIFA Council meeting that sat
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The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Nelson Chamisa on Saturday "installed" the 40-year-old lawyer as president of Zimbabwe, two months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared by the Constitutional Court as winner of the country's July 30 presidential election. MDC vice president Morgen Komichi declared Chamisa "duly
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Uganda's Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has issued a statement clarifying reports on the existence of alleged ghost groups under Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP) and the alleged missing Shs11 billion under the Uganda Women Entrepreneurship Programme (UWEP). The statement comes after ministry officials appeared before the Parliamentary Public Accounts
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Uganda's Ethics and Integrity Minister, Father Simon Lokodo has revealed that he is soon introducing a 'zero tolerance' policy to curb corruption. Lokodo revealed this on Thursday during 8th East African Revenue Authorities Committee on Integrity (EARATCI) held. "I am soon tabling a bill on zero tolerance on corruption and
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The Leicester City owner's helicopter has crashed in a car park outside the club's ground shortly after taking off after match. It is not known if Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was in the helicopter at the time. Leicester City had been playing West Ham United in the Premier League at their King
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When it comes to matters of national development and service delivery, Rwanda President, Paul Kagame doesn’t give a damn. Now he wants Rwandans to use work hours productively instead of ‘wasting’ a lot of time praying. Kagame's warning came through the Rwanda Presidency Twitter handle where he decried the time
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Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto on Saturday insisted that he will continue supporting churches through harambees despite criticism and questions about his sources of wealth, the Daily Nation reports. Mr Ruto, while attending the installation of Pefa Church regional bishops in Karatina, Nyeri County, said he is unapologetic about helping
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Weak policies and frameworks governing migration in Africa have been cited as the leading cause of tensions between host communities and migrants. While presenting a paper on Labour Migration and Governance in Africa to Pan African Parliament MPs on Friday in Kigali, Rwanda, Jason Theebe, the Senior Regional Labour Migration
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The Uganda communication commission (UCC) has called for a collaborated effort with the Ministry of Education and Police to end theft of computers in Government aided schools. Appearing before the Committee of Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Friday, Abdul-Salam Waiswa, the Head of Legal at UCC blamed the
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5,000 African entrepreneurs, private and public sector leaders and the broader entrepreneurship ecosystem convened in Lagos on Thursday, October 25, 2018 for the annual Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) Entrepreneurship Forum. The event which is the largest gathering of African entrepreneurs in the world, is a unique opportunity for bringing together
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