Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United following their disappointing start to the season. The Red Devils currently sit sixth in the Premier League table but have already lost five times in 17 matches, leaving them 19 points behind leaders Liverpool and 11 off fourth-placed Chelsea in the fight
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By THE CITIZEN Dar es Salaam. The Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) has announced that Fastjet Tanzania has lost its qualifications to operate in the country due to frequent cancellation of flights. Consequently, the troubled airline has suspended its flights within Tanzania until the end of next month. The Authority
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Uganda’s public debt is slowly but surely moving towards hitting the Shs50 trillion mark given the increasing appetite by the government to borrow. The latest is that government is seeking to borrow USD100M (about Shs380.4bn) from domestic commercial banks for classified expenditure purposes. “Classified expenditure” means the expenses and commitments
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Becoming a self-made billionaire puts you in a league of your own. Of the approximately 585 billionaires in the US, about 360 have made their own fortunes. These are people who have made it big through hard work, sheer will, tenacity and being in the right place at the right
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Some 13 largely family-owned firms are seeking to sell shares to the public, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) said on Monday, offering hope of ending a prolonged listing drought, the Daily Nation reports. The small- and medium-sized firms will be taken through a 10-month programme, which will see them access
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The Champions League draw has pitted Manchester United with Paris Saint-Germain, setting up a daunting prospect for United's struggling defence Less than 24 hours on from a spanking at the hands of Liverpool, Manchester United now have to face up to the possibility of dealing with Kylian Mbappe, Edinson Cavani
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The US military says it has killed 62 fighters from the Islamist group al-Shabab in six air strikes in Somalia. Four air strikes on Saturday killed 32 militants and a further two on Sunday killed 28, it said in a statement. These were the deadliest air attacks in Somalia since
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Merck Foundation (Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck Germany conducted the 5th Edition of “Merck Africa Asia Luminary” presided over by The President of The Republic of Senegal, H.E. MACKY SALL and in partnership with the Ministry of Health of Senegal in Dakar. During the Luminary, Dr. Rasha Kelej ,
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Uganda’s biggest knock out football competition, the ‘Stanbic Uganda Cup’ is back bigger and better with an increase in prize money for participating teams and exciting rewards for football fans. The prize money has been increased from Shs90 million to Shs120 million with the winning team walking away with Shs40
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How the Bank of Uganda (BoU) spent over Shs478bn in running defunct Crane Bank after taking it over continues to puzzle Ugandans and MPs inclusive. To know exactly how the money was spent, MPs on the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) on Monday asked the Auditor
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