Rwanda and South Sudan have boycotted East African Community Inter-Parliamentary games organized and hosted by Uganda. The two neighbouring did not send through delegates without any explanation why they boycotted the games. This development comes at a time when the relations between Uganda and the two countries continue to deteriorate.
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Uganda's speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga has expressed her shock at news that 85% of the country's government health facilities lack latrines. Kadaga was speaking at the Uganda Parliamentary Symposium on Water, Sanitation and Hygiene where the shocking statistics were unveiled. "I've been shocked and saddened to learn that 85%
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President Yoweri Museveni has presided over the passing out of 321 tank crews after completing Amour Basic Crews Course. The crews comprise of tanks and motorised infantry fighting vehicles, mambas and Buffalos (Nyoka). The ceremony was held at the Armoured Warfare Training School in Karama, Mubende district on Friday.
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The Bank of Uganda has proposed stringent rules on how money from dormant accounts should be returned to the Consolidated Fund. The proposal is contained in the National Payment Systems Bill, 2019 that was tabled before Parliament on Thursday by David Bahati, the Minister of State for Planning. BoU noted
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Uganda's Winnie Byanyima was on Thursday sworn-in as UNAIDS new Executive Director. She was sworn in by the UN Secretary General, Antonnio Guterres. Winnie previously served as Oxfarm International ED before being appointed UNAIDS boss. "I am greatly honoured by the @UN SG & I’m excited 2 lead @UNAIDS as
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The United States Government has nominated Ambassador Natalie E. Brown as the replacement for outgoing envoy, Deborah Malac. Malac will be leaving the country early next year after her four years of dedicated service to Uganda. The nomination of Natalie was made in September this year, according to the US
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Telecom Company, Airtel has introduced international money transfer services on their mobile money platform. According to the Airtel Money Director, Eric Karobia, the first Airtel money customers will directly send money to recipients in Tanzania and Malawi and soon will launch in Rwanda, Kenya and UAE. "With 10 million customers,
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Kenya and Somalia have agreed to restore bilateral agreements that would allow free movement of people, State House said Thursday, Daily Nation reports. At a meeting in Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo said they were defending the relations between the two countries, in spite
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In a move aimed at ensuring that there is minimal back drop of growing bad roads especially upcountry, the Ministry of Works and Transport is conducting trainings and knowledge sharing workshops for both ministry and local authorities’ engineers. The trainings that have been conducted from October to November at Imperial
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The East African Community has revealed plans to mark and celebrate 20 years of existence. In a statement tabled before Parliament on Thursday, Julius Maganda, Minister of State for East African Community Affairs, said the overall objective of the EAC 20th Anniversary is to commemorate the key achievements under the
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