Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has warned new ministers against engaging in acts of corruption saying it's a betrayal to Ugandans. Judith Nabakooba is the new ICT minister Museveni issued the warning during the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers at State House Entebbe. Molly Kamukama (State Minister for Economic Monitoring) "I
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Newly appointed Ministers Monday took oath of office at State House Entebbe in a ceremony presided over by Chief Justice Bart Katureebe and overseen by President Yoweri Museveni. However, Kyaka South lawmaker, Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba, who had been appointed as Deputy Attorney General, missed out on swearing in ceremony after
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By Richard Byarugaba From this Monday, 13th to Friday 17th January 2020, your Fund, National Social Security Fund (NSSF), working with Ministry of Health and the Uganda Blood Transfusion Services (UBTS) will yet again run the NSSF Blood Donation Drive campaign. This will be the 9th NSSF Blood Drive for
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China’s foreign minister has called for EU and US sanctions against Zimbabwe to be removed, saying they have no basis under international law. Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the comment on his visit to Zimbabwe. "The unilateral sanctions imposed by some countries and organisations on Zimbabwe have no basis in
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Lwemiyaga County lawmaker Theodore Ssekikubo's problems could be getting from bad to worse. The MP was detained on Friday at Masaka Police station after a scuffle between police and herdsmen who attempted to forcefully enter Lwemiyaga cattle market and sell their cows. Police had a week earlier closed the market
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Three teachers were killed in Kenya near the country’s border with Somalia in a suspected attack by al Shabaab militants, a police report seen by Reuters said on Monday, in what would be the latest assault by the group since the new year. The militia also attacked a local police
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has invited South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to mediate in its dispute with Egypt over the future of the Grand Renaissance Dam. It is not clear what role South Africa will play in the dispute which the United States is already helping to mediate. Construction
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Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has responded after US President Donald Trump appeared to take credit for Mr Abiy's Nobel Peace Prize. Mr Abiy said he did not have "any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel Committee select an individual for the prize". So he said that if Mr
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NBS Television presenter, Mildred Tuhaise, made her much awaited return to our TV screens on Monday, 6th January, 2020, co-hosting the TV station’s breakfast show, Morning Breeze, with Simon Kaggwa-Njala. Tuhaise had been away for over 3 months on maternity leave, and had had many of her fans online yearning
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The Lwemiyaga County Member of Parliament, Theodore Ssekikubo is blaming his current woes on Security Minister, General Elly Tumwine. Ssekikubo is currently locked up at Masaka Central Police Station following his arrest on Friday this week for mobilizing residents to defy the livestock quarantine, reopen livestock markets and inciting violence
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