Uganda has joined Tanzania to suspend the conversion of Kenyan Shillings as a measure to stop the rush to wash in illegally got cash in neighbouring countries after Kenya decided to issue newer series. In a statement last evening, Bank of Uganda said it had been informed by the
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A 21-year-old Ethiopian woman has taken one of her secondary school leaving exams 30 minutes after giving birth, she has told the BBC. Almaz Derese, who is from Metu in western Ethiopia, had hoped to sit the tests before her baby was born, but the exams were postponed because of
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Rwanda's Foreign Minister Richard Sezibera has told Rwandans that they should still not travel to neighbouring Uganda despite one the main common border posts temporarily reopening on Monday. "The travel advisory has not changed... that you are strongly advised not to travel," Mr Sezibera is quoted by the pro-government New
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The Rwanda-Uganda border closure has adversely affected Rwanda compared to Uganda, according to figures obtained by Business Focus. Rwanda in February blocked Ugandan cargo trucks and buses from crossing to the neighbouring country via Katuna and Chanika border points. This left traders from both countries stranded and counting losses. Rwanda
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The government has defended the award of medals to Uganda People's Defence-UPDF soldiers attached to External Security Organization-ESO who barred members of the probe into land matters from accessing Mutungo hill. On February 6, the soldiers barred Justice Catherine Bamugemereire, and her team from accessing a piece of land they
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Personal and Research Assistants to MPs in the 10th Parliament have petitioned the Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga over poor pay and exploitation by lawmakers. Through their body Uganda Parliamentarians Personal and Research Assistants Association, the disgruntled workers want Parliament look into their financial affairs since many of them go
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By Ben Sebuguzi The last Saturday Vision of June 8th carried an important story on its second page: Bhuptani scoops a prestigious award. The story goes ahead to detail how Mr. Harish Bahuptani, the Director of Mama Care Foundation, a high-tech foods production facility won a ward from the East
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China is ready to negotiate a trade deal with the six-nation East Africa Community (EAC) to address Kenya’s complaints about a huge trade imbalance in favour of the Asian economic giant, China’s ambassador to Nairobi told Reuters. Kenyan officials said the government was not ready to discuss a free trade
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The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has blocked a new request for fresh investigations into irregularities at Bank of Uganda (BoU) and described the move by MPs on the House committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (Cosase) as misguided and a waste of time, Daily Monitor reports.
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The Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) has appointed Benson Turamye as its new Executive Director. “Mr.Benson Turamye has been appointed as the new PPDA Executive Director,” PPDA posted on its official facebook page on Monday afternoon. Turamye has been the Acting Executive Director since 2017 after
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