A whistle-blower has asked the Inspector General of Government (IGG) to investigate a purported fraudulent procurement deal at the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The whistle-blower, in a dossier dated March 13th, 2019 and received at the office of IGG on March 22nd, 2019 accuses UCDA management of fraudulent practices
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Africa is a step closer to realising the dream of a single market after The Gambia ratified the Africa Continental Free Trade area. It becomes the 22nd country to sign and ratify the treaty. A minimum of 22 ratifications are required to bring into force the single trading bloc that
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The U.S. State Department on Tuesday called on Burundi to rescind its decision to suspend the U.S-funded Voice of America and ban the BBC and to allow journalists to operate freely in the run-up to elections in 2020. “This decision raises serious concerns for the freedom of expression enshrined in
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Kenya’s biggest telecoms operator Safaricom lost a further percentage point of subscriber market share in the three months to the end of December, its fifth straight quarterly fall, data from the sector regulator showed on Tuesday. The firm, part-owned by South Africa’s Vodacom and Britain’s Vodafone, lost 0.9 percentage points
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The family of the late Ronald Ssebulime has petitioned the Inspector General of Police-IGP, Martin Okoth Ochola demanding the arrest of the State Minister for Information, Communication and Technology, Idah Erios Nantaba. Ssebulime was gunned down by police officers on March 24th in Mukono district on suspicion of tracking
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The meeting between lawmakers on the Parliamentary Defence and Internal Affairs Committee and officials from the Ministry of Defence ended unceremoniously after MPs protested what they termed as arrogant conduct of Adolf Mwesige (in featured photo), the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs. Hell broke loose when some MPs put
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Uganda’s First Deputy Prime Minister, Gen. Moses Ali (in featured photo) has told off MPs in the 10th Parliament to concentrate on their legislative duties and leave issues of sanctioning controversial Ugandan ambassador to Burundi, Major General Matayo Kyaligonza from duty, saying these are issues of generals and it will
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I totally disagree with politicians such as Dr. Abed Bwanika (in featured photo) who lament that Central Uganda does not support Presidential contestants from “home” (Buganda). It is okay to have a tribe but being obsessed tribally is wrong. Yes, in politics one must be assured of a sectarian vote
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The Judiciary is set to grapple with unfunded priorities to a tune of Shs365.5bn in the 2019/2020 Financial Year after the request to have the funds provided was rejected by the Treasury. The details of the unfunded priorities were disclosed on Tuesday during a meeting held between the Judiciary officials
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The head of Kenya’s fraud investigation department at Jubilee Insurance has told the court Sh600,665 compensation was paid to a woman who faked her husband’s death, The Standard reports. “A claim was launched in the name of Ezekiel Ochieng who was a husband to Rachel Adhiambo, the woman the money
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