Uhuru Kenyatta (L)was backing Raila Odinga (R) to become the country's fifth president Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has said he will gladly hand over power to President-elect William Ruto, but insisted that his preferred successor Raila Odinga would have been a better option to lead the country. "I will hand
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Kenya has been relying on cross-border stocks from Tanzania and Uganda to meet the rising demand of flour after supply in the local market dwindled. Tanzania has frozen issuance of new maize export permits in what could worsen the shortage of the product that has driven prices of flour
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With only one account, business customers can receive funds instantly from their clients in their home country and across Ecobank’s pan-African network; Ecobank business customers can now make instant automated reconciliation leveraging Ecobank’s trusted technology The leading pan-African Banking Group, Ecobank Group, has simplified collections across Africa through RapidCollect™. RapidCollect™
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Minister of State for Finance, Henry Musasizi. The Ministry of Finance only released development budgets for four government entities in the first quarter of the current financial year. We have learnt that only Ministry of Defence, State House, Ministry of Works and Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) benefited from the 596.7
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President Yoweri Museveni (pictured) has refused to sign the Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill 2021 into law insisting on having the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to oversee the monitoring of lakes and water bodies across the country. The President’s position was revealed in a letter he wrote to Speaker Among, asking Parliament
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Prof. Wasswa Balunywa (Left), the MUBS Principal appearing before the Committee with a colleague MPs on Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee have tasked Makerere University Business School (MUBS)to explain how it failed to collect Non-Tax Revenue in form of tuition fees to a tune of over Shs23Bn in 2021. This followed a an
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Delegates in a group photo Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) on behalf of Uganda is hosting over 250 delegates from 49 African Countries and other global Partners for a Week Long Hybrid International Conference to discuss Strategies of Strengthening Food Safety in Africa. Uganda is currently the Coordinator and
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A girl grinding sand mix with Gold at Nakabaat mining site in Rupa sub county. The hunger crisis in Karamoja is pushing children to work in mines to support their families. The majority of children in Karamoja are working all sorts of jobs such as charcoal burning, collecting firewood for
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Parliament has approved the National Local Content Bill, 2022. The private member's Bill by Kassanda North MP, Patrick Nsamba Oshabe was passed on Tuesday. The Bill was first tabled before Parliament in January 2019 during the Tenth Parliament, processed, and eventually passed. Its objective was to impose local content obligations
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Police in Buikwe district are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Annet Namulondo, the Director of St. Peters Senior Secondary School in Mukono Municipality. Namulondo was found dead behind the steering wheel of her vehicle on Tuesday night along Nkokonjeru-Nyenga road while heading to Kisoga town. The deceased, who
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