The Minister of Education and Sports, Janet Kataaha Museveni has warned schools against increasing school fees and imposing unnecessary charges. Speaking during the release of the 2018 Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results in Kampala on Thursday, Janet who is also the First Lady says the guidelines against increasing of fees
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The Electoral Commission is seeking 428 billion shillings for the preparations of the 2021 general elections. This was disclosed by the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission Justice Simon Byabakama on Thursday while appearing before the legal and parliament affairs committee to present their proposed budget for 2019/2020. Byabakama told the
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A LONE SAS man was hailed a hero of the Kenya terror siege — after storming in to wipe out attackers and save civilians. He was in the country training Special Forces when news broke of the gun and grenade atrocity that killed at least 21 — including Brit Luke Potter.
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Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni is in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa where he is meeting with other African leaders to discuss the Democratic Republic of Congo’s disputed presidential election after questions were raised about the accuracy of the vote’s results. Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was declared the surprise winner of the Dec. 30
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A Ghanaian undercover journalist has been shot dead while driving home, after a politician called for retribution against him. Unidentified men on motorbikes shot Ahmed Hussein-Suale three times in the capital Accra, local media reports say. He was a member of Tiger Eye Private Investigations and had investigated corruption in
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Inayat Kassam, who braved gunfire at 14 Riverside Drive as he evacuated those trapped inside dusitD2 Hotel, is no stranger to danger. Despite not having the luxury of a bulletproof vest, Mr Kassam was a knight in shining armour to those he led to safety as high-calibre rifles crackled in
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By AFP More by this Author THE HAGUE, The International Criminal Court on Wednesday dashed Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo's hopes of a swift release following his acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity. Trial judges had earlier ordered Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude to be immediately
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dfcu Bank has flagged off ten (10) women entrepreneurs traveling to Nairobi on an all-expense paid study excursion from 16th to 19th January 2018. The women entrepreneurs were part of eighty (80) women who responded to call for business proposals under the Rising Woman initiative that run from July to
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Maize farmers in the North Rift, Kenya have lost millions of shillings to fraudsters who have flocked the region to buy produce on credit at attractive prices, ostensibly on behalf of the Word Food Programme (WFP) and other humanitarian agencies, but close shop before making payments, Business Daily reports. Security
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The American State Department has confirmed the identity of the US citizen killed in the terror attack in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday. Jason Spindler, a member of the American Jewish community and CEO of a consulting company, was killed in the attack Tuesday, while working at an office inside the
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