Chicken has always been a popular delicacy in not only Kenya, but the East African region at large. But with changing times and fortunes, many people are forced to buy ready chicken from supermarkets and hotels rather than slaughter the bird at home. It is in this shift that Lazarus
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Uganda’s Opposition has lined up 10 electoral reforms government should capture in the impending electoral reforms culminating from the Supreme Court ruling in 2016. It should be noted that when former Premier, Amama Mbabazi challenged President Yoweri Museveni’s victory on grounds that the elections weren't free and fair, the Justices
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Retired army Major General Kasirye Gwanga is under investigation by the Uganda Police over reports that he shot at the car of singer, Catherine Kusasira. Local reports indicate that the incident happened on Tuesday evening in Makindye on the outskirts of the city, Kampala. Patrick Onyango, the Kampala Metropolitan Police
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The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM)is considering scraping off presidential elections in favour of Parliamentary democracy where a party with majority MPs elects the President in what is known as Electoral College. This move has irked the Opposition, with Betty Nambooze, Shadow Minister for Information and Communication warning Ugandans to
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Agriculture can provide jobs to Uganda’s unemployed youth if well harnessed, according to the 12th Uganda Economic Update published late last year by the World Bank. The report, “Developing Uganda’s Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth,” notes that the sector’s economic contribution extends well beyond the production sector into the
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The Africa Internship Academy (AIA) is a successful youth employment accelerator in Ghana, that provides work readiness and entrepreneurship programs for secondary & higher education students as well as graduates to gain entrepreneurial and employability skills: after proceeds to assign mentors to them: and either connect them to employers looking
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The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has given the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kahinda Otafiire two months to table the electoral reforms responding to the 2016 Supreme Court ruling. It should be recalled that when former Premier, Amama Mbabazi challenged President Yoweri Museveni’s victory in 2016 on grounds
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By Drake Nyamugabwa A new study has revealed that 55%of Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) in Uganda use mobile money platform. The study commissioned by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) with the main objective of establishing the current patterns of access, usage and challenges of PWDs to Information Communication and Technology
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The Uganda National Examinations body has announced that it will release the Uganda Certificate of Education examination results on Thursday 31st January 2019. According to an internal memo released on Tuesday seen by this website, the release of these results will take place at the UBOS conference hall in Kampala
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The government has procured brand new tractors for farmer groups across the country. The tractors, under the bran name, ‘New Holland’were purchased through the National Agricultural Advisory services (NAADS) to cement efforts aimed at mechanizing agriculture and improving farm productivity. Numbering 110, the tractors, which will be officially handed over
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