Kampala Minister Beti Olive Namisango Kamya has told President Yoweri Museveni that she has already delivered on her pledge to turn Kampala into the support base for the National Resistance Movement-NRM party. Kamya was speaking during the graduation of 8,480 girls and women with various vocational skills under the presidential
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It was excitement among Ugandans when the news of working abroad first hit the waves in the mid 2000s. Around 2004, a number of Ugandans were recruited by private security companies to work in war ravaged Iraq and later Afghanistan. These were being hired by Americans then. Private security agencies
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By AFP Facebook has rolled out its online dating service for the United States, a move taking on rivals such as smartphone app Tinder. The free "Facebook Dating" site which was announced last year and already available in other countries will allow users to link their Facebook and Instagram
Read MoreTwo education projects serving Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Liberia have been recognized as WISE Awards winners for their work in education. The World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a Qatar Foundation (QF) initiative, has revealed the winners of the 2019 WISE Awards. Each year, the WISE Awards recognize and
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The National Agriculture Research Organization (NARO) has revealed that it has made a breakthrough in making an anti-tick vaccine. This was revealed yesterday by NARO Deputy Director General, Dr. Yona Baguma while addressing the State Minister for animal industry, Joy Kabatsi in Nakyesasa inn Wakiso District. According to Dr. Yona,
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At least 50 students from the faculties of Health Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Management as well as Science & Technology on Friday graduated from Victoria University during a ceremony held at Speke Resort Munyonyo. The 4th graduation ceremony was held under the theme ‘Developing Agents of Change.’
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The burgeoning African gaming market has been spearheaded by a number of countries in recent years with South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania widely deemed as the leading markets on the continent. Thanks to a concoction of budding technological hubs, increasing online access and digital penetrations rates, as well
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Japan cannot stop China from owning Africa. When it comes to votes of African nations in international agencies, that is. It’s too late. China already owns the votes of most Africa nations. Japan has a new mission in Africa: to save it from China’s “debt trap,” the prospect that some
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Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya (in featured photo) has joined a South African women's football team. The 28-year-old is unable to compete without taking testosterone-reducing drugs following a rule change by the IAAF, athletics' governing body. It means she cannot defend her 800m World Championship title in Doha
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Police have arrested their own officer, PC Taremwa Davis in connection to the car shooting which occurred on the 5/09/2019, at around 10:30 pm, at Nambigirwa Bridge, along the Kampala Entebbe Express Highway, and claimed the lives of two victims, who were occupants in a Black Toyota Land Cruiser under
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