The Auditor General John Muwanga has released a new report revealing that Government may never recover 28.4 Billion Shillings disbursed to youths under Youth Livelihood Project. The AG found that almost 64 percent of the sampled youth projects, consisting of 71 percent value of loans, were non-existent and another 25
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Democratic Republic of Congo’s Catholic church said on Thursday it was clear which candidate won the country’s presidential election, and demanded that the electoral commission publish accurate results. The church, one of Congo’s most trusted institutions and representing about 40 percent of its 80 million population, based its finding on
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Pan African Tobacco Group (PTG), Africa’s largest indigenous producer of cigarettes and other Tobacco products, reached a milestone recently by celebrating its 40th anniversary. Rwandan multi-millionaire businessman Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa (in featured photo) founded the company in 1978 when he began manufacturing cigarettes in Burundi in 1978 after a successful
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Ethiopian Airlines Flight No ET 338, a Boeing 337-800 on Thursday morning overshot the runaway on landing at Entebbe Airport International Airport. According to Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the incident happened at 12:41am. “All the 139 passengers and crew on board disembarked safely,” CAA said in a statement dated January
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Uganda has emerged as one of the world’s cheapest places to travel in 2019. Therefore, if you want to save money in 2019 and still travel the world, you’re in luck. Every year, Forbes taps into experts and influencers to find out their picks for cheap travel in the upcoming year.
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Kenyan fish traders are calling on the Government to restrict illegal import of fish from Uganda, The Standard reports. They say their businesses are hurting from the large amounts of fish being sold in the local market from Uganda. The traders who were interviewed hoped the East African trade protocols
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The EU has called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to restore Internet access, which operators say was cut on government orders. The internet has been blocked since Monday, the day after the presidential election. The joint statement by the European Union, the United States, Canadian and Swiss heads of
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More than 1000 Ugandans in areas neighboring Kyangwali Refugees settlement were forced to attain refugee status in order to retain 'ownership' of their land. The scheme was reportedly crafted by Charles Bafaki, the Principal Resettlement Officer in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jolly Kebirungi, the Camp Commandant Kyangwali Refugee
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