South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit has a huge task of turning around the country South Sudan’s new finance minister is determined to check runaway inflation as the first step in turning around a country shattered by conflict since it seceded from Sudan in 2011 and, more recently, the coronavirus
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Legislators consulting before commencement of the Wednesday, 23 September 2020 plenary. The House has given the Attorney General and Electoral Commission a tight deadline to resolve the name saga ahead of the 2021 general elections Parliament has tasked the Attorney General and the Electoral Commission (EC) to appear before the
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The State Minister for Higher Education, Dr John Muyingo (2nd Right) listening to MPs debating his statement on re-opening of schools Members of Parliament have expressed dissatisfaction at government’s ill-preparedness in regard to the phased re-opening of schools. President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday, 20 September 2020 during a televised address
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Museveni launching the National Intellectual Property Policy and the Security Interest in Movable Property Registry President Yoweri Museveni together with the Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Wednesday launched the National Intellectual Property Policy and the Security Interest in Movable Property Registry (SIMPO). The launch took place at State House, Entebbe.
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Kapchorwa hospital in eastern Uganda has been partially closed after 19 staff members tested positive for coronavirus. The district chief administrative officer said only maternal health services and the laboratory will remain open to deal with emergencies. All the other wards together with the out-patient department and the pharmacy have
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Marabou storks are common in Kampala Speaker Rebecca Kadaga has directed the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) to evacuate all the marabou storks within Parliament after MPs expressed fears that the birds would be agents spreading deadly diseases to the lawmakers. Kadaga’s directive was in response to a complaint raised
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Dr Patrick Njoroge, the CBK Governor Before taking stock of the performance of demonetisation, Dr Patrick Njoroge stood outside a packed conference room. Away from the glare of cameras, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) boss breathed deeply. For that brief moment, he showed a rare side of himself, then
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TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu (pictured), one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world's most influential individuals. Mr Elumelu, who is
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Commercial banks are increasingly becoming cautious towards lending as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that has badly affected the economy. As a result, banks have rejected loan requests to a tune of over Shs800bn, according to the State of Economy September 2020 Report released by the Bank of Uganda
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The Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has said public health initiatives on the continent have led to a drop in new coronavirus cases. The centres' director, John Nkengasong, told the BBC's Newsday programme that testing, contact tracing and wearing of face masks had helped curb the pandemic. The World
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