NSSF building/online photo The joint committee of Parliament handling the controversial NSSF Amendment bill has tabled its report before Parliament, rejecting the proposed amendment of NSSF Act to allow direct borrowing from the Fund. Tabling the report before Parliament, Agnes Kunihira, the Vice Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender,
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Looking out over the skyline of the vibrant city of Johannesburg, one youth activist considers the work that still lies ahead to safeguard women's rights and safety. In a country with one of the world's highest rates of gender-based violence, Amonge Sinxoto is making sure young women are empowered to
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The authorities in Tanzania have lifted "with immediate effect" a ban on Kenyan airlines weeks after it imposed it as a retaliation to its neighbour's ban on its carriers. Kenya had imposed the ban as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Tanzanian decision was taken "on a
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The Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) are in pursuit of 219 prisoners that over powered prison officers at Moroto Prison, broke out and took off with 15 rifles. The prison break was confirmed by Commissioner of Prisons, Johnson Byabashaija who said the break out happened after inmates overpowered staff and accessed
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Scientists from Uganda's Makerere University and the national army have launched a study to find out whether plasma from recovered coronavirus patients has an effect on those having the virus. This is the country's first Covid-19 convalescent plasma study. Plasma is the clear, straw-coloured liquid portion of blood that remains
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Minister Anite (L) and her team addressing the press Evelyn Anite , the State Minister for Investment has unveiled a team of both Ministers and MPs who lost in the just concluded NRM primaries that will mobilize votes for President Yoweri Museveni ahead of the 2021 general elections. Addressing journalists
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Left to Right: Sylvia Jagwe Owachi-Executive Director Cairo Bank Uganda, Ahmad Maher-Managing director Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr Charles Olaro-Director Curative services Ministry of Health, Dr Patrick Sekimpi-Head of Department Orthopaedic at Makerere College of Health Sciences, Immaculate K Irumba-Chief Operations Officer Cairo Bank Uganda, Dr. Juliet Otiti Head of Department
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President Uhuru Kenyatta The Jubilee administration looks set to borrow an average of KSh2.5 billion (UShs 85.5 billion) daily before the end of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s final term in August 2022, highlighting its growing appetite for foreign debt, Business Daily reports. Treasury chiefs project in a draft Budget Review and
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IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Sub-Saharan Africa will need hundreds of billions of dollars and reforms that bring change for a resilient recovery from the damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund. Support from the international community that includes stepped-up debt relief, financing and capacity
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Minister Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja According to the climate outlook forum that Saturday on 26th August 2020, the weather for October to December 2020 is predicted to be drier than normal in the East African region. The revelation was made Vincent Bamulangaki Ssempijja, the Minister of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries
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