Uganda is the second most corrupt country in the East African Community after South Sudan, according to the latest report released by Transparency International Uganda. The report was released today at Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala. The report shows that Uganda just places on the global corruption index from the
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A section of NRM Rebel MPs have fired back at the Party’s Secretary General, warning her against orchestrating plans to front President Yoweri Museveni as a sole candidate in the 2021 polls, saying the move goes against the democratic principles of the ruling party. Led by Dr. Sam Lyomoki, the
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By AFP China on Tuesday decried the "political manipulations" behind the US case against Huawei as Washington indicted the tech giant's chief financial officer and levelled sweeping charges against the company. "For some time, the US has used state power to discredit and crack down on specific Chinese companies in
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KENYA. When Mr Hassan Abdi Nur, a mobile money agent, was arraigned for the 14 Riverside Drive attack, it must have come as a shock to people in similar businesses that the nature and size of transactions could put them in danger. Investigators are yet to link the transactions to
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Parliament is set to investigate Makerere University crisis that has left the University staff at loggerheads with the institution’s top mismanagement. This was confirmed by Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga while responding to a petition presented to her by the suspended leaders of Makerere University Academic Staff Association (MUASA). In their petition,
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The bodies of six children in Tanzania have been found with their ears and teeth removed, authorities told the BBC. Some of the bodies were also missing limbs and were badly mutilated. The killings raised concern about witchcraft in the area, the Njombe region in south-western Tanzania. Njombe District Commissioner
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has called Somalia a country with no state and which lacks “organised authority” in a televised speech in the capital, Kampala. He said Somalia was one example but stopped at naming other countries “for diplomatic reasons”. Mr Museveni was speaking at an annual judges' conference. In
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The ongoing investment in refining, petrochemicals, fertilizer and gas is driven by the desire to bring innovation and efficiency into all aspects of Nigeria’s oil and gas sector, the President/Chief Executive, Aliko Dangote has said. Dangote, who made this disclosure Sunday at the ongoing Nigeria International Petroleum Summit in Abuja,
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Eighteen (18) dfcu Investment Clubs are set to spend three days in the Kenyan Capital Nairobi, on an all expense study excursion that will build their capacity in effective and efficient management of Clubs. The delegates, flagged off on Sunday 27th January, were part of the second edition of the
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has strongly urged the people of Tororo District in particular and Uganda in general to cherish unity by embracing the first principle of NRM, which is patriotism. The President made the remarks while officiating at the 33rd anniversary celebrations commemorating the NRM/NRA liberation day. “It is
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