The fight over the ownership and management of Rhinos at the Nakasongola based Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary has taken a new twist by drawing in top government officials in the saga. The fight is between Flight Captain, Joseph Charles Roy (JCR) and his family trading as Ziwa Rhino and Wildlife Ranch
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The Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah has attacked Ministry of Finance officials, accusing them of derailing Parliament work by seeking to amend details in the 2019/2020 national budget eight days before the August House approves the Shs40 trillion budget. Oulanyah’s remarks followed a corrigendum worth Shs1 trillion tabled
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Pregnant women in northwest Tanzania who do not give birth in health facilities are being fined between $9 (UShs33, 843) and $22 (UShs82,730), privately-owned newspaper The Citizen reports. The paper says the women are forced to pay the fine when they visit medical centres for other services like vaccination for
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Uganda’s police plan to use radio appeals to identify the victims of a so-called "miracle cure", made from industrial bleach. The dangerous substance, marketed as Miracle Mineral Solution, is believed to have been supplied through a network of Pentecostal churches in western Uganda. According to an article published by the
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Uganda Airlines is expected to record its first profit after 10 years of operation, a team of experts hired by Government has revealed. The revelation was made by Cornwell Muleya, the Technical Advisor to the Uganda National Airlines Company, , who had appeared alongside the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works,
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Huawei has built its own operating system for smartphones and computers in case it’s blocked from using U.S. software from Microsoft and Google, the Chinese company confirmed to CNBC on Friday. On Monday, it was reported that Google — which makes the Android operating system that Huawei uses in its handsets — has suspended the transfer
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By Ben Sebuguzi Buildings are wealth of the country in terms of physical built Assets which contribute to National development. On Sunday 19, May 2019, it was pomp and glamour as another magnificent property, Kampala Kingdom was added on the list of the properties owned by Ruparelia Group. The business
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The Uganda Government has set dates for vanilla harvesting to conform to the international practice. Addressing the press about Vanilla harvest dates at Uganda Media Centre today, Christopher Kibanzanga, the State Minister for Agriculture, who led a team from the Directorate of Crop Resources, said government is taking precautions on
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Uganda Cranes Head coach Sebastien Desabre has released a list of players for the camp in Abu Dhabi in preparation for the forthcoming AFCON Finals in Egypt. The squad has both local and foreign-based players. The entire Uganda Cranes contingent will fly out on 27th May 2019 to the Arab
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Africa has become the world's most rapidly urbanizing continent. In sub-Saharan Africa, the urban population has doubled since the mid-1990s, and reached 400 million people in 2016. According to experts, 40 percent of the region's total population resides in cities, compared to 31 percent in 2000. During the next 15
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