Kenya’s Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya has said reforms in the coffee sub-sector would guarantee farmers a minimum of KSh100 (UShs3,337) a kilo of cherry they produce. Speaking during the Agriculture and Food Authority public participation forums in Meru County, Mr Munya said the new Act would reign in on unscrupulous
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Sarkozy was nicknamed the "bling-bling" president French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to three years in jail, two of them suspended, for corruption. The 66-year-old was found guilty of trying to bribe a magistrate by offering him a prestigious job in return for information about a separate criminal case
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A statement from Mr Museveni's media team referred to supporters whose accounts were suspended as "victims of Facebook" /AFP President Yoweri Museveni has once again accused tech giant Facebook of being biased against Uganda's ruling party and its supporters. The social media platform suspended several accounts linked to the National
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Some of the relatives at the National Unity Platform holding pictures of their missing people. Courtesy photo Stories of sadism continue coming out of the torture chambers as survivors describe the physical and mental mistreatment they were subjected to by members of the disciplined forces after the November killings of dozens
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Some of the candidates at Gayaza Road Secondary School during the assembly There was panic at Gayaza Road secondary school this morning when school administrators ordered some candidates to shave hair before sitting their Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) exams.The candidates covered at an informal school assembly around 7: 45
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Rwandan authorities have barred Ugandan goods from entering their country for two years now The Uganda-Rwanda borders of Katuna and Chanika in Kabale and Kisoro districts respectively are yet to reopen two years following their closure by Rwandan President, Paul Kagame on February 27, 2019. Kagwe issued a travel advisory
Read MoreMajority of the banks expect their lending rates to remain broadly unchanged with a bias towards decrease, reflecting a relatively lower Central Bank Rate (CBR), the Bank Lending Survey(BLS) has revealed. According to Bank of Uganda (BoU’s Monetary Policy Report ) for February 2021, commercial banks’ lending rate on Shilling loans averaged
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