Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni on Monday received H.E. Julius Maada BIO, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone who is on an official State visit to the East African country from 1st - 3rd July 2019. According to State House, Maada's visit is expected to further strengthen the warm and
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Kampala Capital City Authority has revealed plans to wipe street children out of Kampala. The Deputy Director Gender at KCCA, Josephine Lubwama says the Authority plans to close the two settlements in Katwe and Kisenyi that house the children on streets in a bid to free the city of the
Read MoreThe body of a male stowaway Sunday fell off a Kenya Airways plane moments before it landed at London’s Heathrow Airport, Daily Nation reports. The KQ Flight 100 was traveling from Nairobi to London. According to a statement released by KQ on Monday, London’s Metropolitan Police informed the airline that
Read MoreGenetically Modified Mosquitoes Released In Africa In Malaria Study
Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released in Burkina Faso as part of an anti-malaria campaign. While some critics have raised concerns, the scientists involved said the release, which was the first of its kind in Africa, represented a very important milestone. Burkina Faso's Research Institute of Health Sciences, a government
Read MoreShares in Kenya’s Safaricom Plc opened 2.7 per cent lower at KSh27.35 on Monday after the telecoms company announced the death of Chief Executive Robert William Collymore after a nearly two-year battle with cancer, Refinitiv data showed. In May, Collymore, 61, had said he would stay in his position for
Read MoreMPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) are suspecting collusion among the officials in the Judiciary to embezzle Shs34.1bn taxpayers’ money. During a meeting between MPs and Judiciary at Parliament today, Kagole Kivumbi, Secretary to Judiciary refuted above figure, saying that they only mischarged Shs28.17bn. He said that some of
Read MoreSeveral Ugandans took to social media on Sunday night to express their disappointment over the failure by the National Broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Cooperation (UBC) to broadcast the match between Uganda Cranes and Egypt. Although UBC had resumed broadcasting the African Cup of Nations-Afcon on June 26th 2019, following negotiations with
Read MoreThere are over 50,000 Ugandans believed to have been trafficked to Oman, a country that doesn’t have any labour or bi-lateral agreement with the Government of Uganda. In fact, many cases of torture, exploitation and gruesome murders of Ugandan domestic workers have occurred in this country. According to Yasin Abdallaziz
Read MoreUganda Cranes is through to the round of 16 despite losing 2-0 to hosts Egypt at Cairo International Stadium on Sunday night in the ongoing Total Africa Cup of Nations. Speaking after the game, FUFA President Eng. Moses Magogo said the qualification to the next stage is a result of efforts
Read MoreUhuru, Raila Lead Kenyans In Mourning Death Of Bob Collymore, CEO Of E. Africa’s Most Profitable Company
Kenyan leaders have condoled with the family of the late Safaricom CEO Robert (Bob) Collymore taking to social media to express their condolence messages. Safaricom is East Africa’s most profitable company. Here are some of the tweeted condolence messages: President Uhuru Kenyatta STATEMENT BY H.E. HON. UHURU KENYATTA, PRESIDENT OF
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