Residents are waiting for buses to leave Gisenyi town People are fleeing their homes in Rwanda's western town of Gisenyi as volcanic tremors continue. The tremors follow Saturday's eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda Seismic Monitor reported earthquakes and tremors on Tuesday and Wednesday
Read MoreMembers of Parliament have expressed concern over the increasing tax arrears which are currently valued at Shs2.97 trillion, with calls to Uganda Revenue Authority to expedite collection of the uncollected revenue. While presenting the report on budget estimates for 2021/22 national budget, Amos Lugoloobi, former Chairperson Parliament’s Budget Committee revealed
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South Sudan will be left with 52,000 doses to use before 18 July/Getty Images Kenya will receive 72,000 of Covid-19 vaccines from the Covax facility this week. The vaccines were re-distributed from South Sudan after the country’s health officials said they could not use the jabs before their expiry date.
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Starting June 1, Ugandans will have mobile money transactions run by companies separate from the traditional telecoms that have been operating the business. This follows the licensing of three companies to operate mobile money services in Uganda, including MTN Mobile Money Uganda Ltd and Airtel Mobile Commercial Uganda Ltd. Until
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Some of Kadagas items packed outside the corridors of the Speakers office There is uncertainty and confusion among some staff at Parliament as the office of the former Speaker, Rebecca Kadaga is cleared of her belongings to pave way for her successor. On Tuesday, a team of parliamentary staff started
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A photo montage of top bank CEOs in Uganda Commercial banks in Uganda overcame the disruptions caused by COVID-19 to the banking sector and major sectors of the economy to post positive results in 2020. An exclusive analysis of financial statements for the year ended 31st December 2020 published by
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Francis Xavier Lubinga, the new Speaker for Kyotera district, who is admitted Francis Xavier Lubinga, the new Speaker for Kyotera district, has been rushed to hospital in extreme pain after being rescued from a swarm of bees that attacked him in his office. It is said that as soon
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UCDA boss Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye (L) interacting with Rev. Fr. Simon Peter Kyambadde, Projects Coordinator Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese & Fr. Emmanuel Tamale. Under the National Coffee Roadmap, Uganda targets raising annual coffee production to 20 million bags by 2025. Promoting concessions for coffee production on large underutilised land is one of
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President Yoweri Museveni observed the Speaker election process. Photo by Olive Nakatudde President Museveni said his party had to resort to guerrilla tactics to defeat Alitwala Rebecca Kadaga from her third term attempt as Speaker of Parliament. Museveni who had been silent during the election of the speakers of the 11th
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Mulago Hospital Building The intensive care units at Mulago National Referral Hospital and Entebbe General Hospital are full of COVID-19 patients, according to medics. This comes weeks after the country entered the second wave of COVID-19, which many scientists predicted would be worse compared to the first one characterised with
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