Fishing boats at Kaiso landing site.Some of the boats have been robbed by Congolese militiamen.Photo by Emmanuel Okello. Suspected Congolese Militiamen have raided the Lake Albert waters yet again, abducting 16 Ugandan Fishermen. The militiamen also robbed four fishing boats, four boat engines and several sets of fishing nets from
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Absa Group CE Daniel Mminele Absa Group Ltd., one of Africa’s largest financial services providers, today reported a 51% decline in normalised headline earnings to R8 billion after impairments nearly trebled to R20.6 billion amid the economic downturn that was precipitated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Earnings and returns improved materially
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Police and fire brigade at the scene At least eight worshippers who were attending lunchtime fellowship on Monday afternoon at Fidodido building along Kampala Road are nursing injuries after being hit by a falling ceiling.Fidodido houses a branch of Kansanga Miracle Centre Church. The ceiling caved in as Pastor Charles Kasibante
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Cardinal Luis Ladaria (left) of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith signed the response/Getty Images The Catholic Church does not have the power to bless same-sex unions, the Vatican office responsible for doctrine has said. It is "impossible" for God to "bless sin", the Congregation for the Doctrine
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Uganda Railways Corporation -URC has not only consistently maintained its reputation among the worst performing public bodies in which billions of taxpayers money get lost but has also added unaccounted foreign loans to the losses it inflicts on Ugandans. A report by the Auditor General has revealed unexplained loans accessed by the
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Uganda loses a lot of money in tax exemptions Failure to establish mechanisms on how tax exemptions and incentives are awarded exposes the system to abuse, the Auditor General, John Muwanga has revealed. Muwanga’s warning is contained in the 2020 Auditor General’s report to Parliament where he observed that there
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AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine for Covid-19, once expected to be a mainstay of protection for much of the world, remains shrouded in controversy as more countries limit its use even as scientists warn of the need for governments to tread carefully. The Netherlands joined a growing list of about a dozen places,
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President Museveni speaking at a State House event recently President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is still undecided on which, of the COVID-19 vaccines, he will use to protect himself against coronavirus. He disclosed this in a nationwide televised address from State House on Sunday evening. His remarks follow the commencement of
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Kenya imports a lot of maize from Uganda Maize farmers have blamed the government for the current trade standoff between Uganda and the export markets, over alleged poor quality.The farmers say that the government has either mishandled or neglected its mandate in the value chain, which has seen the food
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Auditor General John Muwanga An audit report by the Auditor General John Muwanga has qualified the accounts of the Ministry of Health due to several irregularities in expenditure of money mainly meant for the Covid-19 pandemic response. A qualified opinion means a statement issued by an auditor accompanying an entity’s audited
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