Kenya's parliament has voted to nationalise Kenya Airways, reports Reuters news agency. The country's main airline is already 48.9% government-owned and 7.8% held by Air France-KLM and is making a loss at the moment, Reuters adds. Kenya Airways Chairman Michael Joseph told Reuters the vote was "great news". "Nationalisation is
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The Ministry of Education is set to increase on students benefiting from the loan scheme fund. This is after Parliament directed the ministry to seek for a supplementary budget to increase on number of beneficiaries. Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga issued the directive after James Kaberuka, the Kinkizi West MP complained that
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Rwandan opposition activist Diana Rwigara has spoken to the BBC's Newsday programme about why she wrote an open letter to her president about the death of a prison guard. Ms Rwigara published the letter to President Paul Kagame last week about the murder of Paul Mwiseneza. In the letter, she
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FORBES WOMAN AFRICA has announced the inaugural FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Regional Forum in association with Mastercard, one of the leading Women Summit initiative, to be held in Kigali, Rwanda, on 9 August 2019. Coinciding with National Women's Day in South Africa, the FORBES WOMAN AFRICA Regional Forum in association with
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The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Jacpb Oulanya wants Nyabushozi lawmaker, Col Fred Mwesigye to be the county's sole candidate in the 2021 general elections. The Nyabushozi crew cheers Oulanya at the event Oulanya made his wish known during a get-together between Mwesigye and some of his constituents residing in the
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Uganda has joined the rest of the world to mourn the demise of Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “The Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency regrets to inform with deepest sadness of the passing away of Director General Yukiya Amano,” a statement posted
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NBS Television, the flagship brand of Next Media Services, continues to attract best talents in the industry in order to compete favourably in all segments. The latest is that the views of ‘Amasengejje’, a popular Luganda bulletin that airs at 7PM will be excited to see one of the best
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Uganda's Minister for Youth Affairs, Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi has officially crossed to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. The news of her official defection was confirmed on Tuesday afternoon in a tweet by the president's press secretary, Lindah Nabusayi. "Hon. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi, DP member and Minister for Youth
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Boris Johnson has won the race to be Conservative leader and will soon be prime minister. He is one of the UK's most recognisable politicians. But that high profile - built up as an MP, London mayor and foreign secretary - has often seen his achievements accompanied by controversy. Becoming
Read MoreRoche announced today the Global Access Program is expanding beyond HIV, to include Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), Hepatitis B and C (HBV and HCV), and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for low and middle income country programs where the disease burden is the highest. The expansion of the Global Access Program highlights Roche's
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