International arrivals were quarantined for 14 days and some received an extension for non-compliance Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has said dozens of people who were filmed escaping from mandatory quarantine in the capital, Nairobi, will be arrested and returned to finish their isolation period. The president spoke on Wednesday morning,
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DHL Global Forwarding has launched a dedicated 100-tonne weekly air freight service for organizations and governments shipping goods from China to Africa and Middle East. Capitalizing on Dubai's strategic geographical location as the gateway to countries in the region, the leading international provider of air, sea and road freight services
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By Don Wanyama On April 7th, Bernard Sabiiti, a researcher and public policy analyst, tweeted this on his timeline: “I think Museveni has cast a spell on me! How else can I explain the fact that I look forward to his Covid-19 addresses and actually miss him when he doesn’t
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The US state of Missouri is suing the Chinese government and the ruling Communist Party over what it calls deliberate deception leading to the global Covid-19 pandemic. "The Chinese government lied to the world about the danger and contagious nature of Covid-19, silenced whistleblowers and did little to stop the
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Rwanda, which was to host the meeting, has extended its lockdown until early May. This year’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), scheduled to be held in Rwanda, has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 10,000 delegates - including the UK Prime Minister and Prince of Wales
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City Lawyer, Geoffrey Turyamusiima has dragged the Minister of Health Jane Ruth Aceng and the Attorney General to the High Court in Kampala, challenging the COVID-19 guidelines that excluded Advocates of the High court from being part of the essential services exempted during the COVID-19 lockdown. The High Court's Registrar
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The impact of COVIG-19 on global trade is beginning to manifest. Latest figures indicate that Uganda’s exports declined by US$31m (Shs117.2bn) from US$383.62 million in January,2020 to US$352.91 million in February 2020. This was revealed by Amelia Anne Kyambadde (pictured), Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives while addressing the press
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Parliament is considering amending the rules of parliament to start a virtual parliament system of debate. The Speaker Rebecca Kadaga yesterday directed the Rules Committee of Parliament to amend the rules of procedure, saying this will allow a number of MPs to take part in a debate through a Zoom
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An employee of Internal Security Organization (ISO) has been remanded to Kitalya prison after confessing to issuing government stickers to unauthorized persons. Stephen Ariongo Osikol, 52, was assigned to aid ministry of works and Transport in the distribution of Motor vehicle stickers to authorized persons and agencies during the COVID-19
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The UN highlighted the DR Congo as one of ten countries at risk The United Nations has warned that the coronavirus pandemic could almost double the number of people around the world suffering from acute hunger, expressing concerns for people in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The
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