Three journalists working for the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC), a driver and a Ministry of Health (MOU) communication officer have this morning been released on Police bond. NBS television journalist Solomon Sserwanja has also handed himself in to police. The journalists who include: Godfrey Badyebe, Rashid Kaweesa and Kasim Muhammad,
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President Yoweri Museveni has accused his ministers of being selfish and sleepy, which he says affect potential investments in the country, URN reports. "Many of these ministers are selfish, they think about themselves. If you don't listen, then you are negative. You try to cover up your ignorance," said Museveni.
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Kenya’s eateries are reeling from an acute shortage of Irish potatoes with the Agriculture ministry putting the supply gap at 1.7 million metric tones, Business Daily reports. The deficit has pushed up the price of the commodity by at least 25 per cent as hotels and households turn to imports.
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Crane Bank Statutory Manager, Edward Katimbo Mugwanya personally oversaw the handover of assets and liabilities of Crane Bank to dfcu bank, the Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises ( (COSASE) that is investigating into the controversial closure of seven banks by the Central Bank has learnt. The Central
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Property mogul Sudhir Ruparelia Thursday afternoon attended in person the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) sitting as a backbencher as the committee grilled dfcu bank officials over Crane Bank takeover. Clad in his signature white shirt, Sudhir who was accompanied by his son, Rajiv and lawyers
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Police’s Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Crime Intelligence (CID) has summoned five journalists attached to various online publications over ‘defamation and personation’ charges, Business Focus has established. According to the summons, Thespy Uganda’s Andrew Irumba, Spy Reports’ Raymond Wamala and Bob Atwine, John Njoroge of The CEO Magazine and Richard
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dfcu Bank officials Thursday afternoon returned to Parliament this afternoon for further engagement with the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE). Yesterday the Board Chairman, Jimmy Mugerwa led a combined Board and Management team to parliament following an invitation from the Clerk of the Committee to have
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Three journalists attached to the British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC) in Uganda and Vivian Nakaliika, the wife of NBS TV news anchor, Solomon Sserwanja (in featured photo) are in police custody. The journalists are Godfrey Badebe, Kasim Muhammad and Rashid Kaweesa, URN reports. Security operatives are still searching for Sserwanja. Robert
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Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Commander-in-Chief of the Uganda Armed Forces has said that the National Resistance Army (NRA) which later became Uganda People’ Defence Forces (UPDF), has managed to grow from strength to strength in the last 38 years because it was founded on the right ideology that emphasized
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By Agencies Sharing a husband may lead to greater wealth and health, study says Children can thrive in polygamous families and are often better off than those from monogamous households in poor communities, researchers said on Monday, calling for greater cultural sensitivity among campaigners seeking to ban polygamy. In Tanzania,
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