The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) will spend over over Shs207bn on the construction of Rukungiri-Kihihi-Ishasha-Kanungu road. A leaked letter authored by Christopher Gashirabake Director Legal, Advisory Services Ministry of Justice advised UNRA to sign the contract with China Henan International Corporation Group. In his 14th September 2018 letter to
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The United States Mission in Uganda has revealed its great contribution to Uganda’s health system, noting that it spends a lot of money in immunizing the East African country’s children. The Mission Sunday took to its official Twitter handle announcing the trillions, the United States has been injecting in Uganda's
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Two US state agencies have acknowledged inaccurate HIV tests in Kenya and several African countries, the Standard reports. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC), however say the inaccuracies are few with minimal effects on affected populations. The US agencies
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By Reuters Abdullah Hamduk, named as finance minister in Sudan’s new administration, has formally declined the appointment, state news agency SUNA reported on Saturday. Hamduk was the former executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. President Omar al-Bashir instead tasked Prime Minister Moataz Moussa Abdullah with managing
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A number of Ugandans working abroad are not only making significant financial progress at a personal level, but also contributing to the country’s national development. Professional labour exporting agencies like Middle East Consultants have played a big role in connecting Ugandans to lucrative jobs abroad. Benon Kunywana is one of
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World marathoner Eliud Kipchoge has won the 45th edition of the BMW Berlin Marathon in Germany, breaking the world record at just 2:01:39. The world record has now officially been broken for the sixth time. Kipchoge blazed his way to the finish line in 2 hours, one minute and 39 seconds,
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Rwanda has pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, including a top opposition figure, Victoire Ingabire (in featured photo). Ingabire of the FDU-Inkingi party, has been serving a 15-year jail term for threatening state security and "belittling" the 1994 genocide. She has been a leading critic of President Paul Kagame and says
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President Yoweri Museveni has said that Kampala will be a safe city within nine months as government moves to implement the elements of a smart and safe city solution for Uganda. This was part of President Museveni's national address on the state of security from state house Entebbe this evening.
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU), the regulator of Uganda’s banking sector didn’t carryout evaluation of assets and liabilities of Crane Bank Limited (CBL) before selling the defunct bank to dfcu, the leaked Auditor General’s report has revealed. “On 10th April 2018, I requested for the P&A agreement indicating details of
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The European Union (EU) Parliament has called on the Ugandan government to drop charges against Kyadondo East MP, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. The European Parliament on Thursday resolved and urged Ugandan authorities to "stop what appear to be trumped-up charges against Bobi Win and to stop the crackdown against
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